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ibongadarna1

Jul 9, 2005, 03:36 PM

Hoy, hoy, hoy Kabron!!!!!!! Wala akong kiber sa mga pa nonsense nonsense mo noh. Kulang ka lang sa lalaki, I'm sure. O sige, hayaan mo at handa akong himas himasin ka at ng pag tumirik na ang mga mata mo eh magising ka sa katotohanang kelangan nyo na ngang ayusin ang choir mo na I think pinaka pangit ang pagkakanta nung et al. Kahit ano pa ang sabihin mo, "pangit is pangit"!

Pasalamat ka mama, dahil mga pang-u-okray namin ay siguradong maganda na ang susunod na et al. Yan ay kung di kasama ang pangit mong choir........."kabrooooooooooon"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHELow

Jul 9, 2005, 06:10 PM

Ibong adarna....I never said that all the choirs souded beautiful...seems that You dint understand what I said....Im challenging you if u have the guts to tell me you name and your choir to show your worth.The madz never forced anyone to watch...I directed my previous post to you coz I know for a fact that you cant back your statement regarding the proceeds of the series. That was not just an opinion....you said....malamang which meant for sure...so, back it up...anu ba choir mo?Its so sad how you react on things theatrically just to get away with what you say. Thats not drama...its something that you probably werent able to experience thats why your so off and bitter....i never asked anyone not to comment about the et al choirs....read my post again so as not to prove yourself stupid...i simply asked everyone not to attack what we stand for.

CHELow

Jul 9, 2005, 06:15 PM

By the way, I dint join the et al coz Im busy takin up my second degree so i dont think im an agrieved party with respect to your comments.respond intelligently...i only stand for the people behind the project and the essense of it all.

CHELow

Jul 9, 2005, 06:19 PM

Not to attack what we stand for unless you can back it up.cummon...pls be intellingent with your replys....pinoyexchange...SPEAK YOU MIND...and not your stupidity.

CHELow

Jul 9, 2005, 06:27 PM

Talagang nagpapasalamt ako sa mga nagcocomment...THANK YOU! but for you to accuse the madz et al....back it up first....amd for those who says that malaking kalokohan ang ginagawa sa inyo....the madz never forced you to watch,,,,mahilig kayo manuod but if your intelligent enough then you should know which to watch...

CHELow

Jul 9, 2005, 06:29 PM

again, there was a schedule.

CHELow

Jul 9, 2005, 06:33 PM

correction...aggrieved party:)

CHELow

Jul 9, 2005, 06:40 PM

by the way, dissing is not equal to commenting...commenting to help is good....but to dissing is something that comes from a person with no credibility, heart or knowledge of what he or she is saying.coz its not backed up with facts nor the right information.so again....i never asked anyone to stop commenting about other or any choir.

zion

Jul 10, 2005, 09:31 PM

Chelow, the more you react, especially to comments of "stupid" people here, the more it will never end.

I say silence is the best response, tutal, intelligent Pexers would never believe in their below-the-belt comments.

Remember, ang pikon ay laging talo. Tama ang friend mo when he/she advised you na wag mo nang patulan. You're just wasting your time with these rumor-mongers. Worse you're bringing down your defenses and opening yourself and Madz up to more attacks. You're digging yourself a deeper grave.

I believe in Madz and their worthy endeavors. I just don't think you made the right decision when you over-replied to nonsensical comments here.

Keep your peace at wag nang patulan. :(

peterpipe

Jul 10, 2005, 10:09 PM

here´s the result of the 42nd International Choir competition in Spittal Austria:

MIXED CHOIRS CATEGORY
1 Jugendchor "Kamer" Riga LATVIA 94
2 Cantemus Kamnit SLOVENIA 87
3 Cantores Amicitae ROMANIA 83
4 Pecser Kammerchor HUNGARY 82
4 Concordia Univ. Acapella Choir USA 82
6 Kammerchor Janacek Ostrava CZECH R. 79
7 Collegium Vocale Wien AUSTRIA 78
8 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHORALE
PHILIPPINES 77
9 Kibbutz Artzi Chor ISRAEL 75
9 Chor Gaudeamus UKRAINE 75

FOLKSONG CATEGORY
1 Jugendchor "Kamer" Riga LATVIA 96
2 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHORALE
PHILIPPINES 91
3 Concordia Univ. Acapella Choir USA 87
4 Cantemus Kamnit SLOVENIA 85
5 Kammerchor Janacek Ostrava CZECH R. 84
6 Cantores Amicitae ROMANIA 82
7 Collegium Vocale Wien AUSTRIA 78
8 Pecser Kammerchor HUNGARY 77
9 Chor Gaudeamus UKRAINE 76
10 Kibbutz Artzi Chor ISRAEL 71

CONGRATULATIONS to the Immaculate conception Chorale!! *okay*
They won 700 euros cash.

