TolulopeO

Atlanta, GA, USA

TOLULOPE ONAKPOYA IS A TALENTED CONTRALTO, VERSATILE SINGER, WRITER AND COMPOSER. SHE HAILS FROM OSUN STATE, NIGERIA. TOLU STUDIED VOICE IN MUSON DIPLOMA SCHOOL OF MUSIC, UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF MR. EMEKA NWOKEDI, AND GRADUATED WITH EDNA SOYANWO AWARD AS THE BEST CONTEMPORARY SINGER. SHE ATTENDED THE DEPARTMENT OF CREATIVE ARTS (MUSIC UNIT), OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, AKOKA FOR HER DIRECT ENTRY BRIEFLY, BEFORE JOINING HER FAMILY IN THE U.S. TOLULOPE ONAKPOYA HAS ALSO TAKEN OTHER INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COURSES AND EXAMINATIONS FROM THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OF ROYAL SCHOOL OF MUSIC (ABRSM), LONDON. TO ADD TO HER CREDENTIALS, SHE HAS PASSED THE GRADE 8 PRACTICAL IN VOCAL PERFORMANCE, GRADE 7 THEORY IN MUSIC, GRADE 6 PRACTICAL IN VOCAL PERFORMANCE, GRADE 5 THEORY OF MUSIC, GRADE 5 PRACTICAL IN VOCAL PERFORMANCE AND GRADE 2 PIANO. IN ADDITION, TOLU HAS DISTINCTIONS IN ADVANCE DIPLOMA IN CHORAL SINGING WITH THE MOUNTAIN TOP CHORALE (MTC), A CHURCH CHOIR FROM MOUNTAIN OF FIRE