Public Program
Gideon Alorwoyie Music and Dance Performance
Photo courtesy of UNT College of Music
Professor Midawo Gideon Foli Alorwoyie is widely recognized as one of Ghana’s foremost virtuosos of traditional music and dance. Alorwoyie, dancers, and musicians from the UNT African Percussion Ensemble will present a range of traditional works from Togo, Ghana, and Benin. Alorwoyie was chief master drummer of the Ghana National
Dance Ensemble for many years and has toured the world performing and teaching. He has worked with notable scholars and composers such as John Chernoff and Steve Reich.