• Vocal Performance Teaching And Learning In Cape Coast Metropolis Senior High Schools 

  ABLA ADJAHOE, JENNIFER (University of Cape Coast, 2022-12)

  It is a worldwide common knowledge that every ‘normal’ human being can sing. But singing has become an art that requires professional training, techniques, and skills. The primary concern of this study is to explore the ...
• 'Self-Serving': A Musical Fable 

  Komabu, Wisdom (University of Cape Coast, 2020-12)

  Storytelling, particularly fables, plays a foremost role in shaping the moral fibre of society. It gives the society a sense of identity and cultural belonging. Fables have been used extensively to provide entertainment, ...
• Brain Response To Music Among Pupils In The University Of Cape Coast Basic School 

  Wunu, Wise Colette (University of Cape Coast, 2020-10)

  Progress in neuroscience has quickly increased knowledge of neural insights with musical participation. Researchers have endeavoured to identify brain responses that are related to experiences of music participation. ...
• Dance Movements Of Children: A Case Study Of Preschoolers In Wlnneba 

  Osei, Latipher Amma (University of Cape Coast, 2020-07)

  Over the years much of the literature available all around the world, has focused on using dance as a tool to correct some mobility issues in the development of children and the benefits of music and dance to the growing ...
• An Evaluation of the Music Teacher Training Programme for Basic Schools in Nigeria with Special Reference to South-eastern States 

  Ugwu, Calista Ada Nwadimkpa (University of Cape Coast, 2018-06)

  The purpose of the study was to evaluate the music teacher programme of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) towards meeting the federal government’s aspiration of making its education relevant to the ...
• “SANKU” CONCERTO (An African Concerto for Piano and Indigenous Ghanaian Percussion) 

  Addaquay, Alfred Patrick (University of Cape Coast, 2020-06)

  The main focus of this project was on how an artist familiar with both traditional music and western contemporary practices can produce a novel Piano Concerto that is a fusion or hybrid of the two world, so far as ...
• Adzesaw: A Contemporary Dance Choreography Based on Adzewa Dance Movements 

  Sackey, Reginald Myres Abeku (University of Cape Coast, 2020-10)

  Ghana is gifted with numerous traditional dance forms but unfortunately many of such dance forms are endangered. Some of such dance forms are totally out of the traditional setting or its participation is limited to the ...
• Music Performance and Brain Responses: The Case of Music and Dance Students of University of Cape Coast 

  Dzakey, Francis Afenyo (University of Cape Coast, 2020-06)

  This study was about investigating music performance and brain responses among undergraduate students of the Music department of University of Cape Coast. The purpose of the study was to investigate the following: possible ...
• Policy Strategies for a Performing Arts Sector: An Analysis of Cultural Policy Support for the Performing Arts in Ghana 

  Asare, Amos Darkwa (University of Cape Coast, 2020-05)

  In this study, I analyze cultural policy support for a sustainable performing arts sector in Ghana. Even though some areas of public policy are seen as raison d’etre, that of arts and culture have not received much attention ...
• Beyond Kinematics: Exploring Periodicity and Figurative Patterns Elicited by Selected Ghanaian Musical Types 

  Amparbin, Ernest Francis (University of Cape Coast, 2020-07)

  This study sought to examine the nature of patterns produced in sand particles stirred by fifteen (15) Ghanaian musical compositions selected under the three broad musical genres: traditional, popular and Ghanaian art ...
• Ŋku in the funeral traditions of the bakpɛle: Systemization and documentation 

  Adesua, Hesper kwame (2018-07)

  The Bakpɛle (Likpe), in the Hohoe District, is one of the Guan speaking groups of the Volta Region. This research, which was carried out between August, 2013 and June, 2016, consists of studying Ŋku (dirges) as part of ...
• Innovations in Bɔbɔɔbɔ of the Eʋe of Ghana 

  Fiagbedzi, Eyram Eric Kwasi (University of Cape Coast, 2019-07)

  In the 1950s, Bɔbɔɔbɔ, a pan-ethnic dance-music genre emerged in Ghana and performed predominantly among the northern Eʋe in Ghana. Its development has been characterized by socio-political and religious nuances that ...
• Creative processes, structures and performance of shrine music of the Northern Ewes: the case of Awudome people of Ghana 

  Adzei, Senyo (University of Cape Coast, 2020-05)

