TOWARDS_CONSCIOUS_PATRIOTISM

What's Included1 × PDF file — Towards Conscious Patriotism (complete published edition, Noyam Journals 2024) containing:Prelude — Africology Etude Reprise ("Hu Yɛn MƆBƆ" — Have Mercy Upon Us)A vocal study: Soprano/Tenor duet with piano, in Twi. Opens on "Ntease yɛ aduro — Understanding is medicinal." A ready-made opener or teaching piece for developing voices.Main Song 1 — Awake Ooo! Alkebulan's GhanaVocal solo with piano, sung across six Ghanaian languages — Twi, Ewe, Kasem, Dangme, Hausa, and Nzema (with Moore/Mossi passages in the score). A call for a paradigm shift and spiritual awakening. Intentionally unconventional piano writing — distinctive on any concert program.Main Song 2 — Ghana: Yɛ Hia Ayaresa! (Ghana: We Need Healing)Vocal solo with piano, in Akan (Twi) — Ghana's most widely spoken language. Examines the root causes of national challenges and prescribes truth and courage as the antidote. Piano accompaniment structured to call forth enlightenment and change.Postlude / Codetta — Tumi Wura – Aamen! (Almighty God — Amen!)Four-part harmony for quartet or choir, in the praise-singer tradition of the chiefs' courts (griots). Includes the Twi original and a Yoruba adaptation — a deliberate gesture of African solidarity. Beautiful closer for concerts, services, and national events.Plus everything around the music:Composer's Preface — the philosophy of "conscious patriotism" and why art music, not slogans, changes societies (rich material for concert program notes and classroom discussion)"Anatomy of Dondology" — the composer's celebrated poetic prose on African thought and the artsForeword by Prof. Yaw Sekyi-Baidoo (University of Education, Winneba) — authoritative framing you can quote when presenting the worksAbout the Author — composer bio for your printed programsProfessionally notated scores by Kwaku Boakye-Frempong (Lyra Art Music Studio)Format: Digital PDF — instant download. Print-friendly for rehearsal folders and chorus masters.[EDIT BEFORE PUBLISHING — copying/usage license]: e.g. "Purchase permits photocopying of vocal parts for your own choir members. Other reproduction requires publisher permission."BenefitsSave time on programming. Stop hunting for patriotic repertoire with depth — or commissioning new works from scratch. The pieces arrive pre-structured as a complete concert set (prelude → two main songs → postlude), or you can extract single items for Independence Day, civic ceremonies, festivals, school and church concerts. Two years in the making, professionally transcribed and choir-tested.Save money. One download replaces the cost of commissioning an original choral work (typically thousands of cedis) or purchasing multiple separate octavos — and the scores are reusable across seasons and occasions.Repertoire that actually lands. As the foreword notes, most patriotic songs "mean and achieve little if the minds of the audience are not already tuned to national building." These pieces are composed specifically to change attitudes and behaviour — giving your performances purpose beyond ceremony.Multilingual, multi-audience reach. Lyrics in Twi, Ewe, Kasem, Dangme, Hausa, Nzema, Moore (Mossi), and Yoruba mean your choir can connect with virtually every community in the hall — and showcase Ghana's linguistic heritage with pride.Built for real choirs. Duet for training voices, solo-with-piano items for featured singers, and true four-part harmony for quartet or full choir — flexible programming for choirs of different sizes and abilities.