Okoroe "OKCELLO" Johnson is an Atlanta based cellist-songwriter, looper, musical improviser, and storyteller whose work centers on themes and expressions of the African Diaspora while also exploring musical prayer.

A songwriter, composer and the lead vocalist of Sons of Serendip, finalists on Season 9 of NBC’s America’s Got Talent. They have three Billboard-charting albums and have collaborated with the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops and Cynthia Erivo.

A music director, conductor, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger and orchestrator who toured nationally with The Producers, Anastasia, The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Sunset Boulevard and Les Miserables.

The Tony Award-winning writing team of the musicals: Ragtime, Anastasia, Seussical, Once on This Island, Rocky, Knoxville and Little Dancer.

The creator behind the irrepressible Broadway Barbara whose sassy show biz stories and interpretation of classic show tunes has made her a social media sensation.