

Message from Camp Director
Thailand Youth Choral Camp started in 2016 with the purpose of building a choral community among youth through a week-long camp spent rehearsing a program for a culminating concert. We work toward choral excellence, providing the campers with the best choral experience we can under the direction of Dr. T. J. Harper, our staple guest conductor.
Our campers this year are from Chulalongkorn University, Kasetsart University, Mahidol University, Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music, Rangsit University, Srinakharinwirot University, Horwang School, and Triamudom Suksa Pattanakarn School. Many of the campers had never sung in a choir before joining this camp. Their steep learning curve over the past week truly makes us proud.
Nothing is more rewarding than watching students come together over the course of seven nights in the camp each year. However, this year is especially meaningful as the Portland State University Chamber Choir spent four nights at the camp rehearsing with us and will share the stage tonight under the direction of Dr. Ethan Sperry.
Many thanks to all who have contributed to the success of the camp. Thank you for believing in these young choristers and for your support of choral music at Chula.
Until next time, Dr. Pawasut Jodi Piriyapongrat
Program
Portland State University Chamber Choir
Amihan Ily Matthew Maniano
Himne Roelof Temmingh
Azulao Jaime Ovalle
A Boy and a Girl Eric Whitacre
The Battle of Jericho Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan
Precious Lord Thomas Dorsey, arr. Arnold Sevier
Aomam Wongprom, guest conductor
Hallelujah Leonard Cohen, arr. Ethan Sperry
Balleilakka AR Rahman, arr. Ethan Sperry
Ethan Sperry, conductor
Thailand Youth Choral Camp Choir
A Soft Day
Daniel Brinsmead
Les Fleurs et les Arbres Camille Saint Saëns
Ubi Caritas Maurice Duruflé
The Last Words of David Randall Thompson
Supitcha Kansirisin, conductor
My Flight for Heaven Blake R. Henson
True Colors Words and Music by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly
Arr. Matthew Brown
Siripasson Inlaor, alto
Combined Choir
All Together We Are Love Katerina Gimon
Natthita Wongprom, conductor
Verbum Caro Factum Est Hans Leo Hassler
Regina Coeli Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Madeline Green and Kansinee Wongsopa, sopranos
Namploy Kamolwisetkul and Julianne Rathbone, altos
Ethan Blatter and Pitipat Chitchulanon, tenors
Felipe Araya and Nutthanun Yongpruksa, basses
Thixo Onothando Traditional isiXhosa, arr. Michael Barrett
Krittapat Sanitrum, Korrakrit Thipparat, Jere Burkholde and Andrew Walton
Tenors
My Good Lord’s Done Been Here Traditional Spiritual
Arr. André J. Thomas
Iaree Arayaprayoon, Rachel Bard, Wyatt Budeau, and Panita Junjenkit
Soloists
T. J. Harper, conductor
Kajkong Sasisajja, piano
Pawasut Jodi Piriyapongrat, camp director
Choochart Pitaksakorn, music director
Guest of Thailand Youth Choral Camp 2025:
The Portland State Chamber Choir
Classics Today calls The Portland State Chamber Choir “amongst the finest choirs in the world.” Since its founding in 1975, the Chamber Choir has performed and competed in venues across the country and around the world, earning over 30 medals and awards in international choir competitions including being the only American choir to have won the Seghizzi International Competition for Choral Singing in Italy in 2013, and the Bali International Choral Festival in Indonesia in 2017. The Chamber Choir’s 2017 album The Doors of Heaven is the only album by a University chorus to hit #1 on the Billboard Classical Chart and their 2020 release Translations was named an Album of the Year by both Gramophone and Stereophile. The Chamber Choir collaborates regularly with the Oregon Symphony performing everything from Handel’s Messiah to the soundtrack to Harry Potter. In 2022, they were honored to represent the United States at the World Choral Exposition in Portugal celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the International Federation for Choral Music. The PSU Chamber Choir is thrilled to be presenting their first ever concert in Thailand tonight!

