African Processional Analysis

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The group song of this concert is “African Processional” by D.B. Montoya (music),

Carah Reed (lyrics), and Ron Kean (editing). David Montoya was born in 1968 and received his

bachelor’s degree in music at California state university, Los Angeles, and his master of music

degree from the University of Nevada, Reno. He’s currently employed at La Habra High School

(California) where he directs the choral and classical guitar programs and teaches AP music

theory. He created African Processional after listening to the music of the Nubian singer and oud

player, Hamza El Din. He tried to capture some of the rhythms heard in Hamza’s music and then

collaborated with Carah Reed (who is fluent in Swahili) to create lyrics. An interesting

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