George Worlasi Kwasi Dor
Summary
George Worlasi Kwasi Dor is a Ghanaian composer, performer, teacher and ethnomusicologist. His work includes choral and symphonic composition, ensemble direction and research on Ewe dance-drumming, including Borborbor.[1]
Life and career
He studied in Winneba and at the University of Ghana before completing a doctorate at the University of Pittsburgh. At the University of Mississippi he founded and directed the African Drum and Dance Ensemble and developed ethnomusicology teaching. His musical activities also include organizing commemorative and Black History Month concerts.[1]
Music and style
Choral writing draws on Ewe vocal and dance-drumming resources, including Agbadza, as well as formal studies in harmony, counterpoint and composition. Research based on his work identifies unison and other vocal relationships as meaningful resources within that musical thinking. The result places local expressive knowledge within composed concert and church music.[2]
Works and performances
'Mawu Ve Mianu' is an example discussed in the Ghanaian research. His symphonic works have been performed in Ghana, the United States and Germany. The book West African Drumming and Dance in North American Universities and his later Borborbor research document another part of his contribution: studying how musical knowledge changes across generations and institutions.[2][1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 University of Michigan: George Worlasi Kwasi Dor, 2025 Curry lecture biography and abstract. Accessed 23 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 University of Ghana research: indexed analysis of Dor’s choral music, compositional resources and interviews. Accessed 23 October 2026.
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