Nioka Workman is an artist, composer, curator with numerous credits in the areas of music, dance, theater and film. Her recent highlights include, appearances on Broadway with the Once Upon A One More Time band, at Carnegie Hall/City Winery in a Tribute to Paul McCartney, Steve Jordan music director, a feature with Black Rock Coalition Orchestra and with Def Poetry Jam CEO Danny Simmons, Wordsmith & Kayo. Nioka’s musical stylings can be heard worldwide on the recordings of luminary artists like Steve Coleman, Greg Osby, India Arie, DJ Rogers and Joe. Her festival credits in and outside of the USA include; Greater Hartford Jazz Festival, Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival, Summer Stage at Billie Holiday Theater,  the International African Arts Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, and Sons’d Hiver Festival in Paris. She actively curates and arranges music for events through (FSCO) Firey Strings Company. FSCO has features on Grammy nominated Betty LaVette’s ‘Blackbirds’ and in JFA’s virtual showcase “Bird Calls, celebration of Charlie Parker”. Nioka has just returned from New Mexico on tour with her own band Firey String Sistas.

Photo Credit: Carl E. Coan