7th ANNUAL HIGHLIFE CONCERT
featuring Ghana's West African Percussion Trio
and the CU-Boulder West African Highlife Ensemble
Kwasi Ampene, Director

Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
Macky Auditorium, CU-Boulder

Performing high energy, tightly knit traditional, neo-traditional, and highlife dance music from Ghana, CU’s Highlife Ensemble has audiences dancing in the aisles to its irresistible West African rhythms. Under the direction of Kwasi Ampene, the group includes thirty music and non-music majors from the Boulder campus. It is the first university ensemble in the US to perform highlife music.

Tickets: $10 to $30
CU-Boulder students with BuffOne cards can buy tickets for $5 (one per ID), and faculty and staff with the cards get a 30% discount (these discounts are not available online). Discounts are also available for seniors, youths and groups.