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SUMMARY:Nkeiru Okoye | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:This speaker event was recorded live on Thursday\, February 8\, 2024 at 5:30 pm in the Michigan Theater\, Ann Arbor\, MI. \nNkeiru Okoye is an American-born composer of African American and Nigerian ancestry. After studying composition\, music theory\, piano\, conducting\, and Africana Studies at Oberlin Conservatory\, she pursued graduate studies at Rutgers University and became one of the leading African American women composers. An activist through the arts\, Okoye creates a body of work that welcomes and affirms both traditional and new audiences. \nNkeiru Okoye’s new commission When the Caged Bird Sings premieres on Saturday\, February 10\, 2024 at 7:30 PM at UM’s Hill Auditorium\, as a collaboration between UMS and the U‑M School of Music\, Theatre & Dance. When the Caged Bird Sings fuses elements of oratorio\, theater\, and opera in a multi-movement musical ceremony\, which Okoye describes as ​“a gathering” that invokes the ritual of the concert experience as a ritual of community. Drawing inspiration from the Black church\, it celebrates the spirit of rising above expectations and transforming adversity into triumph. Partly in tribute to the activist and poet laureate Maya Angelou\, the work celebrates the transformative ability of Black women\, commemorating those who have paved a path for future generations in many fields of human endeavor. \nLearn More>> \n\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Spring 2024 Season\nThis spring\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit Public Television and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
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