A South Florida native, Kunya Rowley is a community, social impact, and artistic leader in Miami, Florida. He is the founder and Artistic Director of Hued Songs, a non-profit collective that celebrates Black culture through artistic experiences, as well as the Music Access, Arts, & Culture Manager at The Miami Foundation, leading the Foundation’s effort focused on making music education & the arts more accessible and equitable in the city. Kunya is a graduate of The University of Florida and is an alumnus of the New World School of the Arts opera program. In addition to his artistic and directorial credits with Hued Songs, notable performance credits include performances with Magic City Opera, Slow Burn Theatre, Opera Naples, Florida Grand Opera, Orchestra Miami, Klezmer Orchestra, and M Ensemble. Kunya is a 2017 recipient of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge grant, which propelled the founding of Hued Songs.