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Say hello to Nkeiru Okoye, one of our brand new Creators Corps composers for the 2023/24 season! We are delighted to have her vast experience and creativity - learn a little more about her background and musical inspiration here.

About Nkeiru:
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, Dr. Okoye creates a body of work that welcomes and affirms both traditional and new audiences. Hailed as “gripping” and “evocative” by the New York Times, her works have been commissioned, performed and presented by the Detroit Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Opera North UK, Houston Grand Opera, Boston Modern Orchestra Project and many others.

About the Louisville Orchestra Creators Corps:
Long praised for visionary thinking about the role of an orchestra in its community, The Louisville Orchestra is searching for three resident composers for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons as part of its Creators Corps program. The selected Creators will live in Louisville, Kentucky, and collaborate with the orchestra to write new works, participate in community engagement programming, and maintain vibrant and active presences in the local community. The orchestra will provide each creator with a $40,000 salary, health benefits, and complimentary housing.

See the 2023/24 and 2024/25 composers here: https://louisvilleorchestra.org/creat...

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