Kwasi Ampene

Associate Professor of Musicology
Director of the West African Highlife Ensemble

Email: kwasi.ampene@colorado.edu
Website: http://spot.colorado.edu/~ampene/
Office Location: Room N134, Imig Music Building
Office Phone: 303-492-6439
Mailing Address: 301 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0301

Kwasi Ampene received his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh in 1999 and has been a member of faculty in the College of Music since the fall of 2000. As an African music specialist, Ampene specializes in the rich musical traditions of the Akan of Ghana. His publications include, Female Song Tradition and the Akan of Ghana: The Creative Process in Nnwonkoro (Ashgate UK, 2005), “Mensah, E.T.” in the New Encyclopedia of Africa (Charles Scribner’s Sons/The Gale Group, 2007) and a review of Ruth Stone’s Music of West Africa in the flagship journal, Ethnomusicology (2007). He has given numerous presentations on various aspects of African music and cultures at major universities, national, and international conferences including the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, the 2nd International Symposium on the Music of Africa at Princeton University, and a colloquium at the University of Ghana.