Born July 18, 1972
- Dr. Okoye is a contemporary American composer who grew up in New York and Nigeria. She studied composition at the Oberlin Conservatory and Rutgers University.
- Okoye serves on the board of Composers Now!
- In 2020, Okoye became the inaugural recipient of the Florence Price Award for Composition.
- Okoye has composed in many genres, notably opera; her opera Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed that Line to Freedom premiered with the American Opera Project in 2014.1
Artist Biography from the composer’s website
Sources
- “About: Bio,” Nkeiru Okoye: Composer (2017), accessed June 11, 2021, https://www.nkeiruokoye.com/home.