柏友詩 Eudenice Palaruan

合唱指揮（Choral Director）

Eudenice Palaruan畢業於菲律賓大學音樂學院，主修作曲與合唱指揮，其後赴德國柏林教會音樂學院（Berliner Kirchenmusikschule）進修合唱指揮，並取得馬尼拉聖保祿大學音樂藝術博士學位。

他曾任菲律賓瑪德里加爾歌手（Philippine Madrigal Singers）團員、駐團作曲家／編曲家及助理合唱指揮，亦曾與柏林施潘道康塔泰合唱團（Berlin Spandauer Kantorei）、世界青年合唱團合作演出，並以假聲男高音身分參與柏林蒙台威爾第合唱團（Berlin Monteverdichor）的演出。此外，他曾擔任聖米格大師合唱團（San Miguel Master Chorale）首席指揮。

多年來，他一直擔任國際竹風琴音樂節駐節指揮，帶領演出並錄製多部拉丁美洲巴洛克音樂的重要作品。長期投入菲律賓及亞洲原住民族音樂的合唱創作與改編工作，首演了大量亞洲當代合唱作品，並經常受邀於國際場合演講，分享非西方聲樂美學的研究與實踐。

除擔任新加坡交響樂團合唱團藝術工作外，他亦負責新加坡交響樂團各合唱團之編曲工作及SSC社區推廣計畫；在其帶領下，樂團亦首演多位新加坡本地作曲家與編曲家的新作，積極推動本土合唱創作發展。

教學方面，Palaruan曾任教於菲律賓大學音樂學院、亞洲禮儀與音樂學院及馬尼拉聖保祿大學音樂暨表演藝術學院。目前任教於新加坡聖經學院教會音樂學院（Singapore Bible College School of Church Music），並擔任SBC Chorale指揮。他亦經常受邀擔任國際作曲比賽評審及主持合唱指揮大師班。

Eudenice Palaruan studied at the University of the Philippines College of Music, majoring in composition and choral conducting. He took further training in choral conducting at the Berliner Kirchenmusikschule, Germany. He graduated doctor of musical arts at St. Paul University Manila.

He was a singer, resident composer/arranger, and assistant choirmaster of the Philippine Madrigal Singers. In addition, he performed with the Berlin Spandauer Kantorei, the World Youth Choir, and sang countertenor with the Berlin Monteverdichor. In addition, he was the principal conductor of the San Miguel Master Chorale. For years, he has been the resident conductor of the International Bamboo Organ Festival, where he performed and recorded significant selections of Latin-American baroque music. With his active involvement in the choralization of Philippine and other Asian indigenous music, he premiered a substantial volume of new Asian choral works. In addition, he was often invited to give lectures on non-Western vocal aesthetics.

Eudenice also arranges for the SSO choruses and the SSC community outreach programmes. In addition, the SSO choruses have premiered new choral works written by local composers and arrangers in Singapore under his direction.

He taught composition and choral conducting in institutions such as the University of the Philippines College of Music, the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music, and St. Paul University College of Music and the Performing Arts. In addition, he teaches at the Singapore Bible College School of Church Music and directs the SBC Chorale. Eudenice is often invited to adjudicate in international composition competitions and give masterclasses in choral conducting.