Research Papers/Topics in Music Education

AASHI- A SOLO PIANO COMPOSITION BASED ON THE KPAASHIMƆ MUSICAL GENRE

ABSTRACT  The research explored compositional resources and musical etiquette synonymous with Kpaashim 4 music of the Ga, specifically the people of Teshie, and sought to analyse musical elements of interest to the composer. Data were collected using observation, interview as well as audio and video recordings. The study collected six (6) Kpaa songs. Elements such as lineal and vertical sonorities, rhythm and instruments were critically examined and some of its generative processes were...

BIOGRAPHY AND ANALYSIS OF SELECTED WORKS OF KOJO ANTWI (MR MUSIC MAN)

ABSTRACT  The paucity of literature on the allegories of Ghanaian popular musicians and the unavailability of musical scores have caught attention of scholars in the field of Music Education, creative ethnomusicology as well as other cognate disciplines. The study, therefore, sought to unearth the biography and works of Kojo Antwi, a popular musician in Ghana. Using case study design as well as theories of humanistic personality and sight over sound, one hundred and fortysix works from seven...

TELEVISION CHANNEL BRANDING IN GHANA: A STUDY OF TELEVISION IDENTS

ABSTRACT TV Idents are short videos or animated sequence of about 3-7 seconds that are played in between programmes to identify, promote and advertise a TV channel to its audience. This communication tool has become increasingly important the Ghanaian television landscape in recent times. A close observation of Ghanaian television idents from both experts and laymen point of view suggest that the visual elements do not reflect channel philosophy.  Besides, the design structure and aest...

PROFILE OF SELECTED SCULPTORS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARTS AND CULTURE

ABSTRACT   It is widely acknowledged that, artists are creative people. They are also key to societal growth and sustenance when it comes to promotion, preservation and protecting societal norms and practices. The study sought to examine the professional or personal philosophies of the selected sculptors that defined their works, challenges faced by the selected sculptors and their major contributions to arts and culture. Through qualitative research, an enquiry was made into the first obje...

AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF FIVE SELECTED WORKS OF WALTER K$MLA BLEGE

ABSTRACT Walter K4mla Blege is a seasoned African art musician who uses his music to defend the cause of black Africans. He studied music at Mawuli Secondary School, Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana under the tutelage of Nicholas Zinzendorf Nayo and has continued by self-taught approaches to become a brilliant and prolific composer. This work, therefore, seeks to meticulously study and unearth the enviable compositional traits found in his works. It examines how he uses dances and other indi...

TOTEMISM: ITS INFLUENCE ON THE AKAN YOUTH OF GHANA.

ABSTRACT  This research seeks to discuss Totemism: its influence on the Akan Youth of Ghana touching on the types of totems, the philosophical and literal meanings of the totems and conservation of biodiversity. These totems have so much hidden knowledge to be learnt but most of the youth are ignorant about them. This problem can be associated to ignorance, adulteration of culture, improper documentation and the over reliance on adulterated oral history. The research seeks to bring to b...

STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND MUSICAL COMPETENCIES: A CASE STUDY AT UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC EDUCATION.

ABSTRACT    This project involved discovering the musical backgrounds of beginning music students of UEW. The goal was to show how their prior learning affects their musical abilities and their individual interests. All level 100 students‘ background was investigated using a questionnaire. Data was analyzed using quantitative statistics and presented in tabular form containing the number of responses per item (frequency) and the percentage of each response via graphs. The findings indicat...

REBRANDING THE AESTHETICS AND THE PRESERVATIVE QUALITIES OF OHUM FESTIVAL

ABSTRACT Festivals are integral parts of our culture as a people. During these festive occasions, art forms are celebrated too since their roles are indispensable. The festival embraces the community, raising them onto a plane marked by aesthetics, spiritual and social values. The aesthetic values and preservative qualities of Ohum festivals cannot be relegated to the background. This thesis set out to document the history of Ohum festival, art forms used their roles, aesthetic and preserva...

A STUDY OF BASIC SCHOOL BAND PUPILS’ INSTRUMENT CHOICES: A CASE STUDY OF SCHOOLS IN THE ACCRA METROPOLIS, GHANA.

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate reported influences on Ghanaian Basic School band pupil’s instrument choices, to gain an understanding of reasons expressed by students for preferring certain instruments and not others, in addition, to explore whether Ghanaian children are gender-stereotyped in their musical instrument choices. A questionnaire was developed to gather information concerning students’ instrumental music experience, family participation in band, reported...

PERFORMANCE AESTHETICS OF THE KLAMA DANCE OF GBUGBLA (PRAMPRAM), GHANA

ABSTRACT The purpose of this thesis is to explore the performance aesthetics of Klama as a movement system of the Dangme people of Gbugbla (Prampram). I observe that Klama as a movement system, integrates the core manifestations of Klama (music, dance, medicine/healing and performance) into a complete epistemological system for the purpose of enculturation, entertainment and revival of the culture. As a body of knowledge, Klama has embedded within it philosophical, socio-political, religiou...

Packaging Trends in Ghana

ABSTRACT Sale ratio is vividly dictated by equal open product exposure to consumer attention.  In these situations, the determining factor of sale is the quality of packaging.  Since madein-Ghana products remain integral part of our daily life in Ghana, it is therefore high time that practitioners of the industry presented it safe to the consumer by packaging them very well.  On the market where local products stand in contrast with foreign ones, packaging deficiencies of local products s...

Teaching of Creative Arts in Basic Schools in the Gomoa West District

ABSTRACT    The purpose of this study was to address the poor teaching strategies teachers employ in the teaching of Creative Arts in the basic schools which do not promote effective teaching and learning. The study identified the methods employed by teachers in the teaching of creative arts in the basic schools in the Gomoa West District and  also suggested the various strategies to be employed in order to improve the teaching of the subject in the basic schools. The sample for the s...

Reinvigorating Asante Cire-Perdue Technique in Casting Goldweights for Contemporary Asante Proverbs

ABSTRACT                An important part of oral communication that constitutes a noble component of language among Ghanaians is the proverb which is used in everyday correspondence, music, poetry, and oral drama. Many Akan proverbs are represented in Asante goldweights which were used as counter weights for gold dust and nuggets, the main currency of ethnic Ghana. The use of gold dust and nuggets as currency was forbidden in 1889 by the Gold Dust and Nuggets Ordinance, while keepin...

ASAMANASAW’: A TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY AFRICAN CLASSICISM ON THE DANCE OF THE DEAD

ABSTRACT This thesis used the notion of life after death in the African traditional religion to create a picturesque or an imaginary ‘African classicism’ about the ancestors (Nananom Nsamanfo) coming out of their graves to dance. In addition, the concept of cultural return to roots has been used to blend Ghanaian traditional musical resources (tunes, rhythms, art, etc) and styles with scholarly compositional techniques. Within the present study, Asamanasaw is an instrumental composition f...

SCRAP METAL ART: AN INSTRUMENT FOR PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION

ABSTRACT The focus of this studio-based study was to transform scrap metals into aesthetic masterpieces of art. It was premised on the assumption that the intuitive technique of working with scrap metal art provides the freedom and flexibility to exercise creative expressions on a three dimensional level of art. Moreover, our environment can be enhanced and saved from untidiness and destitution through different efforts, one of which the artist can contribute his/her quota creatively to tran...


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