Biography of ayo bankole jr

          Bio.

        1. A short biography.
        2. Ayo Bankole was a composer and organist from the Yoruba ethnic group in southwest Nigeria.
        3. Ayo Bankole: Composer, Organist, and His Legacy Ayo Bankole, born in Jos, Nigeria, was raised in a family deeply rooted in music.
        4. Ayo Bankole Jr is a classical Pianist and Composer, who has composed several classical, Jazz and contemporary pieces.

          5. 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.

          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