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Meet composer, keyboardist, multi-instrumentalist Roella Oloro
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On this show we chat with Roella Oloro; British-born composer, multi-instrumentalist of Nigerian and Jamaican descent and recent graduate from Berklee College of Music, with a degree in Performance. Ms. Oloro first moved to London in 2017 to study at Trinity Laban and quickly got involved with London's vibrant music scene. She later attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. Ms. Oloro is a pianist, saxophonist, composer, and band leader. As a composer, she has written for a variety of different ensembles. One of her first pieces for big band, Cruisin' (written at age 18) was played at the Royal Albert Hall in 2016.Roella's latest release in 2022 is Sentient Sounds, but we will be listening to portions of two other compositions selected by Roella for an upcoming album in progress.
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