Long bio, English

Miguel Ángel Felipe became Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Arizona in 2018. He’s held similar appointments at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (2011–18), Boston Universtiy (ad interim, 2017–18), Oberlin College & Conservatory (2010–11), Mount Holyoke College (2009–10), and The Boston Conservatory (2004–2010). He also serves as Vice President of the National Collegiate Choral Organization (2016—). From 2004–11, he was Artistic Director of the Boston Choral Ensemble, and was Artistic Director of the International Meeting on Choral Music at the University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. He has led and workshopped community choirs from around the country and has served as a clinician, presenter, and adjudicator around the US, Southeast Asia, and Europe.

As a child, Felipe studied piano privately and double bass in the public schools before going on to graduate from the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy where he played bass in the school’s orchestra and earned a diploma in piano. Felipe’s studies continued at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he earned a Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, studying with conductors John Leman and Christopher Zimmerman. While in Cincinnati he established and led several instrumental ensembles and choral ensembles and worked at two local churches including The Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, seat of the archbishop of Cincinnati.

After relocating to Boston in 1999, Felipe attended the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestral Musicians, Michael Jinbo, director. He also studied conducting at Boston University where he earned a masters and doctorate studying with Dr. Ann Howard Jones, David Hoose, Craig Smith, and Joseph Flummerfelt.

As a performer, Felipe has long been an advocate for new music. In the last twenty years, he has commissioned and premiered dozens of works for chamber orchestra, wind ensemble, women's chorus, men's chorus, and mixed chorus. In 2007 Felipe established the Boston Choral Ensemble Commission Competition: the Northeast’s largest choral commissioning project of its kind.

As a researcher and teacher, Felipe's research interests focus on choral innovations in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, on concepts of choral societies’ influence in cultural development, and on conducting pedagogy. His editorial work has appeared in choral editions published by Carus Verlag, Germany; Earthsongs; and Hinshaw Music.

Dr. Felipe is a proud member of the American Choral Directors Association, Chorus America, the National Collegiate Choral Organization, the College Music Society, the International Federation for Choral Music, and Pi Kappa Lambda, the national music honor society.

Short bio, Español

Miguel Ángel Felipe nació en Ann Arbor, Michigan, donde comenzó sus estudios musicales. Actualmente, el Dr. Felipe es Director de Actividades Corales y Profesor de Música en la Universidad de Hawai'i a Mānoa (Hawai'i). Recientemente ejerció como Director Invitado de Actividades Corales y Profesor de Música en el Oberlin College & Conservatory (Ohio), Director Artístico del Boston Coral Ensemble, Director Interino de Música Coral y Profesor Invitado de Música en la Universidad de Mt. Holyoke (Massachusetts), Director Asociado de Estudios Corales en el Boston Conservatory, y Director Asistente del Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum en la Universidad de Harvard. Felipe ha dirigido coros de la University of Cincinnati, Boston University, The Boston Conservatory, Brown University y Harvard University. Ha liderado y dirigido agrupaciones corales en Maine, Massachusetts, y Ohio. Además, ha ejercido como asesor y jurado en diversas competiciones corales por el Este de EEUU, en Suramérica, y en el Sureste asiático.

Felipe estudió en la prestigiosa Interlochen Arts Academy (Michigan) donde se diplomó en piano. Se graduó en el College-Conservatory of Music de la University of Cincinnati obteniendo una licenciatura summa cum laude en música. Después de trasladarse a Boston, Felipe asistió a la Pierre Monteux School y se doctoró en dirección musical en Boston University bajo la tutela de la Dra. Ann Howard Jones, David Hoose, Craig Smith, y Joseph Flummerfelt.

Como intérprete, Felipe apuesta por la música de vanguardia y ha encargado y estrenado docenas de trabajos para orquestas de cámara; conjuntos de viento; y coros de mujeres, hombres y mixtos. En 2007, Felipe instauró—y continúa dirigiendo—el Boston Choral Ensemble Commission Competition: el mayor proyecto relativo a encargos de música coral, en todo el nordeste estadounidense. Como investigador y docente, sus intereses se han focalizado en las innovaciones corales en Indonesia, la influencia de las asociaciones corales en el desarrollo cultural, y la pedagogía de la dirección musical.

Felipe es miembro de la American Choral Directors Association, Chorus America, la National Collegiate Choral Organization, la International Federations for Choral Music, y de Pi Kappa Lambda.

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