News Release
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January 26, 2006
Boise State�s Global Expressions Series Presents Obo Addy
Boise State�s Global Expressions Series will present Obo Addy and his
ensemble Okropong at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, in the Student Union Special
Events Center. Tickets are $10 general, $5 students, Boise State faculty and
staff, alumni and senior citizens 55 and older. Tickets are available
through Select-a-Seat, 426-1494 or
www.idahotickets.com.
Addy is an internationally-known drummer originally from Ghana in West
Africa. He has spent his musical career blending the traditional African
rhythms of his home country with pop music. He has played in several bands,
including Joe Kelly�s Band, the Ghana Broadcasting Band and the Farmers
Council Band. He toured until 1978, when he moved to the United States.
He later founded Homowo African Arts and Cultures, a non-profit organization
that helps keep Ghanian musical traditions alive. Addy now teaches at Lewis
and Clark College in Portland and teaches extensively throughout the
country. In 1996 he received the National Heritage Fellowship Award from the
National Endowment for the Arts, the first African-born artist to receive
the award.
His ensemble Okropong, which will appear with him at Boise State, is focused
on traditional tribal music.
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Contact: Catherine Allen, Student Activities, (208) 426-1223,
callen@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208)
426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu
Boise State University is the largest institution of higher education in
Idaho with about 18,600 students and 2,200 faculty and staff. More than 190
undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and technical degrees are offered within
eight colleges. A metropolitan university located in the capital city, Boise
State is committed to life-enhancing research, teaching excellence and
public service.
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