Mabuhay ang mga Filipino choirs!!!! :)

whirlingwhirlin

Jul 11, 2005, 07:12 PM

wow naman! galing! naka 2nd sila sa Spittal!
pansin ko lang... puro mga Madz et al choirs ang sumasali sa Spittal...
*** "IBAng" choirs hindi sumasali..

well, siguro that means mas mabibigat ang mga Madz et al choirs kesa sa iba!
hahaha...

Congrats sa Immaculate!

Congrats din sa UA&p Chorale for winning !st place in all categories sa Greece!!! *okay* :lol:

whirlingwhirlin

Jul 11, 2005, 07:31 PM

hahaha!!! nice answers ah!! tama un!! *** iba jan comment ng comment sa et al, ayaw naman magsabi kung anuo choir nila, palibhasa, mas chaka pa ang choir nila kesa sa et al!!! :lol: :rotflmao: :D :bop:

yUCK_Fou!

Jul 11, 2005, 11:32 PM

Congratulations to the following:

1) Immaculate Conception Chorale
2) UA&P Chorale
3) Madz - (for Acclamation II)

Mabuhay ang mga choirs ng bansa!

CHELow

Jul 12, 2005, 03:04 AM

Zion, thanks....and i apologize....i actually did over reply. I just did that for the benefit of those dear to my heart, the ones who worked and works hard for the madz and the madz et al...sleepless nights, cancelled personal schedules, financial sacrifices...hay...i hope you understand. I dint exactly experience em all but comming from the singers work force, we had enough sacrifices already eh yung mga execom pa. La lang...some of them are getting sick na due to lack of rest.Naawa lang po ako sakanila. Peace...at first, i tried to post to inform those who dont realize the purpose of the et al but i guess i got a bit hot headed when i got to read the other posts..hindi naman ako kasi talaga nagpopost dito eh, im just a reader:) peace....zion, thanks again...for the et al singers...guess zions right. Just post to inform and dont add insult to injury anymore:) Peace again.

Mabuhay ang Philippine Choirs.

JohnnyBBad

Jul 12, 2005, 05:30 AM

Imuscapella daw yung 4th Fil choir sa Torrevieja. Congrats sa UA&P for getting the top prizes sa Greece!

tuningfork

Jul 12, 2005, 02:00 PM

The UA&P Chorale bagged three highest ranking golds in all categories they joined--Mixed Choir, Mixed Youth Choir, and Chamber Choir--in the recently concluded 23rd International Choral Festival of Preveza held in Greece. They also garnered a special prize for best performance in a folkloric song for Gabaq-an. The Chorale is the most awarded choir in the competition.

There were 6 categories pala, namely:

Category A: Mixed choirs with a minimum of 22 singers. The maximum is not limited.
Category B: Equal voices' choirs (male or female) with a minimum of 22 singers. The maximum is not limited.
Category C: Children's choirs with a minimum of 22 singers. The maximum is not limited. Maximum age is 18 years.
Category D: Chamber choirs (mixed, male or female ensembles) with a maximum of 20 singers.
Category E: Mixed youths’ choirs with a minimum of 22 singers. The maximum is not limited. Maximum age is 25 years.
Category F: Choirs of Byzantine chant.

Congrat's UA&P Chorale and Arwin Tan

CHELow

Jul 18, 2005, 03:16 AM

Congratulations Arwin Tan!!!!:) Grabe!!! Ibang Lebel Na To!!!

CHELow

Jul 18, 2005, 03:21 AM

Am So Proud Of All Of Us!!!!

papabur

Jul 19, 2005, 01:55 AM

arwin, congratulations to you and UA&P Chorale

alfred, congratulations to you and CIC Chorale

madz, congratulations on your recent concert...heard a lot of good things about it...cant wait to see you guys again...

mabuhay kayong lahat...

peterpipe

Jul 22, 2005, 05:46 PM

Here's the result of the 44° Concorso internazionale di canto corale “C. A. Seghizzi” in Gorizia, Italy

CATEGORIA I polifonia programma storico
1° VICTORIA KAMARAKORUS (Hungary)
2° THE VOICES OF ST. PETERSBURG (Russia)
3° VOCES CANTABILES (U.K.)