  This thesis researched into the Creative Processes, Structures and Performance of Shrine Music of the Northern Ewes. I focused on three shrines at the Awudome Traditional Area in Ghana as a case study. As its methodological ...
• An evaluation of the music teacher training programme for basic schools in Nigeria with special reference to South-Eastern States 

  Ugwu, Calista Ada Nwadimkpa (University of Cape Coast, 2018-07)

  The purpose of the study was to evaluate the music teacher programme of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) towards meeting the federal government’s aspiration of making its education relevant to ...
• Impact of Ghanaian basic school band directors‘ rehearsal strategies on students‘ performance 

  Dordzro, John-Doe, Y. (University of Cape Coast, 2017-03)

  There has been a concern about the quality and depth of the musical leanings accruing from school musical performances. The concern in Ghana is the level of technical ability students are able to achieve and how instructors ...
• Negotiating religious identity through dance in the Presbyterian church of Ghana: a case study of Immanuel congregation, Madina. 

  Darko, Jennies Deide (University of Cape Coast, 2017-07)

  Dance as a complex cultural phenomenon contains elements that define people as belonging to a particular cultural group. As a form of self-expression and communication, dance has the power to bring people together in ...
• Performance aesthetics of the Klama dance of Gbugbla (Prampram), Ghana 

  Hargoe, Aristedes Narh (University of Cape Coast, 2017-07)

  The purpose of this thesis is to explore the performance aesthetics of Klama as a movement system of the Dangme people of Gbugbla (Prampram). I observe that Klama as a movement system, integrates the core manifestations ...
• Music and emotion: A study of the relationship between musical preference and emotional intelligence 

  Otchere, Eric Debrah (University of Cape Coast, 2014-01)

  The concept of emotion is one that is deeply connected to both Musical Preferences (MP) and Emotional Intelligence (EI) inter alia. In fact, many people identify different emotions in their day-to-day engagements with ...
• Agblehawo (farmers’ music): their status and impact on farming communities of Kpandu, volta region, Ghana. 

  Amlor, Martin Quephie (university of cape coast, 2013-05)

  An important musical type that supports farmers’ activities at Kpandu and its environs, to ensure their welfare and survival through subsistence farming is agblehawo, a term which literally means “farmers’ music”. This ...

• Vocal Performance Teaching And Learning In Cape Coast Metropolis Senior High Schools 

  ABLA ADJAHOE, JENNIFER (University of Cape Coast, 2022-12)

  It is a worldwide common knowledge that every ‘normal’ human being can sing. But singing has become an art that requires professional training, techniques, and skills. The primary concern of this study is to explore the ...
• 'Self-Serving': A Musical Fable 

  Komabu, Wisdom (University of Cape Coast, 2020-12)

  Storytelling, particularly fables, plays a foremost role in shaping the moral fibre of society. It gives the society a sense of identity and cultural belonging. Fables have been used extensively to provide entertainment, ...
• Brain Response To Music Among Pupils In The University Of Cape Coast Basic School 

  Wunu, Wise Colette (University of Cape Coast, 2020-10)

  Progress in neuroscience has quickly increased knowledge of neural insights with musical participation. Researchers have endeavoured to identify brain responses that are related to experiences of music participation. ...
• Dance Movements Of Children: A Case Study Of Preschoolers In Wlnneba 

  Osei, Latipher Amma (University of Cape Coast, 2020-07)

  Over the years much of the literature available all around the world, has focused on using dance as a tool to correct some mobility issues in the development of children and the benefits of music and dance to the growing ...
• An Evaluation of the Music Teacher Training Programme for Basic Schools in Nigeria with Special Reference to South-eastern States 

  Ugwu, Calista Ada Nwadimkpa (University of Cape Coast, 2018-06)

  The purpose of the study was to evaluate the music teacher programme of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) towards meeting the federal government’s aspiration of making its education relevant to the ...
• “SANKU” CONCERTO (An African Concerto for Piano and Indigenous Ghanaian Percussion) 

  Addaquay, Alfred Patrick (University of Cape Coast, 2020-06)

  The main focus of this project was on how an artist familiar with both traditional music and western contemporary practices can produce a novel Piano Concerto that is a fusion or hybrid of the two world, so far as ...
• Adzesaw: A Contemporary Dance Choreography Based on Adzewa Dance Movements 

  Sackey, Reginald Myres Abeku (University of Cape Coast, 2020-10)

