Kola Owolabi gave the premiere performance of Caprices and Interludes (2016), a four-movement suite for solo organ by Daniel Strong Godfrey April 8 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Owolabi is associate professor of organ at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, and Godfrey is chair of the department of music at Northeastern University’s College of Arts, Media, and Design, Boston, Massachusetts.
Godfrey has received awards and commissions from the J. S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Koussevitzky Music Foundation. His music has been performed by string quartets, chamber ensembles, and symphony orchestras throughout the United States and abroad.
