Olúgbón
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Composer/Piano
Johnson Oluwajuwon Adenuga was born in Lagos into a 'not-too' musical family. He started his musical journey at Peter King College of music, studying Jazz and classical music. In 2011, he was awarded a full scholarship by MTNFoundation to study Piano at Muson, where he obtained a diploma certificate in piano performance two years after. He, afterwards, obtained a Bachelor of Art in Music at the University of Ibadan, majoring in composition.
Juwon, as he often loves to be called, experiments with most genres of music and its fusions. He, however, predominantly experiments with Yoruba styles of music, merging it with other cultures of music. He released a band arrangement of Phil Woods sonata in 2017; In 2020, he released: an original tilted OLÚDÁ and also a five-track project titled MAGNIFY.
Juwon currently reside in Lagos, Nigeria, performing and composing music.
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Cello
Jude studied on the MTNF Scholarship at the prestigious Muson Diploma School with Karen Patterson, Thomas Kanitz, Godfrey Amoah and Tunde Jegede, and has taken several lessons with Walter-Michael Vollhardt. Jude is widely traveled, participating in the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival, Cape Town South Africa. He's a member of the Nok Orchestra, a group of Nigerian Musicians headed by Tunde Jegede which gave Performances at the St Lawrence Jewry Music Festival, a special public concert at the historically iconic St Stephens Church, and on Jumoke Fashola's 'Sunday Breakfast Show' on BBC radio, in London, all in the summer of 2018, and has since then given frequent performances in the City of London. Jude has also shared the stage with world acclaimed Piano Virtuoso, Rebeca Omordia, during the 2019 Muson Festivals.
Jude has been a member of the Muson Symphony Orchestra for close to a decade, and has for the most part of this period, its Principal Cellist. Jude is a very passionate music instructor, he presently teaches lower strings at the Muson Diploma School.
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Vocal
Sanni Taiwo is a songwriter, live performer, recording artist and a chanter. She is lover of art and she believe in her culture and her heritage.
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Djembe
Olanrian Samuel better known as Samuel Bolton, a percussionist, performer, recording Artist and session conga player.
He is highly recommended as one of the best and most consistent percussionists in Lagos, Nigeria. He has his own performing Band and have worked with several music act in the country such as ORITSE FEMI,NINIOLA,JESSE JAGZ,CHIKE, M.I, ARAMIDE, RIC HASSANI, JAYWON, LADIPOE, RUBY GYANG,FUNBI & THE CAVEMEN just to mention few and featured on a world music project titled (Bahia Love song) produced by U.S based BABATUNDE KAYODE with AirPlay and streaming in United States, UK, Brazil, Argentina, Portugal, Canada and around the world.