Spotlight Interview with Dr. Ayo Oluranti

Fatima has a light chat with Ayọ̀ Olúrántí (formerly Ogúnrántí), a composer and as well as a conductor, organist, music scholar and theorist. While his compositions have been performed from the Orient to the Occident, he has given recitals on historic and celebrity organs in different parts of the world. Ayọ̀ has successfully designed and directed sacred music programs and was previously the Composer-In-Residence and Associate Organist at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, where he also conducted the Pittsburgh Festival Orchestra.


He is a member of Baf​rik, Brazil and a founding composer-member of Alia​ Musica, Pittsburgh. Ayọ̀, currently a Senior Lecturer at the Music Department, Mountain Top University (Nigeria) was previously a post-doctoral research and teaching fellow at Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa. He is currently in residence as a fellow at Goethe-Institut (Germany) on the Postcolonial Recherche project.