  Ghana is gifted with numerous traditional dance forms but unfortunately many of such dance forms are endangered. Some of such dance forms are totally out of the traditional setting or its participation is limited to the ...
• Music Performance and Brain Responses: The Case of Music and Dance Students of University of Cape Coast 

  Dzakey, Francis Afenyo (University of Cape Coast, 2020-06)

  This study was about investigating music performance and brain responses among undergraduate students of the Music department of University of Cape Coast. The purpose of the study was to investigate the following: possible ...
• Policy Strategies for a Performing Arts Sector: An Analysis of Cultural Policy Support for the Performing Arts in Ghana 

  Asare, Amos Darkwa (University of Cape Coast, 2020-05)

  In this study, I analyze cultural policy support for a sustainable performing arts sector in Ghana. Even though some areas of public policy are seen as raison d’etre, that of arts and culture have not received much attention ...
• Beyond Kinematics: Exploring Periodicity and Figurative Patterns Elicited by Selected Ghanaian Musical Types 

  Amparbin, Ernest Francis (University of Cape Coast, 2020-07)

  This study sought to examine the nature of patterns produced in sand particles stirred by fifteen (15) Ghanaian musical compositions selected under the three broad musical genres: traditional, popular and Ghanaian art ...
• Ŋku in the funeral traditions of the bakpɛle: Systemization and documentation 

  Adesua, Hesper kwame (2018-07)

  The Bakpɛle (Likpe), in the Hohoe District, is one of the Guan speaking groups of the Volta Region. This research, which was carried out between August, 2013 and June, 2016, consists of studying Ŋku (dirges) as part of ...
• Innovations in Bɔbɔɔbɔ of the Eʋe of Ghana 

  Fiagbedzi, Eyram Eric Kwasi (University of Cape Coast, 2019-07)

  In the 1950s, Bɔbɔɔbɔ, a pan-ethnic dance-music genre emerged in Ghana and performed predominantly among the northern Eʋe in Ghana. Its development has been characterized by socio-political and religious nuances that ...
• Creative processes, structures and performance of shrine music of the Northern Ewes: the case of Awudome people of Ghana 

  Adzei, Senyo (University of Cape Coast, 2020-05)

  This thesis researched into the Creative Processes, Structures and Performance of Shrine Music of the Northern Ewes. I focused on three shrines at the Awudome Traditional Area in Ghana as a case study. As its methodological ...
• An evaluation of the music teacher training programme for basic schools in Nigeria with special reference to South-Eastern States 

  Ugwu, Calista Ada Nwadimkpa (University of Cape Coast, 2018-07)

  The purpose of the study was to evaluate the music teacher programme of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) towards meeting the federal government’s aspiration of making its education relevant to ...
• Impact of Ghanaian basic school band directors‘ rehearsal strategies on students‘ performance 

  Dordzro, John-Doe, Y. (University of Cape Coast, 2017-03)

  There has been a concern about the quality and depth of the musical leanings accruing from school musical performances. The concern in Ghana is the level of technical ability students are able to achieve and how instructors ...
• Negotiating religious identity through dance in the Presbyterian church of Ghana: a case study of Immanuel congregation, Madina. 

  Darko, Jennies Deide (University of Cape Coast, 2017-07)

  Dance as a complex cultural phenomenon contains elements that define people as belonging to a particular cultural group. As a form of self-expression and communication, dance has the power to bring people together in ...
• Performance aesthetics of the Klama dance of Gbugbla (Prampram), Ghana 

  Hargoe, Aristedes Narh (University of Cape Coast, 2017-07)

  The purpose of this thesis is to explore the performance aesthetics of Klama as a movement system of the Dangme people of Gbugbla (Prampram). I observe that Klama as a movement system, integrates the core manifestations ...
• Music and emotion: A study of the relationship between musical preference and emotional intelligence 

  Otchere, Eric Debrah (University of Cape Coast, 2014-01)

  The concept of emotion is one that is deeply connected to both Musical Preferences (MP) and Emotional Intelligence (EI) inter alia. In fact, many people identify different emotions in their day-to-day engagements with ...
• Agblehawo (farmers’ music): their status and impact on farming communities of Kpandu, volta region, Ghana. 

  Amlor, Martin Quephie (university of cape coast, 2013-05)

  An important musical type that supports farmers’ activities at Kpandu and its environs, to ensure their welfare and survival through subsistence farming is agblehawo, a term which literally means “farmers’ music”. This ...

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