Compositions

• Little Christmas Song (1998) for piano
• Chromatitiaon (1998) for piano
• Movements for String Quartet (1999). 1st, 2nd, 3rd
• Interior of a New York Subway Station (2001) for two clapping performers, video and electronics
• Fear and Flight (2003) for two trombones and electronics
  

Transcriptions: West African Drumming

During the summer of 2001 I travelled to Ghana for two months to study rhythm. With the help of master drummer C.K. Ladzekpo, from UC Berkeley, I found my way into the Ghanaian National Ballet Company where I took daily drum lessons with a champion name Prosper, one of the head drummers of the troop.

Below there are transcriptions of a few of the dance rhythms I learned:

• Kpele
• Dabla
• Nana
• Tigali Highlife
• Bluku
• Tigali Akatapeh
• Sitchi
• Akon
• Tigali Mofuo
• Otu

Inspired in part by these rhythms, I composed a number of pieces for an ensemble of Ghanaian-style double bells. My people and I have used these pieces in anti-war protests held in San Francisco in January and Februrary of 2003. Here are a few:

• a la Abaja
• a la Kpele
• a la Aja Addy
• a la Bawa
• a la Skanky
• a la Samba