Tag Volume 2

WE LOVE CANADA

We Love Canada Composition

We Love Canada, composed by Olufunmilola T. Oladipo and arranged by Adeyeye Adetoyese Oladapo, is a patriotic choral anthem for SATB choir with piano accompaniment. Its strength lies in its simplicity and hymn-like character, which makes it accessible to both trained choirs and community ensembles.

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.

E BA MI GBE JESU YI GA

E ba mi gbe Jesu ga Composition

African Art Music is a hybrid of both Western and African musical idioms. "E Ba Mi Gbe Jesu yi Ga" is a piece of music that possesses the duo. Even though Western musical concepts are truly deployed in terms of polyphony (fugue-like) harmony written for SATB, the deployment of rhythms in depicting Africanism is a point of attraction in the piece of music.

BABA MO W’OLE

BABA MO W’OLE Composition

This study presents a musical analysis of Baba Mo W’ole, a choral–instrumental composition by Sunday Olufemi Akande that synthesises African sacred music traditions with Western harmonic and orchestral sonorities

ALELLUYA JESU FERAN MI

Alelluyah Jesu Feranmi Composition

This study examines the structural and formal features of Alelluya Jesu Feran Mi, a choral composition for SATB choir with piano accompaniment by Kayode Olusola, to highlight the artistic, cultural, and musical elements embedded within the work.

AFRICA, MY AFRICA

Africa, My Africa Composition

Africa, My Africa is a lyrical and patriotic choral-orchestral composition for SATB choir and chamber orchestra, with text and music by Isong Isong Akpan. Originally written for voices in 2023 and orchestrated in 2025, the work celebrates the beauty, resilience, and enduring hope of the African continent.