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Rafael Scarfullery is a composer, conductor, church musician, classical guitarist, and organist who has won several awards for his cultural projects, compositions and performances. As a guitarist (Rafael's principal musical training), 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. He has performed throughout the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Turkey, the U.S.A, 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 GFA (Guitar Foundation of America). As a composer, Rafael composes church music and classical music that deals with social issues, uplifts humanity, and shares joy to all. 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. 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 a long experience as a church musician. Moreover, his different abilities as a composer, conductor, classical guitarist, and organist, help him to serve better the needs of the church. He has four church music certifications and has finished the requirements for the Doctor of Sacred Music from the Graduate Theological Foundation (His graduation is in May 2010). He is a member of AGO (American Guild of Organists) and to share his Christian faith, he performs sacred music guitar recitals in churches. 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. Rafael teaches at Sweet Briar College and is music director at the Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Virginia, where he conducts two adult choirs, an instrumental ensemble, a youth choir, and a children's choir. He has also taught at Shenandoah University, the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, and the Conservatorio Nacional de Música of Santo Domingo. His experience in these universities and other musical institutions include teaching harmony, music appreciation, music analysis, counterpoint and guitar.
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