Sacred Choral Music from Nigeria
Lagos City Chorale took part in Musica Sacra International
Emeka Nwokedi is a member of the World Choir Council and founder of the Lagos City Chorale from Nigeria. He founded the choir in 1988 in order to become a musical ambassador of his home country in the world. For this reason the choir is a regular guest at various international choir competitions worldwide. They achieved good results at the European Choir Games in Magdeburg 2015 and the World Choir Games 2016 in Russia. Further they were one of the invited choirs to attend the internationally renowned choir competition Musica Sacra Internacional in Marktoberndorf in Southern Germany.
In recent years the Lagos City Chorale has prepared an ambitious repertoire including Cantatas, Oratorios and Masses, but the choir regularly presents also choral works from its home Nigeria. By presenting this wide range of repertoire the choir has contributed to the promotion of music in their home country and also served as a musical role model for many other ensembles.