CURRICULUM VITAE FRANCIS A.K. SAIGHOE ADDRESS Department of Music University of Cape Coast Cape Coast Ghana D.O.B: June 7, 1938 EDUCATION 1988 Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology NEW YORK, NY Columbia University Graduate School 1981 Master of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology NEW YORK, NY Columbia University Graduate School 1977 Master of Music in Musicology COLLEGE PARK, MD University of Maryland 1974 Diploma in African Music (Passed with Distinction) University of Ghana 1969 General Diploma in Music Education Specialist Teachers Training College 1961 Teacher s Certificate A Bogoso Teachers Training College 1957 Teachers Certificate B St. Mary s Training College LEGON, ACCRA, WINNEBA, BOGOSO, APOWA, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1997 EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIV. CHENEY, WA Visiting Senior Lecturer in African Music, USAID sponsored linkage programme between University of Cape Coast and Eastern Washington University, Cheney, U.S.A. Spring Quarter, 1997.
1996 to date UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST CAPE COAST, Senior Lecturer in Music 1995 EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIV. CHENEY, WA Visiting Lecturer in African Music, USAID sponsored linkage programme between University of Cape Coast and Eastern Washington University, Cheney, U.S.A. Spring Quarter, 1995 1993-1994 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST CAPE COAST Acting Head Department of Music 1998-1996 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST CAPE COAST Lecturer in Music 1992 1998 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION WINNEBA Part-time Lecturer in Music 1991-1992 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST CAPE COAST Acting Head Department of Music 1986-1988 NEW SCHOOL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH NEW YORK, NY Instructor (Part-Time) Course Taught: Music of the World s Peoples 1985-1987 NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL OF THE ARTS NEW YORK, NY Consultant in African and Afro-American Music 1983-1987 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK, NY Preceptor, Music in the Humanities 1977-1980 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK, NY Departmental Research Assistant Duties: Archiving and Documentation Of Collection, World Musics 1980 MONTCLAIR STATE COLLEGE MONTCLAIR, NJ Visiting Specialist in Music Courses Taught: Introduction to Music in World Cultures Afro-American Influences on Music
Summer, 1979 BROOKLYN College Adjunct Professor of Music Course Taught: Musical Instruments of Africa Summer, 1978 BROOKLYN MUSUEM Instructor, Music Programme in African Mythology BROOKLYN, NJ BROOKLYN, NJ 1975-1977 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE, PARK MD Graduate Teaching Assistant Courses Taught: Music in African Cultures, Afro-American Music MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART WASHINGTON, DC Week-end Manager Supervised a staff of four. Gave tours and lecture demonstrations Managed the museum s gift and Bookshop as well as its drum ensemble 1974-1975 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC WINNEBA, Lecturer in Music Courses Taught: Music in African Cultures, Western Music History and Voice Production 1969-1972 TARKWA SECONDARY SCHOOL TARKWA, Senior Music Master; English Master, Director of School Choir 1961-1965 CATHOLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL SEFWI-WIAWSO Class Teacher 1958-1961 CATHOLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL BOGOSO, Class Teacher EXTRA CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES 2002 to date MEMBER, Shama Ahanta East Metroplitan Assembly, Representing Supomu-Dunkwa Electoral Area Chairman, Education Sub-Committee, Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan Assembly, SEKONDI, SEKONDI,
