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Èbùn Oguntola (age 19) is a composer from Syracuse, New York who NPR describes as a “curious and enterprising young artist.” She is currently a sophomore in the joint-studies program at Harvard University and Berklee College of Music. Èbùn has delved deeply into composition, film scoring, conducting, songwriting, production, and multi-instrumentalism. Her works have been performed by numerous musicians across the US, including a commission to write a piece for GRAMMY-award winning violinist Johnny Gandelsman that was featured on the NY Times with the full album, This is America, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Chart. In 2021, she was featured on NPR’s From the Top, where she was interviewed by Kevin Olusola, the beatboxer from Pentatonix.