Meet The Voices

Audrey Perera is a Singapore-based arts producer and founder of Passion & Purpose Asia.

As Producer of Rites of Us, she brings extensive experience in creating inclusive arts and community experiences, alongside a deep interest in grief literacy and in opening up more compassionate, culturally sensitive conversations about death, dying, loss and remembrance.

She has produced major local and international arts initiatives, including the Singapore edition of WOMAD and the long-running True Colors Festival in Singapore and Japan, and has worked with artists, communities and partners across more than 20 countries. Her work is grounded in the belief that the arts can create meaningful shared spaces – helping people encounter different lived experiences, find connection and engage with difficult but universal questions.

Her practice is grounded in the belief that the arts can create experiences that are both artistically compelling and socially resonant, while also opening space for reflection, care, and shared understanding.

Her current focus on grief literacy further deepens this approach, informing work that is attentive to human complexity, social connection, and the role of creativity in building more compassionate communities. Through Rites of Us, Audrey hopes to use theatre, music and participatory experiences to make conversations around grief and loss more accessible, while honouring the diverse cultural, faith-based and personal ways in which people mourn, remember and make meaning.

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. As an inter-cultural and inter-faith advocate, much of his work concerns itself with finding ways to use 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.

Vox Camerata Ltd is a Singapore-based arts non-profit that designs and delivers community-centred programmes through the performing arts and community engagement. Our work brings people together across cultural, social, and faith boundaries, creating spaces for dialogue, learning, and collaboration.
Founded in 2005 and incorporated as a Company Limited by Guarantee in 2022, Vox Camerata operates across four core pillars: Advocacy, Research, Learning, and Practice. Together, these pillars guide how we design programmes that are both artistically meaningful and socially grounded. Our previous works include the Sojourners Festival (2022, 2024) and the Musica Intimae: Intersections Festival (2025), which have been supported by the Ministry of Culture, Community and the Youth through the Harmony Fund.

The organisation will lead the Grief Stewardship Workshop and facilitate cross-cultural dialogue throughout the festival programme, as well as the showcase of Musica Intimae: The Anatomy of Good-bye in the Rites of Us Festival.