tubclan.pages.dev

Biography of ayo bankole works

          Ayo Bankole was a composer and organist from the Yoruba ethnic group in southwest Nigeria.!

          Ayo Bankole

          Nigerian composer and organist

          Ayo Bankole

          Bankole in 1960

          Born(1935-05-17)17 May 1935

          Jos, Nigeria

          Died6 November 1976(1976-11-06) (aged 41)

          Lagos

          NationalityNigerian
          Alma materGuildhall School of Music and Drama
          Occupation(s)Composer and organist
          SpouseToro Bankole

          Ayo Bankole (17 May 1935[1] – 6 November 1976[2]) was a composer and organist from the Yoruba ethnic group in southwest Nigeria.

          Ayo Bankole, Nigerian musician, is known for his lifetime achievements in broadcasting, church music, and compositions for organ and choir.

        1. Ayo Bankole, Nigerian musician, is known for his lifetime achievements in broadcasting, church music, and compositions for organ and choir.
        2. Nigerian musician and composer, was born on in Jos, Plateau State, in the northeast of Nigeria.
        3. Ayo Bankole was a composer and organist from the Yoruba ethnic group in southwest Nigeria.
        4. Ayo Bankole was a composer and organist from the Yoruba ethnic group in southwest Nigeria.
        5. Bio.

          6. Early life and education

          Ayo Bankole was born in Jos, Nigeria, into a musical family: his father, Theophilus Abiodun Bankole was an organist and Choirmaster at St. Luke's Anglican Church in Jos. His mother was a music instructor for several years at Queen's School, Ede, Osun State, a Federal government high school.

          Bankole studied in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. There he met drama student and poet Brian Edward Hurst and set one of Hurst's poems, "Children of the Sun", to