2001-2003 Academic Director, Centre for Intercultural CAPE COAST Learning and Talent Development (CILTAD/ Agoro Project) 1999 to date MEMBER, Centre for Intercultural CAPE COAST Learning and Talent Development (CILTAD/ Agoro Project) 1998 2001 EXTERNAL EXAMINER AND MODERATOR LEGON, Department of Music University of Ghana Music Section, Institute of African Studies University of Ghana 1997 to date MEMBER, Board of Govenors, Shama Senior Secondary school SHAMA, 1995-1998 MEMBER, University Business Board CAPE COAST University of Cape Coast 1994 RESOURCE PERSON for Cultural Studies, WINNEBA University College of Education, Winneba. Workshop on Basic Education September 28-30, 1994 1993 to date MEMBER, Central Regional Archdiocesan CAPE COAST Liturgical Council MEMBER, Cape Coast Parish Liturgical Committee 1993 Prepared and led the St. Francis Cathedral Choir CAPE COAST in a Television performance of R.M. Stult s The Story of Christmas, a fifty-five minute Christmas Cantata 1992 PANEL LEADER for Music Education, WINNEBA Task Force for developing programme of Study and writing of syllabi for courses for University College of Education, Winneba REFERREE for Panel, Screening of Staff for WINNEBA Retention at University College of Education at Winneba. August 29
(c) PANEL LEADER, Review Workshop on Syllabuses for University College of Education, Accra Technical Training Centre. November 20 (d) RESOURCE PERSON, Orientation Workshop WINNEBA for staff of the University College of Education, Winneba, November 25-27 (e) RESOURCE PERSON, Orientation Course WINNEBA for new Teachers in Senior Secondary Schools. February 9-18 1991-1995 CHIEF EXAMINER for Cultural Studies. Three Year Post Secondary Teacher Training Colleges 1991 RESOURCE PERSON, Curriculum Development WINNEBA Seminar for Diploma Awarding Colleges, A.T.T.C. October 28 to November 1 Prepared and led the students of the Music CAPE COAST Department in Collaboration with the Friends of Music in concert performance of J.H. Maunder s Olivet to Calvary, an hour-long Cantata based on the events of the Holy Week. 1990-1991 MUSIC DIRECTOR/CHOIRMASTER CAPE COAST St. Francis de Sales Cathedral Choir 1990-1994 EXTERNAL EXAMINER AND MODERATOR WINNEBA National Academy of Music 1989-1995 COUNSELLOR, ADEHYE HALL CAPE COAST University of Cape Coast 1989-1991 SECRETARY SUPOMU-DUNKWA Town Development Committee 1969-1972 CHOIRMASTER TARKWA St. Matthew s Church Choir HOUSE MASTER, SARBAH HOUSE TARKWA Tarkwa Secondary School
1968-1969 VICE PRESIDENT, Student Representative WINNEBA Council, Specialist s Training College 1967-1969 PRESIDENT, Catholic Community WINNEBA Specialist s Training College 1960-1961 FORM CAPTAIN BOGOSO Bogoso Training College RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Research Interests 1. Music in African Cultures 2. Music Behavior of Migrant Workers 3. Studies on Ghanaian Xylophone Music traditions with the objective of developing an efficient notational system for transcribing African Music for pedagogical purposes. 4. African music in the New World 5. The Psychology of Songs of Protest 6. Women in Music Publications 1997 1996 1991 Protest in West African Urban Popular Music, Journal of Ghana Music Teachers Association, N0.2 August, 1997, pp.1-12 The Psychology of Songs of Protest, in African Music Educator, No. 9, December, 1997, pp. 25-41 Immigrants, their Pre-migration Music, and the Realities of the Urban Environment, Drumspeak, No. 1, March, 1996, pp. 72-88 Traditional African Music in Black American Socio-cultural Interaction: A historical Perspective, African Music Educator, No.7, December, 1996, pp.21-31 The Role of Ostinato in African Music, Journal of the Ghana Teachers Association Vol. 1, pp 20-29 Resultant Melodies: A Psycho-Structural Analysis, (Same as above) pp. 30-39
