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| MUSIC CENTRE ORGANIZES CHORAL CONCERT | |
The Music Centre of Methodist University College Ghana organized a mini-choral concert on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at the Music Centre. The theme for the concert was ‘Time with Music.’ Speaking at the concert, the Principal, the Very Reverend Professor Samuel Kwesi Adjepong said the performance of the Music Centre Choir was most encouraging. He said the first one organized was not well patronized but ‘this time around the patronage is quite o.k.’ He, however, exhorted them to improve upon their performance and said he would wish to see a variety in their performances and should not only be restricted to choral music. He said he in particular loved instrumentals. He wished the centre could even organize the concert every week. |
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| The Music center choir performing | |
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happy beyond expectations and urged both staff and students to research
into musicology and come out with some musical instruments. He hinted
that he would authorize the University Administration to donate One
Hundred Ghana cedis (GH¢100.00) to the Music Department and also
consider clothing the Music Centre Choir.
Among the chorals performed by the Music Centre Choir at the concert were ‘Cry out and shout,’ by P.P Bliss, ‘Okoree ntaban,’ by Ephraim Amu, ‘Siyaya Epitoria,’ a Zulu song, ‘Shalom Aleichem,’ a Hebrew song and ‘Monna n’ase,’ by J.H.K Nketia. The conductor of the choir was Miss. Theodora Entsua-Mensah with Mr. J.G Koomson as the organist. The choir itself consisted of eighteen men and four women. The Director of the Music Centre, Dr. F.AK Saighoe asked for more women to join the choir in fulfillment of the famous saying by Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey that ‘we need both black and white keys on the piano to make harmony.’ Evaluating the programme, the Director of Music at the Music Centre, Dr. F.A.K Saighoe said the song ‘Siyaya’ attracted the biggest applause because it appealed to our sensibilities and our love of music of the dance. He said the most difficult song was ‘Shalom Aleichem,’ a Hebrew song which was dull and sounded medieval and far removed from the African so it could not attract much applause, even though it was well performed. In attendance was a cross-section of senior members including the
Very Rev. Dr. Richard Foli from the Department of Religious Studies
and Ethics , Dr.Charles Jackson Mr. Samuel Attuquayefio from the
Department of Information Technology, Mr. George Owusu-Sekyere from
the Department of English and Mr. Anthony.Y. Nyamful from the Department
of Music. |
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