MUSON Festival Comes of Age

The annual MUSON Festival of the Arts returns for its 18th edition. Although, the Musical Society of Nigeria was founded in 1983, its concerts have matured in frequency and quality in the last 18 years. They are now held more frequently and are incrementally of higher quality and increasingly feature outstanding Nigerian artistes and performers.

Fund Raising Concert

MUSON gets new artistic director ahead of annual festival

Renowned composer, multi-instrumentalist and musician Tunde Jegede has been appointed as the new artistic director of Nigeria’s prime art facility, the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) Centre, Lagos. 

Jegede assumed duties last week, ahead of preparations for the 18th edition of the annual MUSON Festival, scheduled to hold from October 16 to October 26. He succeeds from Mr. Thomas Kanitz, a German who won the hearts of arts enthusiasts with his exemplary service while at the centre.
The MUSON Festival committee is expected to officially release the full programme of a festival which, in 18 years, has become a yearly landmark in the Lagos and Nigerian cultural calendar. The 10-day festival, featuring a potpourri of high-quality artistic and cultural productions, holds inside the premises of the society at 8/9 Marina, Onikan Lagos. Born in 1972 to a Nigerian father and an Irish mother, Jegede had his education at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1990-1992) and Purcell School of Music (1981-1999).

The 18th annual MUSON Festival holds from October 16th through 26th, 2014. Featuring fantastic performers and performances

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The Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) was formed in 1983 through the interaction and commitment of some friends who love and appreciate classical music. Sir. Mervyn Brown, then British High Commissioner in Nigeria and Lady Brown, along with other distinguished Nigerians — Mr. Akintola Williams, Mr. Louis Mbanefo, Chief Ayo Rosiji, Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi and Mrs. Francesca Emanuel thought it wise to stimulate the interest and awareness of Nigerians, especially in Lagos to the richness and elegance of classical music.

Nigeria: Muson Gets New Artistic Director As Yearly Festival Approaches

AS preparation for the 18th edition of the annual MUSON Festival hits top gear, a new Artistic Director, Mr. Tunde Jegede, last week assumed duties at Nigeria's prime art facility, the Musical Society of Nigeria, MUSON Centre in Lagos.
A composer, multi-instrumentalist and musician par excellence, Jegede takes over from Mr. Thomas Kanitz, a German, who was noted for his exemplary service while at the Centre. Mr. Jegede is assuming duties just as the MUSON Festival committee is about to officially release the full programme of the festival, which in 18 years, has become a yearly landmark in the Lagos and Nigeria cultural calendar.
The 10-day MUSON Festival 2014 featuring a potpourri of high-quality artistic and cultural productions, holds from October 16th through 26th in the premises of the Society at 8/9 Marina, Onikan Lagos.
Born in 1972 to a Nigerian father and an Irish mother, Jegede had his education at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (1990-1992) and Purcell School of Music (1981-1999). His appreciation of African Diasporic culture was initiated and nurtured at the famous Keskidee Centre, Britain's first Black Arts Centre. From an early age he was exposed to resident and visiting artists who worked in a multi-disciplinary mode such as Bob Marley, Walter Rodney, Edward Braithwaite, Angela Davis and Linton Kwesi Johnson. It was here, his path as an artist began.