1988 The Music Behavior of Dagaba Immigrants in Tarkwa, Ghana: A Study of Situational Change. Doctoral Dissertation. Columbia University, New York. 1985 Third Annual Shango Celebration. Report presented to the New York State Council on the Arts. December, 1985 1984 Dagaba Xylophone Music of Tarkwa,, Ghana: A Study of Situational change, Current Musicology. Issue 37/38 pp.167-175 1981 Traditional Women s Music from Ghana (Album Notes), Ethnic Folkways Records, Phonodisc FE 4257 1979 Music of the Ashanti of Ghana (Album Notes), Ethnic Folkways Records, Phonodisc FE 4240 1977 Traditional African Music as performed by Black Americans, Masters Thesis University of Maryland, College Park PAPERS READ AT ACONFERENCES AND SEMINARS 1999 African Music in Catholic Liturgy in the new Millennium, paper presented to the Congress of Catholic Cathedral choirs. Ghana, Apowa, August 1999 1997 The Place of Women in Ghanaian Musical Life Paper presented to Eastern Washington University Women s Centre, Cheney, WA., U.S.A. May, 1997 1995 Defective Singing: Causes and Treatment. Paper presented to the 19 th National Annual Conference of the Ghana Music Teachers Association, Winneba, August 1995 The Talking Drum as a Means of Communication in African Societies, Lecture- Demonstration Presented to the 95 Northwest Percussion Ensemble Festival, Ellensberg, WA, U.S.A. April 1995 1994 Traditional African Music in Black American Socio-cultural Interaction: A Historical Perspective, paper presented to the 4 th Plenary/Roundtable session of the 5-day Pan-African Colloquium on the Re-emergence of African Civilization, PANAFEST 94, U.S.T., Kumasi, December 15. African Music in Christian Worship: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Paper Presented to PANAFEST 94, Mini Conference On Africa in the Wider World of Music and Dance, Legon, December 1994
1993 1991 Music Education and National Development, Faculty Lecture, University of Cape Coast, June 1993 Immigrants, Their Pre-Migration Music and the Realities of the Urban Environment: Faculty Lecture University of Cape Coast, June 1991 Towards the Development of Perceptive Listening, Paper presented to the 16 th National Annual Conference of the Ghana Music Teachers Association. Winneba, August, 1991 Immigrants, Their Pre-Migration Music and the Realities of the Urban Environment: Faculty Lecture. University of Cape Coast, June, 1991 1990 Towards a Notation for Teaching Xylophone Music, Paper Presented to the 15 th Annual Conference of the Ghana Music Teachers Association, Accra, July, 1990 1989 Using Local Resources in Junior Secondary School Music Programmes: An Approach, Paper presented to the 14 th Annual Conference of the Ghana Music Teachers Association, Hohoe, July 1989 West African Urban Popular Music as Protest: The Missing Factor, Faculty Lecture, University of Cape Coast, June 1989 1987 The Interplay of Texts, Music and Confrontation in Protest Music, Paper presented to the 4 th Bi-Annual Conference of the Society of Textual Scholarship, N.Y., April, 1987 1985 The Psychology of Songs of Insult, Paper presented to the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology: Washington, DC., August, 1985 1983 The Music Behavior of the Dagaba Immigrants in Tarkwa, Ghana, Paper presented to the 27 th Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music. New York, August, 1983 1979 Protest in West African Urban popular Music. Paper presented to Musicultura 1979, North and South Encounter: The Music of Africa. Breukelen, Holland, October, 1979. 1977 The Talking Drum as a Means of Communication, Paper presented to the 4 th Annual Festival of Fine Arts. Bowie, Maryland, U.S.A. April, 1977. ACADEMIC AWARDS 1991-1992 University of Cape Coast, Research Grant for further Research on Psychology of Songs of Insults.
1981-1982 Wenner-Gren Foundation for Antropological Research Inc. Award for Doctoral Dissertation Research. Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Travelling Fellowship for Graduate Studies. 1978-1981 Colombia University, President s Fellowship for Graduate Studies. 1979 MUSICULTUA, 1979, North and South Encounter: The Music of Africa. Breukelen, Holland Travelling Award MEMBERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 1999 to date Member, International Council for Traditional Music 1996 to date Representative for Ghana, World of Music 1992 1996 Central Regional Chairman, Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), 1991-1998 Liaison Officer for Ghana, International Council for Traditional Music 1990-1997 Vice-President, Ghana Music Teachers Association 1988 to date Member. Society for Ethnomusicology REFERENCES Available upon request