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Biography University Degrees and Certifications Awards BiographyRafael Scarfullery is a unique and versatile musician who has professional training in several musical areas: He is a classical guitarist, composer, orchestral conductor and choirmaster, church musician, organist and therapeutic musician who has won several awards for his cultural projects, compositions and performances.As a guitarist (Rafael's principal musical training), he has been invited to perform at the Ibero-Americano Guitar Festival in Washington DC, the Bethelem Guitar Festival at the Moravian College, and guitar festivals and competitions in the Dominican Republic, among others. He has performed in concert halls, universities, churches, TV and Radio stations throughout the USA, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Turkey, Venezuela, and Canada. He has also been judge in guitar competitions and has the honor of being the first Dominican guitarist who performed Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez. Rafael also plays recitals with period instruments from the renaissance and romantic eras and is a member of the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA). He was the recipient to the highest classical music award (El Casandra) in the Dominican Republic and is recognized as one of the most distinguished and prepared Dominican guitarists. He has organized six guitar festivals in the Dominican Republic, where he has invited renowned guitarists. His versatility in music make him one of the most gifted classical guitarists. Rafael teaches guitar at Sweet Briar College and Randolph College. He has also taught guitar at Shenandoah University, the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, and the Conservatorio Nacional de Música of Santo Domingo. Rafael also studied for a year with Adam Holzman at the University of Texas at Austin, and has taken masterclasses with Alírio Díaz, Leo Brouwer, Nicholas Goluses, Aldo Rodríguez, Ricardo Cobo and Benjamin Verdery, among other famous guitarists. As a composer, Rafael composes music that deals with social issues and shares joy, love, peace and healing. He has been awarded top prizes in hymn competitions and his compositions are performed by internationally acclaimed artists and ensembles. His church music compositions cover all the church year. He has taught music analysis, counterpoint, harmony and music appreciation in several schools, including the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, the Conservatorio Nacional de Música of Santo Domingo, and the Instituto de Cultura y Arte . Rafael has also studied composition with Tania León, Alice Parker and William Averitt. As an orchestral conductor, he has led the Filarmónica del Cibao, the Shenandoah University Symphony Orchestra, and the Sinfónica Juvenil "Juan Pablo Duarte". As a choral conductor, he has led the "National Police Choir", the Supreme Court of Justice Choir and has been a section leader at the "National Choir", all in the Dominican Republic. Rafael has studied orchestral conducting with Jan Wagner, Jan Wnek, Fernando Geraldes and Scott Nelson; and choral conducting with Robert Shafer, and Steven Cooksey. As a church musician, Rafael has a long experience. He has four of the five professional certifications that the AGO (American Guild of Organists) awards and a Doctorate of Sacred Music from the Graduate Theological Foundation . He is a member of the AGO and to share his Christian faith, he performs sacred music guitar recitals in churches. He is the music director at the Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Virginia, where he conducts an adult choir, an instrumental ensemble, a youth band, and a children's choir. Rafael has studied organ with Frank Speller, Steven Cooksey, Dale Krider and David Norfrey. Rafael began his musical studies at the Music Academy "Patria" in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic and later attended the Conservatorio Nacional de Música of Santo Domingo where he studied with Rafael Lagares and Luis Francisco Simó. University Degrees and Certifications
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