WELCOME TO HEARTS OF MUSIC FOUNDATION

ABOUT HEARTS OF MUSIC FOUNDATION

Hearts of Music Foundation is a registered organization in Nigeria (CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION REGISTRATION NUMBER 7944463). It is a not-for-profit and non-political charity organization which is formed by distinguished individuals who are passionate about giving back to their society by providing musical training, avenues for performances and instruments to young people, the physically challenged and the vulnerable in the society. Its objectives are to:


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Equip young people (able-bodied and challenged) with the skill of playing at least one musical instrument which would help them if they decide in the future to take a career in music

Use music to mold the minds of young people into being socially responsible and vocation sensitive at an early life with an ultimate goal to reducing the increasing rate of youths’ involvements in crime and engender safer communities;

Reduce the negative effect of school dropout syndrome among youths by channeling their energies into a vocation as socially and culturally relevant as music

Reduce social issues like youth restiveness, insecurity, illegal transnational migration.

MEET OUR BOARD MEMBERS

Prof. Oyaziwo ALUEDE

Prof. Oyaziwo ALUEDE

Chairmam, HOMF
Prof. Charles. O. Aluede

Prof. Charles. O. Aluede

Secretary/Responsibility Officer, HOMF
Dr. Fatelyn I. Okakah

Dr. Fatelyn I. Okakah

Board Member

MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS

Prof. Charles O. Aluede (Trombone)

Professor Aluede earned his Ph.D. in Music from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.  He is a Fellow of the Association of Nigerian Musicologists (FANI…

Mr. Emmanuel O. Opia (Trumpet/Cornet)

Emmanuel Onyekuseni Opia was born into a musical family of five boys  with their eldest brother ‘Professor’ S.N.D. Opia as the band leader of their f…

Dr. Maureen A. Uche (Basic Rudiments of Music)

Maureen Ada Uche holds a Ph. D from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka where she trained as an ethnomusicologist. She is a clarinettist She has taugh…

Mr. Ogheneruemu Ehwre (Euphonium/Tuba)

Ogheneruemu Ehwre is one of the finest of the Abraka Music School.  Before studying music academically, he grew under the great music enthusiast,…

Dr. ‘Mudia Igbi (Music Appreciation & Conducting)

Dr 'Mudia Igbi is a music scholar and performer who boasts an exciting career that has, over the years, effortlessly blended academia and artis…

Dr. Fatelyn Irenosen Okakah

Dr. Fatelyn Irenosen Okakah Dr. Fatelyn Irenosen Okakah  is a medical practitioner and music enthusiast. She holds a Bachelors of Medicine and Surger…