William Chapman Nyaho, a Ghanaian American, is an active solo recitalist, duo pianist and chamber musician, giving lectures, recitals and concerts throughout the United States, Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and the Caribbean. 
A strong advocate for music by composers of African descent, Chapman Nyaho has recorded three CDs of solo piano music dedicated to these composers. He has also compiled and edited a groundbreaking anthology Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora published by Oxford University Press. Chapman Nyaho regularly serves as a guest clinician at colleges and universities and adjudicates for national and international piano competitions. 
 His professional experience includes being a North Carolina Visiting Artist and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He has served as Visiting Professor of Piano at Colby College and Pomona College, Artist-in-Residence at Willamette University and on the summer faculty of the Interlochen Center for the Arts. Chapman Nyaho currently serves on the piano faculty at Pacific Lutheran University, as well as teaching privately in Seattle. Chapman Nyaho serves on the board of trustees of the Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy and is Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Music Teachers’ National Association.