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Kitbielle Pasagui is a Filipino-Canadian choral conductor, vocal coach, vocalist, and emerging composer and arranger. Born and raised in the Philippines, she discovered her love of music at a young age and was a member of the Mandaluyong Children's Choir. With this ensemble, she represented the Philippines in the 2nd World Choir Olympics in Busan, South Korea, the World Children’s Choir Festival in China and Hong Kong, and competed as part of the first Filipino choir to win at the prestigious International Choral Kathaumixw in Powell River, British Columbia. Pasagui studied vocal performance at the University of the Philippines under the guidance of Professor Ligaya Quinitio, Dr. Ramon Acoymo, Dr. Eudenice Palaruan, Dr. Beverly Shangkuan-Cheng, and Mark Anthony Carpio. She was a member of the world renowned Philippine Madrigal Singers from 2008 to 2012, performing on international tours across Asia, Europe, North and South America. In 2024, she was named Apprentice Conductor of the National Youth Choir of Canada and was also the recipient of the Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation Award for Choral Conducting and the Patricia Abbott Conducting Scholarship.
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