CATEGORIA II polifonia programma monografico
1° APZ TONE TOMŠI (Slovenia)
2° VOCES CANTABILES (U.K.)
3° PROFORMA ENSEMBLE (Poland)

CATEGORIA III Premi per l’esecuzione dei brani d'obbligo di compositori contemporanei
A) Giuseppe Di Bianco “In Laude”
The University of the Philippines singing Ambassadors
B) Battista Pradal “Le Merle gentil et noir de Messiaen”
Academic choir of Aarhus (Denmark)
C) Sergio Trussardi “Magnificat”
The voices of St. Petersburg (Russia)

CATEGORIA IV musica policorale
1° VOCES CANTABILES
2° VICTORIA KAMARAKORUS
3° ACADEMIC CHOIR OF AARHUS

CATEGORIA V canto popolare
PREMIO DELLA GIURIA:
OREGON REPERTORY SINGERS (USA)
SEGNALAZIONI DELLA GIURIA:
THE VOICES OF ST. PETERSBURG (Russia)
University of the PHILIPPINES singing AMBASSADORS

CATEGORIA VI musica leggera
PREMIO DELLA GIURIA:
VOCES CANTABILES (Regno Unito)
SEGNALAZIONI DELLA GIURIA:
PROFORMA ENSEMBLE (Polonia)

CATEGORIA VII Amfiparnaso di O. Vecchi
SCHOLA CANTORUM SOPIANENSIS (Ungheria)

CATEGORIA VIII – ammessi all’esecuzione dello “Jephte” di Carissimi
VOCES CANTABILES (Finchampstead, Regno Unito)
VICTORIA KAMARAKORUS (Szeged, Ungheria)

CATEGORIA IX – ammessi all’esecuzione dei “Carmina burana” di Orff
CHARLES UNIVERSITY CHOIR (Praga, Repubblica Ceca)
THE VOICES OF ST. PETERSBURG (San Pietroburgo, Russia)

PREMI SPECIALI

GRAN PREMIO C. A. SEGHIZZI
VICTORIA KAMARAKORUS (SZEGED, HUNGARY)

PREMIO USCI DEL FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA – migliore direttore di coro
Barnaby Smith – Voces Cantabiles (Regno Unito)

PREMIO SPECIALE GRUPPI CAMERISTICI
VICTORIA KAMARAKORUS (SZEGED, UNGHERIA)

PREMIO “DOMENICO CIERI” – Programma di maggior interesse artistico
VOCES CANTABILES (FINCHAMPSTEAD, REGNO UNITO)

PREMIO “RACHELE BASUINO” – miglior esecuzione di un brano di ispirazione religiosa
VICTORIA KAMARAKORUS (SZEGED, UNGHERIA)

Congratulations pa rin sa UPSA even though special Prizes lang ang nakuha nila. dalawa naman ang FIRST PRIZES nila sa Sacred Music Festival sa Prague czech Republic. 4th Prize din sila sa Varna Bulgaria last may sa Mixed Chamber Choir category. *okay*

Sana'y magwagi ang 3 Philippine Choirs sa Torevieja.

yUCK_Fou!

Jul 23, 2005, 02:03 AM

Oo nga. Mabuhay pa rin ang UPSA! It's still something. :)

Bukod sa UPSA at San Beda Male Singers, ang mga iba bang choirs eh nasa abroad rin at kaya ni mga postings ng kanilang mga concerts/shows eh wala dito? Sayang at medyo di na active ang thread na ito.

Ano ang latest, choirmother (makiki-mother na rin ako, hee!)? May kutob ako andyan ka lang, nagmamasid-masid. Hehe. :)

choirmaster

Jul 23, 2005, 05:55 AM

Syempre pa! Ako pa... Bawat post ninyo ay masusing binabasa. Ang latest ay kababalik ko lang from Wernigerode, Germany, kung saan ako ay nag-judge. Sabi ng Lord Mayor, ibigay ko daw ang greetings niya dun sa dalawang Philippine choirs na sumali dati. So... UPSA and de la Salle, hi daw sa inyong lahat. Over sa kagandahan ang Wernigerode! I never imagined it to be sooo beautiful! Pag may isnow dun, feeling mo Christmas Town talaga!

Proceeding to World Choral Symposium on August 1 to give lecture on Southeast Asian Choral Music.

