Category Voice

IMUMECHIEEN OKUPMUGWEM

Imumecheen Okupmugwem

Warigbani’s "Imumechieen Okupmugwem" is a through-composed choral work composed for four voices: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass with piano and percussive accompaniment: conga, shakers, woodblocks, frame drum, and triangle - including all the repeats and interludes, the entire work is made of eighty-three (83) bars.

I AM NOT ALONE

I am not alone

I Am Not Alone is written in an a cappella style and set in two stanzas. The piece is in B‑flat major and employs a mixed metre of 3/4 and 4/4. It opens with a strong dynamic level, appropriate for its character as a confession of faith, and is marked con moto, giving it a sense of spirited movement within full harmony in 4/4

GRACIOUS LORD

Gracious Lord

The composition, Gracious Lord, is written as an act of thanksgiving to God for His daily show
of mercies, forgiveness, consolation, and divine providence towards us. It is the last chorus from the operatic book titled, From Pit to Palace: Joseph's Journey

ENYI’NOROSI

Enyinorosi

The piece begins with an incomplete bar (anacrusis) and delivers the theme with
violin 1; while other strings accompany in harmony in a homophonic beginning, which has the cello play some running scale-like sequence of notes.

ODUN OLOYIN

Odun Oloyin Composition

Odun Oloyin (“Year of Honey”) is a choral composition for SATB voices with piano
accompaniment, written in a tonal, diatonic, and melodic style. Set in E-flat major and cast in a compound duple metre (6/8), the work unfolds in a through-composed design articulated as
A–B–C–D–A.

NYEM EJIMA

Nyem Ejima Composition

Nyem Ejima is an Igbo sacred choral composition grounded in the language of supplicatory prayer. Its recurring petition, “Nyem ejima” (“Give me twins”), invokes a culturally resonant symbol within Igbo cosmology, where twins embody abundance, divine favour, continuity, and communal joy.

EDUNJOBI

Edunjobi Composition

Edunjobi (“Eulogy of Twins”) is a vocal composition with piano accompaniment that draws on Yoruba cultural symbolism associated with twin birth. Written in a tonal and melodic style, the work is set in C major and cast in a compound 6/8 metre, whose natural grouping of two sets of three quavers creates a lilting, rolling motion characteristic of many African vocal idioms

ECHE ADAMBARA

ECHE ADAMBARA compositionsa

The composition Eche Adambara draws its inspiration from Palm Sunday celebrations in Ebira-land, where Christian communities undertake processional road rallies through the town, singing a succession of devotional songs as they move.

THE MAN SPEAKS ROUGHLY TO US

The Man Speaks Roughly to Us

The composition “The Man Speaks Roughly to Us,” is a scene from the opera book, “Joseph and His Brothers,” composed by the author. The dramatic encounter of Joseph’s brothers in Egypt with that of Joseph himself is narrated in a reporting speech to their father Jacob; and Jacob’s reaction to his son’s narrative is the story of this composition.