Aurelio Porfiri and Angela Astri Soemantri, Author at The IFCM Magazine

Aurelio Porfiri and Angela Astri Soemantri

Aurelio Porfiri is an Italian Organist, Choral Director and Composer who is at present Associate Professor of Music and coordinator of the music program at University of Saint Joseph (Macau, China). He is also Director of Choral Activities for Santa Rosa de Lima School, English section He is Visiting Conductor for the Music Eudcation Department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music (China). He has published four books and more than 200 articles. As a composer he has published dozens of psalms, oratories, hymns, responsories and motets in Italy, Germany, and the US.. Email: aurelioporfiri@usj.edu.mo //
Angela Astri Soemantri is a candidate for the Master of Educational Psychology degree. She has dedicated 14 years of her life to teaching music, primarily piano. For the last 10 years, she has focused on the study of choral music, becoming actively involved in solo and ensemble workshops and master classes. She is passionate about passing that knowledge along to her choristers: She conducted the Monarch Orcaellanum Luminare (MOL) Choir (previously known as Orcaellae Vox Sacra) in an international choir competition in Venice, Italy (May, 2009), where she won two gold diplomas (in the Mixed Chamber and Folklore categories). Proud to be an Indonesian, Ms. Soemantri is committed to bringing the richness of Indonesian culture to the entire world through choral music. Email: angela.astri@gmail.com

The Voices in the Brain

By: Aurelio Porfiri and Angela Astri Soemantri

On: July 15, 2011

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