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Eudenice V. Palaruan | |
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| Born | 3 July 1968 |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor, composer, music educator |
Eudenice V. Palaruan is a Filipino conductor, composer, and music educator.
Palaruan is one of the Philippines' most esteemed church musicians in choral music. As a choral artist, he has worked with the Philippines' top groups. His compositions and arrangements are highly sought after.
He taught at the University of the Philippines College of Music in Diliman, Quezon City, and at St. Paul University Manila, and served as the music director at the Greenhills Christian Fellowship and the Union Church of Manila.
He was also involved in early music performance practice as a countertenor with the Berlin Monteverdi Chor in Germany and the Villancico Vocal Ensemble at the International Bamboo Organ Festival in the Philippines. As a conductor, he was a music director of the Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club, assistant choirmaster of the Philippine Madrigal Singers under Andrea Veneracion, principal conductor of the San Miguel Master Chorale and the Union Church of Manila Chancel Choir. He was the resident conductor of the International Bamboo Organ Festival, directing the Philippines’ leading choirs in the performance of early European music and the revival of Latin American baroque music. As a composer and arranger, Palaruan writes contest pieces for choral competitions, including the 2019 Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Competition in Manila. His composition style uses vocal tapestry by incorporating Asian speech sounds. Some of his widely used works are Gapas (Harvest), Koyu No Tebulul (Bird Song), Pasigin (Fishing Song).
Eudenice is the Choral Director of the Singapore Symphony Chorus since 2017 and is concurrently an associate professor at the School of Church Music in the Singapore Bible College.