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| Arul
Siromoney |
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An
LTCL in piano, Arul Sirmoney is the organist and choir
director of St.Andrew's Kirk. A sought after
accompanist by soloists and choirs in the city. He
has played in a number of concerts in India and abroad.
He is keenly involved in promoting church music among
young musicians.
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| James
Davids (Tony) |
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Tony
as he is popularly known is the lead vocalist for
the prestigious group called the"GATT"
Quintet who have featured in the England, in N.Ireland,
in USA, in Australia with the world voices in connection
with the Sidney Olympics at the Sydney Opera House,
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| Augustine
Paul. M.A., L MusTCL. |
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Son
of an illustrious church choir director of yesteryears,
Augustine Paul has been singing in the church choir
from the age of 10. He sings tenor in the Emmanuel
Methodist Church Choir and conducts the Madras Musical
Association Choir, perhaps the oldest choir in Chennai.
He is the music director for Mellow Circle's noteworthy
annual Christmas musical play. He founded the Octet
Cantabile, a sought after singing ensemble of eight,
and has performed in well over 200 concerts in and
out of the country. The Octet has released six CDs
of gospel music. He holds an LMusTCL, a diploma
from Trinity College, London, and quit a bank job
to take up music. He plays the piano, guitar and
recorder and is adept at choral arrangement. He
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| Dr
Prabhu G J Dorairaj |
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Started
his music career as a boy soprano in the Adaikalanather
Lutheran Church Choir, Purasawalkam, Chennai. Was
the lead guitarist during his youth with "Vepery
Youngsters Christian Club", later with
the "Grace Lodge Orchestra", and
was a member of the "Christhava Shishya
Sangam" of TELC. He formed the "Lutheran
Men's Voice" (LMV), in October
1975, which he has been directing since inception.
He is also the conductor of the"Adaikalanather
Lutheran Church Choir" for more than two
decades and is the Director of "Cultural
A cappella Singers" (CACS), after late
Mr Robin Daniel. He was the Director of the "Madras
Medical Mission Staff Choir" for four years,
from November 1999 to December 2003.
Dr Prabhu G J Dorairaj, arranges most of the songs
sung by LMV and Adaikalanather Church Choir. He
has also composed many songs of his own, both in
English and Tamil.
In March 2007 he was conferred the Doctor of Divinity
by Patriarch Dr John Williams of the "International
Institute of Church Management", Pennsylvania,
USA, in recognition of his involvement in church
activities mainly in singing.
Dr Prabhu G J Dorairaj was an Officer with the State
Bank of India. While in service, he formed and directed
the "SBI Christian Employees Choir".
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| Damayanthi
Santwan |
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She
started learning Music at the age of 9 and started
performing on the Piano over AIR , first in the
children's programme and later in the adult programmes.
She has played at concerts both as a soloist and
accompanist for many years. She was appointed organist
of Egmore Wesley Church in the year 1950 by the
Rev John Millns and held the position for many years.
She has given an organ recital at the Birmingham
Cathedral UK in 1979. She is the founder of the
Choir "Shamas"
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| Sharada
Schaffter |
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While
in her teens Sharada Schaffter was organist in churches
in Madurai and Kodaikanal. Subsequently she was
appointed organist and choirmaster at Christ Church
and Holy Trinity Church Chennai. She conducted the
Vepery Male Voice Choir for a few years. She also
conducted the Madras Philharmonic and Choral society
for a few years. After the demise of its founder
director Handel Manuel, Sharada now conducts the
"Handel Manuel Chorus".
Sharada
whose vocation was Mathematics, gave up teaching
to become a social activist and volunteered to work
for Women's development education Chennai. She has
published a book on the subject of portrayal of
in advertisements.
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| Emmanuel
Ponraj |
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Emmanuel
Ponraj has been conducting the Redeemer Church for
the last 13 years. He has the distinction of building
a very cohesive group of singers.
The quality of the choir is a par with any of the
better choirs in Chennai. This has been possible because
of his work on individual voices to bring about a
fine tonal quality.
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| Ebi
Abraham |
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Ebi
Abraham had joined the CSI Cathedral Choir at Kottayam
in Kerala, which was affiliated to the Royal School
of Church Music, at the age of 8 years and was with
the choir for over 20 years, the latter part of which
as the Choir Master. For the past 10 years he
is the conductor for the Jerusalem Marthoma Church
at Anna Nagar, Chennai
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