Dr. Coffie, Mark Millas

Mark Millas Coffie, also known as “Fish” in the Ghanaian popular music circle, is a composer & arranger, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Music Education, University of Education, Winneba. He was the preferred choice as bassist for several prominent musicians in Ghana, most notably Ebo Taylor, Bob Pinodo and Cindy Thompson. Mark is a founder-member, balafonist, lead vocalist, composer & arranger for the Bigshots Band GH. As a composer-performer, he has toured and performed his works in the USA, Europe and other parts of Africa. As a researcher, his contributions to popular music scholarship in Ghana cannot be overemphasised, as evidenced by his extensive publications on highlife music and Ghanaian popular musicians. He is a reviewer for the Occupational Standards (National Proficiency to Higher National Diploma Level) and a contributor to developing the Teaching & Learning Materials for Music Competence-Based Training (CBT) Programme for the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education Training (CTVET). His research interests span a broad array of issues in the area of popular music and performance.

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