Innocent Okechukwu
Music Teacher/Composer
Talented music teacher and Composer, with many years of IGCSE, CBSE, National curriculum experience.
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274 Bowdoin Street,
Dorchester, MA, Boston,
United States of America
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Okechukwu
SKILLS
Vast in history of music,
Piano Music Analyses
Composition
Theory of Music
Conducting
LANGUAGES
English
Native or Bilingual Proficiency
French
Limited Working Proficiency
INTERESTS
Listening to Music,
Composing, piano playing.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Church Pianist/Organist
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Roslindale, MA. USA
11/2021 - Present, Boston, MA.
Church
Rehearsing with choir.
playing for Liturgical celebrations such as, Mass, Funerals, Weddings. Music Teacher
The Regent School, Abuja – Nigeria.
01/2021 - 06/2021, Abuja, Nigeria
British international school
• Planning lessons on google classroom and assessing students via classroom monitor.
Teaching musical instruments to students.
Building students’ singing abilities via choral development and voice coaching. Music Instructor
Solid Rock Music & Dance - zone. Dubai, UAE.
06/2018 - 06/2020, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Music Institute
Teaching musical instruments including violin, piano, voice. Evaluating student performance and providing feedback and assistance to improve their musical skills.
preparing students to undertake professional examinations like Trinity and ABRSM. choral Director
Western Chorus Ensemble, UNN.
06/2016 - 06/2017, Nsukka, Nigeria
Department of Music, university of Nigeria.
Making music selections for performances and conducting rehearsals. Leading rehearsals.
ORGANIZATIONS
Organization Name
CERTIFICATES
Bachelor of Arts, Music (06/2016 - Present)
Undergraduate certificate
Accompany the choir for Mass and other activities. Teaching music to upper primary level.
Teaching music from grades initial, to eight.
Choosing repertoirs for performance
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CERTIFICATES
TESOL Certificate (07/2020 - Present)
English certification to teach ESL
Advanced Trinity Certification on piano performance (05/2019 - Present) Piano practical examination
Google Educator Level 1 Certification (05/2021 - Present) Fire safty for international schools (01/2021 - Present) PERSONAL PROJECTS
Composer (01/2016 - Present)
Innocent is a Nigerian composer and pianist with more than sixty (60) compositions to his credit. Notable amongst them are his Sacred Cantata; Oku Ncheghari (A call for repentance), Three flute concertos, Waterfall (A Clarinet Balleto), A dance of the wizard (flute concerto) and a New York premiered duet Ije Uwa (The travails of life). EDUCATION
Study Program
Longy School of music of Bard College, Cambridge.
09/2021 - Present, Cambridge, MA.
MM. Music
Study Program
University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN)
01/2014 - 06/2017, Nsukka, Nigeria - GPA 4.65
BA. Music
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Recipient, Bronwyn and JeIrey Lamont Artistic Social Change Fellowship 2021-2022 USA. (09/2021 - Present)
Social Change Fellowship
• Recipient, Best Graduating Student, Department of Music, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Merit Award. (11/2017 - Present)
First-class and best graduating student.
• Recipient, best choral/choir conductor of the Department of Music, University of Nigeria. (06/2017 - Present)
Best choral conductor
• Recipient, Winner of Max Event Award – Dubai singing completion. 2020
(03/2020 - Present)
Singing competition
Music theory & Composition
Music theory & Composition