Dr. Raoul Carlo F. Angangco, also known as Miggi, is a Filipino choral conductor, sopranist and composer-arranger. He holds a Doctor of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
During his time at IU, he taught Choral Masterworks for the Music in General Studies program and served as an Associate Instructor for the Choral Department, which involved teaching undergraduate conducting and working with a number of choral ensembles.
He directed the IU All-Campus Chorus and University Chorale, and was assistant conductor for the GRAMMY-nominated Singing Hoosiers, the award-winning contemporary vocal ensemble NOTUS, and the treble ensembles Pro Cantare and Voces Caelestes. He was also assistant chorus master for productions of Verdi’s Falstaff, Lehár’s The Merry Widow and the world premiere of Shulamit Ran’s Anne Frank.
Angangco is artistic director and co-founder of the Filipino-American choral ensemble LALÒ based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also sits on the Artistic Board of the internationally acclaimed Philippine male choir ALERON which he served as assistant conductor and manager under Christopher Arceo.
He has sung with multiple renowned ensembles including the Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club which was a finalist for the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing held in Maribor, Slovenia in 2012; the GRAMMY-nominated Westminster Williamson Voices and Singing Hoosiers; and the Westminster Choir, Westminster Symphonic Choir, NOTUS, Sing Philippines Youth Choir, Asia Pacific Youth Choir, and World Youth Choir. Also an active composer-arranger, his choral works have been commissioned and performed by numerous choral institutions in concerts, competitions, and recordings in the Philippines and abroad.
After earning his BS in Management from the Ateneo de Manila University, he went on to earn his BM in Choral Conducting, summa cum laude, from the University of the Philippines College of Music and his MM, with distinction, from Westminster Choir College. His choral mentors include Beverly Shangkuan-Cheng, Mark Anthony Carpio, Eudenice Palaruan, Janet Sabas-Aracama, Ma. Lourdes Hermo, Christopher Arceo, Joe Miller, James Jordan, Gabriel Crouch, Simon Carrington, Dominick DiOrio, Gwyn Richards, Betsy Burleigh, Chris Albanese, Walter Huff and Carolann Buff. He also studied voice with countertenor Jay Carter and mezzo-soprano Judith Malafronte.
