Omowunmi
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Composer
Gabriel Adédèjì is a Nigerian composer and pianist. He started his musical journey through Yorùbá folk tales that his late mother told, and these tales usually had music. Gabriel believes he owes his musical inspiration to the musical culture of the Yorùbá people. He was introduced to playing drums at the age of 7 and he was soon exposed to the talking drum as a child. He was later introduced to playing keyboards at his father’s church and soon took up a musical career, studying in Peter Kings College of Music, Society of Performing arts of Nigeria and the Musical Society of Nigeria.
Gabriel currently resides in Nigeria where he teaches, composes and performs. He is the resident pianist and arts director of the Arts in medicine fellowship.Other compositions by Gabriel Adédèjì include Tẹramọ́ṣẹ́, Ọmọ́wùnmí, Ṣọbọ, Ẹmu Ògùrọ̀ and many others.
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Tenor
Daniel Okereke is an Operatic Tenor Singer and a Music Scholar who studied Music specializing in Voice at the Muson Diploma School of Music under the scholarship of MTN foundation. He has performed lead roles and choruses in several Operas here in Nigeria and also been a lead singer in concerts and events in various parts of the country.
He was awarded the Akintola Williams Prize for Examination Excellence (Vocal Distinction in Associated Board of Royal School of Music, London) and also given the Francesca Emanuel award as the Best Male Operatic Singer 2019 at Muson Diploma School of Music.
Daniel is a Passionate Performer, a Vocal Coach, a Music Tutor and a Tech Entrepreneur who is aiming to become one of Nigeria's biggest export in Classical Music and also take the Nigerian indigenous music to the world.
Daniel also recently received an offer to further his studies in Vocal performance and is running a campaign to help him actualize this dream of becoming a World renowned Operatic Tenor and Music Educator.
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Piano
Seyi Ajibade possesses a Bachelor’s Degree in Art with concentration in Music from the University of Lagos and a diploma in piano performance (MUSON). He has won numerous national piano competitions. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, he started keyboard/piano lessons in 2010 at the Mountain of Fire And Miracles Ministries. Seyi Ajibade is a co-founder and Artistic director of the Chamber Music Nigeria. Seyi’s passion and love for Nigerian compositions encouraged him to join NAM (Nigerian Art Music) and also Àkójọpọ̀ as a team member.He looks forward to becoming a prolific musician/musicologist and to impact so many lives.