ENSEMBLES 2025

Corillo Andante

The Corillo Andante of Escuela Libre de Música Antonio Paoli at Caguas, Puerto Rico was founded in 2010 by its current director, Professor Dámaris M. Rivera Sánchez. This choir is the first of its kind at the institution. It is composed of students specializing in various musical instruments, including voice. It has participated in the ELMAP's traditional Christmas and spring concerts. It has also been part of the "Honor Choir" of the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and in four editions of the "Convivio Coral Criollo" of the Municipality of Caguas. It has been the choir for the opera "Amahl y los Visitantes Nocturnos" (chamber opera) by Gian Carlo Menotti, and for selections from the musical theater work "Beauty and the Beast" by Alan Menken; both ELMAP productions. In 2024, it served as the host choir for the "Aplauso Musical" project of the "Vamonos Tour" company. In April and June 2025, they will participate in the “Juventud de mi Patria” event of the Olga Iglesias Foundation, and the “Suma Cum Laude Festival” in Vienna, Austria, respectively.

Dámaris M. Rivera Sánchez

Conductor

Professor Damaris M. Rivera Sanchez graduated and received the Singing Medal from the Escuela Libre de Música Ernesto Ramos Antonini at San Juan. She holds a bachelor's degree, Magna Cum Laude, from the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico and a master's degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Maryland, both in vocal performance. She has performed as a professional singer with the Teatro de la Opera, Opera de Puerto Rico, and Wuppertal Opernhaus companies. In 1987, she represented Puerto Rico at the MET Regional Auditions in New Orleans. As a choral director, she has led the Augusto Rodríguez Choir and the Carolina Baptist Church Choir. For twelve consecutive years, she served as a vocal coach and choral director for PSB Productions. As an educator, she has taught music theory, music appreciation, and choir at UPR Cayey, UPR Carolina, Interamerican University of San Germán, and Interamerican University Metro. In 2009, she joined the faculty of the Escuela Libre de Música Antonio Paoli at Caguas. There, she currently teaches singing, intermediate choir, advanced choir, and bell choir.

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