Biography

Innocent Okechukwu is a Nigerian prolific composer and pianist, with over  two hundred (200) compositions to his credit. Notable amongst them are his Sacred Cantata; Oku Ncheghari (A call for repentance), Three flute concertos, Waterfall (A Clarinet Balleto), A dance of the wizard (flute concerto) and a New York premiered duet Ije Uwa (The travails of life), When the world is sick (SATB, also arranged for solo voice), Ave Verum (SATB), Majesty (SATB & Piano), Sinking sand (violin sonata), Hang-out (Trumpet & Piano), Behold the star (SATB for Christmas), Snow, snow (Solo voice), Fear (Soprano), The River Within (String Quartet, World premiered in Boston Center for the Arts, USA), Sneaky One (Brass Quartet), the list continues.

Mr. Innocent had his first degree in Music at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) majored in Composition and a minor in Piano graduating with a first class with honors and emerged the Best graduating student from his Department in 2016.

Mr Innocent also holds an Advanced certificate on piano performance from the Trinity College of London school of music board in Dubai, UAE 2019.

In June of 2018 Innocent moved to Dubai, UAE, as an instructor in a fast-growing music institute in Dubai, UAE – Solid Rock Music and Dance Zone. Also worked as a collaborative pianist for the Trinity examination board.

Innocent now holds a Masters degree in Music Composition From Longy School of Music of Bard College, Cambridge – USA. 

Early 2022, he published his first book – Musical Echoes, some collections of his original compositions, which is available for purchase on amazon.

Innocent was a  recipient of the Bronwyn and Jeffrey Lamont Artistic and Social Change Fellowship 2021-2022 session. He also was the recipient of Equity a Named Scholar in 2022.

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