Njioma Grevious Violin
sponsor: Craig and Nancy Shumate
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Described as “superb” by the Chicago Classical Review, violinist Njioma Chinyere Grevious is an emerging, passionate and versatile solo, chamber and orchestral musician and performer. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School and a winner of its John Erskine Prize for scholastic and artistic achievement. In 2023, Njioma won both the Robert F. Smith First Prize and the Audience Choice awards in the Senior Division of the Sphinx Competition and joint prizes in the CAG/YCAT auditions. She won First Prized for Performance and Interpretation in the 2018 Prix Ravel in Fontainebleau, France. As a soloist, Njioma has appeared with the Chicago Philharmonic, the Western Michigan Symphony and the Newark Symphony Orchestra. Njioma is a founding member of the Abeo Quartet, which was the inaugural graduate string quartet in residence at the University of Delaware and is a winner of several prizes. Njioma is a frequent chamber music series player and has performed in festivals including the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and Music@Menlo, among others. Originally from Boston, Njioma was a scholarship recipient of Project STEP, a string training program for black and Latino children.