Siyanga pala, kung gusto ninyong isali ko ang pangalan ninyo for recommendation to the Polyfollia festival sa France (hanapin nyo na lang sa Internet kung ano ito), kung saan ako'y isang adviser, just email me na lang. At!... ang inyong choirlowla ay member ng artistic committee to the next World Choral Symposium in Denmark in 2008. The committee is composed of 4 Danes, and 3 members from all over the world; so bale ang inyong choirmuthrels ay one of three. Odivavong... Shanga pala, ang Polyfollia Festival, if I'm not mistaken, ay libre ang pamasahe papuntang France ng buong choir. Yun ang sa pagkaintindi ko. Will have to get back to you on that. Kailangan ko pala ng one-page resume ng choir, ng conductor, at 30-minute recording. May meeting kasi kami sa France sa November.

Sinong sasali sa Namcya? :) Feel nyo ba ang mga piyesa? hehehehe... It will be veeeerrryy interesting this year, don't you think?

Paano ba mag-insert ng image ditrils? Hindi ako marunong mag-tag ng image. Anong iniinsert sa gitna nung dalawang image tags? Yung file name? Paano lalabas ang pichure? Help!

yUCK_Fou!

Jul 23, 2005, 06:41 PM

Ay! Sabi ko na eh! Nafi-feel ko kasi ang presence...ang lakas ng aura! Hahaha! :D

About posting images, ganito yan.

URL address ng picture[/img.]

Pero tanggalin ang period (.) sa image tags na ginawa ko ha. Ginawa ko lang yan para makita yung tag at hindi i-apply ng message board.

Example:

[img.]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/carlski/ohesus.jpg[/img.]

Pero syempre, nilagyan ko uli ng period para makita ang tag. Pero kung tatanggalin ang period, eto yung kalalabasan:

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/carlski/ohesus.jpg

Okie? Oo nga pala. Dapat naka-upload ang picture sa kung saan sa internet na nag-a-allow ng hot linking para lumabas ang picture sa kung saang message boards. Example, kapag nag-upload ka ng picture sa Yahoo briefcase or Yahoo Photos or kahit sa Geocities, hindi lalabas ang picture dito kapag ginamitan mo ng image tags dahil pinagbabawal ng Yahoo ang hot linking. Upload mo ang pictures mo sa Photobucket.com (http://www.photobucket.com) at kunin ang URL address ng picture na gustong ipakita dito. Lalabas ang picture sa post dahil photobucket allows hot linking. ;)

Sana 'di magulo ang explanation. Hehe! Sorry rin at mej off-topic. :p

Bakit mother? May ishe-share ka bang image na masaya? Hehe... :naughty:

papabur

Jul 25, 2005, 12:38 PM

congratulations sa UPSA! mabuhay ang philippine choirs...pakita nyo nga sa kanila ;) congratulations sir ed...

good luck sa 4 choirs in torrevieja...i can just imagine how you guys are feeling right now...youre all in our prayers...enjoy nyo na lang ang beach pagkatapos ng mga kanta...hehe...

wala ako masabi sa inyo sir (choirmaster) ... talaga namang jetsetter! true...wernigerode is a very interesting and old city...parang dama mo ang old pre-war germany talaga :) i was there nung '99 pa when i was still with the dlsu chorale...dpat sana punta rin akong japan for wscm--pinlano namin ni gp, kaso i was tied up here sa states for school ... it was really interesting and we were fortunate enough to sing and attend sa rotterdam nun...well, siguro sa 2008 na lang (sana) :) ... nakikilala nyo ba ko? hehehe...minsan *** magpost pero reader din ;)

sa CIC chorale, congrats sa Spittal nyo ah...inannounce din ba ang jury commentaries sa inyo? hahah...good luck sa torrevieja! im sure nageenjoy na kayo sa pool o kaya sa beach dahil tapos na ang round nyo :) ingat kayo parati...

choirmaster

Jul 26, 2005, 01:46 AM

Salamat, yUCK_fou! E ano ba naman kasing pangalan yan... chiz... sige, pupunta ako ng photobucket.com. E naman palaman (ika nga ni lowla Roberta), bukas na lang kasi naputulan ang beauty ko ng aking broadband ek dahil hindi ako nakabayad. So bukas reconnected na ako ulit. In the meantime, tiis sa Pacific Internet dial-up. May ia-upload lang akong ek para makita nyo naman ang inyong choirlowla habang nagdza-dzadz.

Hi papabur! Long time no hear! Yesht, kilala pa rin kita, pero hindi ko alam na andiyan ka na pala. Ikaw ang jetset! Kumusta ang choral actibidades kung saan ka mang lupalop naroon? Meron ka bang sinalihang choir dyan?

