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Nkeiru Okoye is an American composer of African American and Nigerian ancestry. She was born and raised in New York.  After studying composition, music theory, piano, conducting, and Africana Studies at Oberlin Conservatory, she pursued graduate studies at Rutgers University, and is best known through her opera, “Harriet TUbman,” and her orchestral composition, “Voices Shouting Out.” Okoye creates a body of work that welcomes  both traditional and new audiences. Hailed as “gripping” and “evocative” by the New York Times, her works have been commissioned, performed and presented by Detroit Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Opera North UK, and many others.