The Agip Recital Hall, MUSON centre, venue for this year’s 8th Graduation Ceremony of the MTN Foundation- MUSON Music Scholars Programme was filled to capacity with enthusiastic guests made up of music buffs, friends and relatives of the graduating students as the MTNF Awardees bow out of the two-year diploma programme.
The ceremony started with the MTNF/MUSON Scholars appreciation concert where the graduands exhibited their mastery of musical instruments and vocal renditions. Guests were enthralled by the graduands who played some contemporary Nigerian tunes with their classical musical instruments. The 21 scholars, who bagged Diploma in Music, are the eighth set of beneficiaries of the MTN Foundation’s music scholarship programme.
The event climaxed at the special appearances from MTN’s Brand ambassadors; Cobhams and Sound Sultan who sang impressively and wowed all with their mastery of various musical instruments. Director, MTN Foundation, Dennis Okoro remarked; “So far, the MTN Foundation has invested over N200 million in the MTNFMUSON Music Scholars Programme. In the past 9 years, the programme has produced 212 music scholars who have received exposure to the highest standards of composing and production of world-class music.
This is with the inclusion of the 21 music scholars that graduated in this 8th graduation ceremony” Okoro said. Speaking further on the impact of the programme, Okoro informed: “Recently, some of our awardees got opportunities to compete with the rest of the world in Italy and Spain. A lot of them are been sought locally and internationally and they are doing very well, making their marks across the world.”
The MTNF/ MUSON Music Scholarship Programme was instituted to provide students with talent in music, but less privileged, an opportunity to acquire qualitative music education. The scholarship covers tuition, books and daily stipends.
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