He graduated from the Achimota School in Achimota, where he studied piano with John Barham. Degrees in music from Street Peter"s College, Oxford University, an M.M. from the Eastman School of Music, and a Doctorate.M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. He has also studied at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève.
He holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts He has taught at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Colby College and Willamette University. He currently teaches privately and performs nationally and internationally giving recitals, masterclasses and workshops. His repertoire includes music by Gamal Abdel-Rahim, Margaret Bonds, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Robert Nathaniel Dett, Halim El-Dabh, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Gyimah Labi, and Joshua Uzoigwe.
He has performed throughout the United States., Canada, and Europe, as well as in China.
He has compiled and edited a five-volume anthology Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora published by Oxford University Press. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
On February 22, 2014, Nyaho visited Raleigh, North Carolina to host a Master class.
