Paschal Yao Younge, Ed.D.
- Professor of Music Education
- Co-Director, Ohio University Global Arts Festival
- Co-Director, Ohio University African Ensemble
Areas of Expertise
- Multicultural and Global Education
- Intercultural and Multicultural Music Education Curricula Development
- Interdisciplinary Musical Arts of Africa
- African Brass Band Music
- African and World Choral Music
- Musical Traditions of Ghana: History, Performance and Teaching
- Diversity and the Arts
- World Music and Dance Consultancy
- Non-western Percussion Pedagogy
- Performance Practices of Black Atlantic Music
- Creativity, Dialogue and Interaction in World Art Cultures: sub-Saharan Africa, Black America and Asia
Expert Bio
Younge, Professor of Music at Ohio University, is currently the Executive and Music Director of Azaguno, Inc., a multi-ethnic ensemble based in Athens, Ohio that focuses on research, preservation, and performance of African, African American, Caribbean, and Latin American Music and Dance.
Throughout his life, Younge has continued to study and teach western musical instruments such as the trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba, alto saxophone, and clarinet, and various traditional Ghanaian musical types and instruments. He further expands his understanding and knowledge of African cultural heritage through drumming, dancing, and research.
As a specialist in African choral and brass band music, a clinician in other sub-Saharan African musical arts, world percussion, and advocate of intercultural, interdisciplinary, and multicultural music, Younge has presented and performed at several festivals, concerts, and conferences internationally in over 45 States/Provinces in the U.S. and Canada and in 25 international countries. Before coming to Ohio University, Younge taught at West Virginia University, where he served as Director of the World Music Center and at the University of Ghana as Principal Music Instructor and director of several ensembles, including brass bands, choirs, and other instrumental groups.
Younge has also been published in several books, journals, DVDs and CDs, including Music and Dance Traditions of Ghana: History, Performance and Teaching: Forewords by Daniel Avorgbedor, Komla Amoaku and Francis Nii-Yartey, Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-4992-7; Dance-Drumming Ceremonies of Ghana: a 10-DVD set of Field Recordings of Ghana's Four Main Ethnic Groups, by Paschal Yao Younge. Publisher, Dance-Drumming.com; "Ghana: Rhythms of the People": Traditional music and dance of the Ewe, Dagbamba, Fante, and Ga People, published under the Music of the Earth Series - CD by Multicultural Media, MCM 2000; "Mano Efe Dusime," Choral work for Treble Voices, published by World Music Press, Danbury, 2002; Yeve: Ritual Music and Dance of a Secret Society, MSFS Volume One, published by Prizm Media Group, 2002; and "Four Choruses from Ghana," Treble Voices with Percussion Accompaniment, published under Henry Leck Choral Series by Colla Voce Music, Inc., 2003.