Onome is a vocalist who uses writing, performance, music and other forms of creative expression as tools for consciousness expansion, self-discovery and empowerment. She is the artistic director for Lush Tongue, a project that uses vocal improvisation and an eclectic, globally multicultural repertoire of music from women composers. Onome is also a founding member of Sounding NYC, a monthly community singing series that she co-facilitates. She studies, explores and plays with her cohorts of Moving Star, a vocal improvisation lab at Carnegie Hall.