Ethan Sperry Conductor

Ethan Sperry is the Barre Stoll Professor of Choral Music at Portland State University, Gil Seeley Artistic Director and Conductor of the Oregon Repertory Singers, and editor of the Global Rhythms series for earthsongs music , one of the best-selling choral series in the world. Choirs under his direction have performed at over a dozen ACDA and NAfME Conferences, toured over twenty foreign countries and sung at The Hollywood Bowl, The Kennedy Center, and the United Nations. Sperry has been a frequent guest conductor for composer A. R. Rahman including his performance at the 2007 Filmfare Awards, the Indian equivalent of the Oscars. Sperry also serves as a consultant for the KM Music Conservatory in Chennai, the first classical music school in India, which opened in 2009. He is also an on-air host for Sounds Choral on WWFM, the Classical Network, the only weekly radio show devoted to choral music in the United States.
Supitcha Kansirisin Conductor

Supitcha Kansirisin, originated in Thailand, is a DMA student in Choral Conducting at the University of Miami Frost School of Music where she studies under Dr. Amanda Quist and Dr. Matthew Brady. She received a Bachelor of Education degree in Music Education from Chulalongkorn University where she studied choral conducting under Dr. Pawasut Piriyapongrat.
In 2016, Supitcha was awarded as “the outstanding student-teacher of the Faculty of Education.” In 2018, she graduated with a Master of Music in Choral Music from the University of Southern California. While pursuing her master’s degree, She was an associate conductor of USC University Chorus and participated in the USC Chamber Singers where they performed with outstanding artists such as Craig Hella Johnson, Maestro Carl St. Clair, and The Rolling Stone. Supitcha studied choral conducting and choral literature under Dr. Jo-Michael Scheibe, Dr. Nick Strimple, Dr. Tram Sparks, and Dr. Cristian Grases. Supitcha taught at King Mongkut’s International Demonstration School along with directed a choir at Wattana Wittaya Academy in Bangkok. She was also an adjunct faculty at Kasetsart University, directing a Kasetsart University Concert Choir. Supitcha participated in several choral conducting masterclasses with Dr. Tim Sharp, Dr. Rollo Dilworth and Dr. T.J. Harper. Supitcha is one of a founder-committees of Thailand Choral Directors Association (TCDA) with the determination to enhance Thai choral directors’ potential to meet international standards. Currently, Supitcha serves as a conductor at the Miami Children's Chorus.
Natthita Wongprom Conductor

Natthita holds a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education (B.Ed.) with honors and a master’s degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (M.Ed.) from Chulalongkorn University. She studied choral conducting with Dr. Pawasut Piriyapongrat and has recently received a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting (M.M.) from Portland State University, USA, under the guidance of Dr. Ethan Sperry and Coty Raven Morris.
Natthita has been singing in the choir since she was 9 years old. Her 20 years of choral experience include numerous international tours to choral festivals, cultural exchanges, concerts, and competitions in Asia, Europe, and the USA. Natthita has been an assistant conductor to Sathit Sukchongchaipruek of award-winning Wattana Girls’ Chorus and Wattana Children’s Chorus since 2012, where she has garnered extensive experience working with young voices. During her teaching assistantship at Portland State University 2021-2023, she was appointed an assistant conductor of Portland State Chamber Choir and the conductor of Portland State University Choir and Portland State Rose Choir.
Natthita is currently an adjunct instructor at the Department of Music, Faculty of Humanities, Kasetsart University, an assistant conductor of Wattana Children’s Chorus, Wattana Girls’ Chorus, and Chulalongkorn University Concert Choir, the conductor of Wattana Little Angels, Thailand Children’s Choir, and a committee member of Thailand Choral Directors Association.
T. J. Harper Conductor

T. J. HARPER is Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities, and Chair of the Department of Music at University of St. Thomas in USA. During his previous tenure at Providence College he was honored to receive the Joseph R. Accinno Teacher of the Year Award.
Dr. Harper maintains an active schedule in the US and abroad as a guest conductor, clinician, and jury member. Recent engagements include headlining the China National Choral Conference and conducting the Beijing Harmonia Choir; Master classes for El Sistema and conducting the Venezuela National Choir. Additional engagements include residencies, guest conducting, lectures and master classes in Argentina, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Venezuela and honor choirs in California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, and Rhode Island. He has been engaged as a lecturer, presenter, and guest speaker at the 2015 Yale University International Choral Music Symposium; the 2015 European Choir Games in Magdeburg, Germany; Harvard University, Hofstra University, and the New England ACDA Collegiate Choral Conference.
Dr. Harper received the Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) degree from the University of Southern California where he graduated with honors. He received the Master of Arts (M.A.) in Choral Conducting from California State University, Northridge and the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree and Choral Conducting from California State University, Fresno. He taught middle school and high school in the California public school system for six years and was honored for excellence in teaching in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. As a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, MENC, ACDA, Chorus America, NCCO and the International Federation of Choral Music (IFCM), Dr. Harper is an advocate for the promotion of undergraduate education and choral music in the public schools and institutions of higher education.
Pawasut Piriyapongrat Camp Director

