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Choral Perspectives from Southeast Asia

Saunder Choi
Saunder Choi Music

Beverly Shangkuan-Cheng
Philippine Choral Directors Association; University of the Philippines - Diliman

Session Abstract: Presented by Beverly Shangkuan-Cheng and Saunder Choi, this session shares key points from a book of interviews and conversations with Southeast Asian choral professionals regarding choral education, culture, and composition practices in the region.

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Saunder Choi

Saunder Choi Music

Saunder Choi is a Los Angeles-based Filipino composer whose works have been performed internationally by various groups including the Philippine Madrigal Singers, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Los Angeles Master Chorale, and the World Youth Choir. As a choral artist, he sings with Tonality, Pacific Chorale, HEX Vocal Ensemble, as well as in film scores such as the soundtrack of Disney’s The Lion King (2019), Mulan (2020), and Turning Red (2022).

He is currently Director of Music at Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica and a teaching artist with the Los Angeles Master Chorale Voices Within and Oratorio Project. www.saunderchoi.com

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Beverly Shangkuan-Cheng

Philippine Choral Directors Association; University of the Philippines - Diliman

Dr. Beverly Shangkuan-Cheng is the President of the Philippine Choral Directors Association and a full-time faculty member of the University of the Philippines College of Music, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting. She is a First Prize Winner at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) National Graduate Conducting Competition, the most prestigious national conducting competition in the United States. She is a member of the Artistic Committee for the 2023 World Symposium of Choral Music of the International Federation for Choral Music. She is also a Philippine representative to the Asia Pacific Choir Council.

This content was published on: August 17, 2022

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