28 August 2025 As posted previously, Chibuike’s scheduled visa interview in Abuja July 8 did not work out due to very last-minute changes in U.S. student visa processes. Attempts by the agent handling scheduling resulted in a September 9 date, much too late for the IUP report date of August 18 and the start of … More Visa Rules Change: Delays Arrival
10 July 2025 Chibuike’s visa interview and approval has been in limbo for over two weeks now but hope is not lost. On July 8, Chibuike reported for his interview at the U.S.. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria. He was turned away. It appears that the documents submitted arrived four days before his appointment instead of … More July Visa Update
5 April 2025 On March 31, on a beautiful Western Pennsylvania evening, dozens of friends supporting Chibuike Victor met at the charming home of Kay Smith for a special event benefiting Chibuike’s fund. Michael Kevin Jones, a world-touring cellist and the person who connected us with Chibuike over 18 months ago, also attended the event. … More An Intimate Gathering
24 February 2025 Written by Hank Knerr, Raising Arts A Blog in Five Movements Movement 1: Getting to Lagos In November 2024, I began a mission to secure a Nigerian tourist visa to attend the first public cello recital by Chibuike Victor, a young man I had been following since a year prior. Given the … More The Cello Sings in Lagos
24 February 2025 In his first public solo recital, Chibuike Victor demonstrates how far he has come. Starting with the piece that began all his connections to the music world, he passionately performs Grace Tin-Yen Christus’ (Colorado) “Dragon and the Phoenix.” All pieces were performed Monday 17th February 2025, at the MUSON School of Music … More The Recital
20 December 2024 As we have promised for some time now, a special performance is coming to Indiana, Pennsylvania, March 31. The Wong Doe and Jones Duo will be in town to provide a special fund raising chamber recital to benefit the Chibuike Victor fund. The duo will perform a variety of music for cello … More Save the Date & Request an Invitation
15 November 2024 It has been several years in coming, but Chibuike has been at Muson School of Music in Lagos, Nigeria, now for to two months and has rapidly settled in. He takes music classes and lessons Monday through Friday, often starting his day early and ending in the evening. Weekends find some time … More The Road to Muson
28 August 2024 It’s an exciting time for students all across the globe with schools and universities beginning a new year, many having already started over the last few weeks in fact. And thanks to the generosity of dozens, Chibuike Victor will head to Muson School of Music September 2. He will take placement exams … More On His Way
2 August 2024 We are moving forward, looking to September 1, when Chibuike will travel to Lagos, Nigeria, for a placement audition at the Muson School of Music. And to make sure his cello gets there and everywhere safely, a generous anonymous donor has provided funds for a fiberglass travel case that just arrived at … More In Case You Wondered
15 April 2024 By Chibuike Victor Once upon a time, in the Nigerian city of Onitsha, lived a boy called Chibuike. That is me. The year was 2016, and I was 12 years old. I have always loved music from childhood and often saw and heard orchestras play on television when TV was available, always … More How I Found and Held on to My Passion
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