A Sense of Voice

The podcast A Sense of Voice is part of the “Music Cultures” series which was recorded online during the Covid19 pandemic. In this podcast, our host Anungla Zoe Longkumer converses with Shillong-based pianist and music educator Pauline Warjri about her journey as a musician and musical mentor. Pauline is also the founding director of the Aroha Choir and Aroha Music School in Meghalaya. This discussion was part of the 2020 programming for Zubaan’s Cultures of Peace: Festival of the Northeast project, run in collaboration with Heinrich Boell Stiftung, Regional Office, New Delhi.Anungla Zoe Longkumer is an independent artist from Nagaland who is drawn to inspired and intuitive pursuits in music, writing, filmmaking, painting, papermaking, and research in the traditional arts, and is an advocate for a waste-less sustainable way of living.Pauline Warjri is a freelance musician, composer, and music educator from Shillong, Meghalaya, India. She has written for solo piano, voice, choirs, jazz band and other instruments (Western and Eastern). She has toured Poland, England, Switzerland and Sri Lanka, with the Shillong Boys Choir from Meghalaya and with her late brother, pianist Neil Nongkynrih.