Nkeiru Okoye (b.1972)
Nkeiru Okoye is an American-born composer of African American and Nigerian ancestry. She was born in New York, NY, and raised on Long Island. After studying composition, music theory, piano, conducting and Africana Studies at Oberlin Conservatory, she pursued graduate studies at Rutgers University and became one of the leading African American women composers.
An activist through the arts, Okoye creates a body of work that welcomes and affirms both traditional and new audiences. Her works have been commissioned, performed and presented by the Detroit Symphony, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Opera North (UK), Mt. Holyoke College, The Juilliard School, Houston Grand Opera, the American Opera Project, Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the University of Michigan Orchestras, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Sinfonietta, Cleveland Opera Theater, Moscow Symphony, Tanglewood Music Festival, Virginia Symphony, Tulsa Opera, Royal Opera House, Da Capo Chamber Players, cellist Matt Haimovitz, pianist Lara Downes, and many others.
Discography
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