panoramic voices staff

JULI ORLANDINI
MANAGING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Juli is a fierce champion of community-building through the arts. Her life-long choral obsession led her to earn a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Westminster Choir College. She has since taught general, vocal, and choral music at the primary and secondary levels, and has sung with myriad semi-professional and professional vocal ensembles in New York, Denver, and Austin, including C4, Kantorei, Anima, Panoramic Voices (Chamber Ensemble), Inversion, Austin Cantorum, Tinsel Singers, Texas Early Music Project, and the San Antonio Chamber Choir.

Juli served as the Director of Training Choirs with the Denver Children’s Choir, where a budding interest in arts administration grew into a full-blown passion. She has since completed her master’s at Johns Hopkins University (Museam Studies), served as the Children’s Choir Repertoire and Standards Chair on the Colorado ACDA board, and worked for such organizations as the the Clyfford Still Museum (Education Coordinator), Kantorei (Board Secretary; Communications Manager), and Bethany Lutheran Church (Communications Director/Children’s Youth Music Director), honing both her artistic and administrative leadership skills. Currently, Juli is a gigging musician and artist in Austin, TX, as well as the Operations Manager for the Texas Early Music Project and Art Director & Associate Conductor for Inversion.

Juli is particularly enthusiastic about helping arts organizations and other small non-profits find their voices, both artistically and administratively. She is an ardent believer in music’s unique power to build stronger, better communities through meaningful collaboration and high-quality performance opportunities. Juli is thrilled to share this vision with Panoramic Voices!

BENJAMIN DIA
ACCOMPANIST

Benjamin Dia is a pianist, arranger, and conductor. He made his debut as a collaborative pianist with the principal players of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra at the 1992 Asian Composers League Festival in the Cultural Center of the Philippines, premiering new works by emerging Asian composers. After graduating with a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of the Philippines, he went to the United States to pursue his graduate studies at the Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. Since then he has performed in music festivals and in venues such as The Asia Society of New York, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, Oslo Konserthus, and in the Aberdeen International Youth Festival.

SOPHIE MATHIEU
ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER

With a personal goal to "build a thriving, inclusive music scene in Austin while supporting and uplifting local talent," Sophie is the perfect fit for our organization!

Sophie is a composer, cellist, and arts administrator based in Austin, TX. She holds a masters degree in Music Composition from the University of Texas, where she studied under Omar Thomas and Yevgeniy Sharlat. Sophie currently serves as the Assistant Director of Golden Hornet, the Communications Manager for Density512, and a grant writer at Austin Soundwaves. She's especially passionate about making music education accessible; she leads Golden Hornet’s Young Composers Collective, providing mentorship free of charge to aspiring young musicians.

Outside of music, Sophie enjoys cooking plant-based food, playing Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, and watching horror movies.

A. VILLARREAL
YOUTH CHOIR DIRECTOR

AV is a maker of joyful noise in Austin, TX. They're a graduate of Texas State University, (Master of Music in Choral Conducting), and Arizona State University (Bachelors of Music in Music Education), and they believe that every person at every age deserves access to music-making opportunities that help them feel empowered, essential, and worthy. AV has worked with youth throughout their career. They taught middle and high school choirs in Austin and Leander ISD from 2015-2019, directed the Texas State Treble Choir during their masters work in 2019-2020, served as the Assistant Conductor of Illumine Youth Choir from 2019-2024, and continue to lead youth and children's ensembles in their position as Music Director for University United Methodist Church, Austin.

AV's calling is to create accessible art. In their words "...it is a delight of alignment to lead a youth choir under the expansive and inclusive umbrella of Panoramic Voices."