Come hear one musician's story about
bringing an entire school system to Kopeyia, Ghana.
A specialist in traditional West African music, Robert is a
composer whose credits include the feature film
"Inside", directed by Arthur
Penn, as well as many documentaries and works for
television. He has composed new music commissions which have
been performed throughout the USA and Europe. He is also an active
performer on keyboards, percussion and West African drums, and has
played for film soundtracks, Broadway shows – including Lion King
since 1997 - TV programs, album projects, and live tours in the USA
and abroad.
Robert studied ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University and received
his Masters in composition at Yale University. He has spent
much time in Ghana, West Africa, studying drumming, singing and
dancing. He also founded a public elementary and junior high
school in a farming village in southeastern Ghana in 1988, and has
been building and supporting it ever since (visit www.kgsf.org).
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