Pawasut Piriyapongrat earned her bachelor’s degree in Music Education with honors from Chulalongkorn University; Master of Music in Church Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Music from the University of Southern California, where she studied choral conducting with the late Dr. William Dehning.
Through her extensive choral experiences, including conducting Thai Youth Choir (2007-2009) and Chulalongkorn University Concert Choir (2007 -present), and many collaborative works of the latter with professional Thai and international orchestras, Pawasut has earned her recognition as Thailand’s leading choral conductor, clinician, adjudicator and choral educator with engagements locally and internationally. She dedicates much time and energy in bettering choral standards in Thailand through her involvement with Thailand Ministry of Education and initiatives with Chulalongkorn University that include various workshops, an annual choral festival, and choral camps for university choirs in Thailand.
She is a full-time faculty member of Music Education Department, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, and serves as President of Thailand Choral Conductors Association.
Portland State University Chamber Choir
Sopranos:
Rachel Bard
Madeline Green
Rubi Jensen
Serena Mason
Lily Pounders
Cat Terrell
Kathryn Thomas
Camila Villanueva-Lisboa
Lindsey Wildman
Tenors:
Ethan Blatter
Jonathan Brinkley
Wyatt Budeau
Jere Burkholder
Colin Shepard
Ian Timmons
Andrew Walton
Patrick Wood
Altos:
Addison Domenigoni
Giselle Jensen
Kendell McCrary
Julianne Rathbone
Della Simone
Josie Stapleton
Lily Sveinbjornsson
Madi Terry
Angela Tinio
Basses:
Henry Alexander
Felipe Araya
Spencer Beste
Josue Chan
Peter Freeman
Phill Hatton
David Muller
Alden Payne
Tanner Sheldon
Evan Swanson
Camp Choir
Sopranos: Altos:
Putri Faiqdini Baihaqi
Kanyawee keawkam
Kansinee Wongsopa
Chutilada Seanjaigam
Nichaphat Komonbut
Duangruetai Vejsupaporn
Thofan Wongwaipairoje
Thipvipha Pupipatphol
Tanyarat Phuttichotirat
Natasha Puig
Namploy Kamolwisetkul
Panalee Usanapong
Panita Junjenkit
Punyanut Chala-disai
Pimonpat Buranapunyaporn
Patranit Wijitsumpan
Phufah Thumasing
Woraphanee Teerakul
Waraphorn Tuankruea
Apichaya Taveechokrieangrai
Apisada Maneewongvijit
Aurawan Songkul
Iaree Arayaprayoon
Asirada Savantracha
Anita Yunyongkul
Jenista Chinraksiri
Chattamon Panprasert
Natthita Wongprom
Natnaree Ruangdech
Thanyaluck Huayhongthong
Nitada Upatamtanont
Phanitsara Chaowalit
Pym Treeratt
Phaktheema Jairak
Siripasson Inlaor
Supitcha Kansirisin
Tenors: Basses:
Korrakrit Thipparat
Koravit Singpetch
Krittapat Sanitrum
Jackapat Dechaphan
Thanakorn Rangabphai
Thiraphat Sutthijit
Jackapat Dechaphan
Paphontanai Nakchumnan
Sila Hardnaree
Suphatana Boonkapim
Supatat Bandasak
Atipun Wanaloon
Apikoch Chuankratoke
Chitsanucha Ruamchart
Nutthanun Yongpruksa
Thanathip Saengchan
Tanisorn Rongkeaw
Pannanon Somwitoon
Pitipat Chitchulanon
Pitikorn Sanprach
Wanapop Vibulpatanavong
Suppalerk Sripimon
Acknowledgement
College of Music, Mahidol University
The Conservatory of Music, Rangsit University
Kasetsart University
Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music
Portland State University
Srinakharinwirot University
University of Miami, United States of America
Shrewsbury International School Bangkok Horwang School
Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn School
