Adieu Dr.Oyebade Dosunmu, Ph.D Music

1995 alumni of Federal Government College , Odogbolu, Ogun State
First Class honours in Music (Vocal Performance) , Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
Moved to University of Pittsburgh,US, to complete his Masters and Doctoral degrees in ethnomusicology; Also earned a graduate certificate in African studies.

Oyebade was an authority in folk and primitive music as it relates to peoples and cultures ….

Directed various vocal ensembles, including Elekoto, formed in 2005 while a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh.

Tenor soloist performance with choirs in Africa and US including the Laz Ekwueme Choral (Nigeria) and Pittsburgh Baroque Ensemble, in the United States.

Was Choral Scholar at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh (2009 to 2012)
Performanced as tenor soloist in Mozart’s Twelfth Mass (Arch Bishop Vining Memorial Cathedral, Lagos) and, Handel’s Messiah (Agip Hall, MUSON Center, Lagos).

Solo voice performances at Chatham University’s music festival “Sounds of Africa,” in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2009)

Directed a demanding repertoire at the Symposium and Festival of the Center for Intercultural Music at Churchill College, Cambridge, England. (2010)
Solo performance at the world premiere recording of Ayo Oluranti’s Ajulo Kiniun, scored for chanter, flute, piano, marimba, iya ilu and percussion (2011).
Co-editor of the multidisciplinary, multimedia periodical AfroBeat Journal.
Written on Yoruba masquerading, and the development of modern African art music

Visiting Assistant Professor of music at Williams College from 2012-13.
Awards and grants includes the Professor Michael Crowder Prize (Ife, 2001), the UCIS Grant (Pittsburgh, 2005) and the Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship (2007-2008).

Founded Fela Sowande Singers in 2012; held inaugural concert in April 2012 in St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh,
Returned to Nigeria in July 2013; began recruiting for Fela Sowande Singers
Handled the musical element at the 2013 Ake Festival – the first stage adaptation of The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
Died in November 2015