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“Composer Nkeiru Okoye doesn’t fit neatly into any kind of classical category. Her compositions showcase her genius by incorporating different types of musical styles that help create a sound that’s uniquely hers.” Andrea Blain and Scott Blankenship, Your Classical Music, Minnesota Public Radio
“Composer Nkeiru Okoye doesn’t fit neatly into any kind of classical category. Her compositions showcase her genius by incorporating different types of musical styles that help create a sound that’s uniquely hers.” Andrea Blain and Scott Blankenship, Your Classical Music, Minnesota Public Radio
“Composer Nkeiru Okoye doesn’t fit neatly into any kind of classical category. Her compositions showcase her genius by incorporating different types of musical styles that help create a sound that’s uniquely hers.” Andrea Blain and Scott Blankenship, Your Classical Music, Minnesota Public Radio
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American composer and lyricist NKEIRU OKOYE has been hailed as “gripping” and “evocative” by the New York Times. A Guggenheim Fellow, and winner of The American Prize in vocal chamber music, Okoye is a Creator-in-Residence with the Louisville Orchestra for the 2023-24 season. Her music has been commissioned, performed and presented by Detroit Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, the Julliard School, Baltimore Symphony, Opera North UK, Houston Grand Opera, the American Opera Project, Moscow Symphony, Tanglewood Music Festival, Virginia Symphony, Tulsa Opera, Royal Opera House, UK, and many others. Okoye’s recital series "Cocktails, Cookies and the Composer™," brings African American music, and short English language opera to communities. She is a mentor composer for the National Association of Teachers of Singing Art Song Initiative and the American Opera Project, Composers and the Voice program. Okoye’s piece, “Dancing Barefoot in the Rain," is immortalized by Carnegie Hall's CH monogram campaign. Her music is published exclusively through Theodore Presser.
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Hi, I'm Nkeiru. I'm a composer, a writer, a public speaker, and a survivor. But most of all I create worlds of sounds from within my mind and I turn it into stories that can unite communities while educating people. Along the way, I've had my music performed by orchestras and opera companies and performers pretty much on every continent.