Our Board Of Directors
Our Founder, Mohamed Shahril Bin Mohamed Salleh (Dr.) is a social scientist who researches the cultural formation in Singapore with a focus on how agency is imagined and enacted within the confines of the state. He is passionate about advocating for cultural workers in their artistic practice and their personal and professional development. Much of his work concerns itself with championing community music-making, and to find ways to use choral music and the performing arts as a means to create spaces for communities to come together to better understand religious and cultural differences in Singapore. Shahril is the founder and Artistic Director of Vox Camerata, as well as an honorary lecturer at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Adrian Tay is our current Chairperson of the Board of Directors. By day, he leads the business development section of the HT Group. In his spare time, he sings Bass with the Victoria Chorale and produces mellifluous overtone notes when hungry and / or bored.
Hidhir Razak is a writer, poet, and choral music enthusiast. He has a Masters in English and Creative Writing from Nanyang Technological University and his works have appeared in anthologies, new media, and other publications. He currently works for a learning & development consultancy and likes cats and mee soto.
Kevin Chen is an Associate Research Fellow in the US Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University. He was formerly a Research Analyst under the ASEAN programme at the Asia Competitiveness Institute. Kevin obtained an MSc in International Relations at RSIS, and his research interests include infrastructure investments in ASEAN and Southeast Asia's response to Great Power competition. An avid participant in school choirs since his primary school day, Kevin likes to sing and help out with Vox Camerata in his spare time as a Board Member.
Sun Boxi is a Masters (by Research) student under the Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore. His current research interests lie in Singaporean choral music-making, as well as military history.
Musically, he has over a decade of experience singing in local and overseas choirs, and has been leading the Vox Camerata Community Choir since 2020. As an aspiring scholar-practitioner, Boxi seeks to make music that incorporates academic rigour and cultural awareness, contributing towards informed and captivating musical experiences.