CU West African Highlife Ensemble: Rockin’ for 10 Years and Still Going Strong

January 15, 2010 – The University of Colorado at Boulder College of Music is proud to announce the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the CU West African Highlife Ensemble, April 17th at 7:30 PM in Macky Auditorium. Joining in the anniversary celebration will be a delegation of chiefs and queenmothers from the Asante Kingdom of Ghana with vibrant musical traditions. Ensemble director Kwasi Ampene has invited these chiefs to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the restoration of the Asante Kingdom from British Colonial rule.

In the past 10 years the concerts by the CU West African Highlife Ensemble (CUWAHE) have featured renowned guest artists along with highly energetic, tightly knit tradition, neo-traditional, and pop music from Africa. Unlike all other presentations of African music and culture, CUWAHE has audiences dancing in the aisles to the sounds of contemporary Afropop and highlights the aspects of traditional African music that still can be found in the highly energetic sounds of traditional drumming and dance. CUWAHE is the only ensemble in the US to perform contemporary African pop music.

There is no better way for CUWAHE to commemorate this magnificent milestone than by combining traditional with contemporary in one concert bringing African music, new and old, to audiences of all ages and walks of life.

The ensemble is made up of students (music and non-music alike) from the University of Colorado and tickets are on sale now.

For further information please contact:
Laima Gaigalas
CU Presents Marketing Manager
Laima.gaigalas@colorado.edu
(303) 492-4247

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