Jude Nwankwo

Jude Nwankwo is a Nigerian composer, choir trainer, singer, and choral conductor. He has performed as a tenor with many choral groups in Nigeria, the USA, and Canada. His compositions, which include sacred/secular choral and instrumental pieces, have been performed by different ensembles in Africa, Europe, and America. Notable among his compositions is “Iya Mi” (My Mother), commissioned by the Sub-Saharan Africa Commissioning project of the Morehouse College Department of Music, Atlanta, Georgia, for the Morehouse College Glee Club and published by GIA Publications, Chicago, USA.

Jude has a Bachelor and Master of Arts degree in composition from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), and a Master of Sacred Music in choral conducting from the University of Notre Dame, USA. He got the Best Graduating Student award from the Department of Music, UNN, in 2008 and the Academic Achievement award from the Department of Sacred Music at Notre Dame in 2021. He taught undergraduate harmony, counterpoint, and conducting at UNN between 2010 and 2022. He is presently a doctoral choral conducting student at the University of Alberta and the Assistant Conductor of the Richard Eaton Singers, Edmonton.