Osha, pasukan na ulit bukas, pagkatapos i-cancel ang lahat ng work for a 20-minute speech. chiz... Mabuhay ang Federal Republic of the Philippines! Haaaayy... sa wakas... lipat na kaya ako ng Mindanao?... the Dipolog Chamber Singers... hahahaha!!! anubuh..

PS. Tulungan nga pala natin si Mr. C... i-report natin kung lumitaw ang mga piyesa niya sa black market. Kung hindi niyo alam, pinasok ang warehouse ni Ryan last week, at tinangay lahat ng published pieces niya, including all copies of Misa. E ano naman kaya gagawin niya dun? Sabi ko nga, isali natin sa Madz et al ang THE AKYAT BAHAY CHORALE! bwahahahaha!!! anubuh...

PPS Ayoko nang makakita ng posting dito na hindi alam ang diperensya ng CHORAL sa CHORALE. Ibabalik ko kayo sa grade school grammar! :grrr:

sleeplacker

Jul 26, 2005, 01:45 PM

Hi! Thanks to everyone who congratulated us! We're so happy that after all the hard work (learning 15 songs for the competition, and ESP. raising the money), we were able to earn a victory for the PHILIPPINES! :) We still can't get over the very warm reception we got from the other choirs, from the locals in Preveza, Greece, and from the Pinoys in Athens... it was really an amazing experience, even more so because it was our first international trip.

So... I'd like to invite everyone to our homecoming concert, entitled "AMAZING GREECE" (hehe).

JULY 31 (SUN), 5pm
Philamlife Auditorium (U.N. Ave., Manila)

* Repertoire includes all 15 songs from the Preveza competition (and a few others). We'll also be showing some pics & videos. :)
* Tickets are at P200. We'll also be selling our CDs for P350. Tickets will be sold st the gate starting 4 p.m. and doors open by 4:30.

I really hope some of you can make it. :)

---> Marie
UA&P Chorale Coordinator
uapchorale@gmail.com

inis

Jul 26, 2005, 03:04 PM

Hi All,

First time ko sa thread na ito! Member ako ng isang community choir sa Angono - the hometown of the Maestro Luci San Pedro!

Anyway, I was able to watch the concert of UA&P Chorale last Friday sa UA&P. It was okay, but I have a lot to say about the choir.
Observation lang po ito ha, constructive naman:

1. Medyo hindi ko gusto facial expression ng mga sopranos pag matataas na ang notes (distorted na ang face nila). Sana magawan ng paraan na itama ito.

2. When singing, sana i-limit ang body movements lalo na pure singing lang siya. May tendecy kasi na gumalaw yung upper body bacoz of singing (high notes).

3. Smile. It's free anyway. Sana may variation ng facial expression.

4. Magaling ang soprano (except yung number 1) kasi pulido ang unison ng Soprano.

5. Careful of the diction ang phrasing. Yung ibang songs parang magulo kasi hindi maganda ang transition from simple to complicated segment ng song.

Yun lang, but I still enjoyed the Friday concert, bitin nga lang!

Goodluck to all the Choirs competing abroad!

By the way, kelan ang next concert ng MADZ?

CHELow

Jul 26, 2005, 05:24 PM

Korak!!!torrevieja Peeps....check Out Rocks Sa Beach....daming Katamtaman Ang Lalim Dun Na Masarap Talunan....pati Gimikan Sa Dulo Ng Beach:) Enjoy

JohnnyBBad

Jul 26, 2005, 05:27 PM

Got this in my e-mail:

CORAM DEO

featuring the sacred choral programs of the

Ateneo College Glee Club
Ma. Lourdes V. Hermo, conductor

Ateneo Chamber Singers
Jonathan M. Velasco, conductor

and the combined choirs
under the direction of Joel Magus P. Navarro
in Johann Sebastian Bach's Missa in F (BWV 233)

with

Ma. Katrina L. Saporsantos, soprano
Raul C. Navarro, male alto
Jonathan M. Velasco, bass
Benjamin E. Dia, Jr., pianist

7:30 pm, 17 August (Wednesday)
University Church of the Gesù
Ateneo de Manila University
Katipunan Road, Loyola Heights
Quezon City

A Pre-Concert Lecture at 6:30 pm
will be delivered at the same venue

ADMISSION IS FREE.

It would be very interesting to see how Prof. Navarro has futher grown as a conductor now with doctorate studies almost down pat.

CHELow

Jul 26, 2005, 05:29 PM

HI sir j!musta?:) grabe sarap ng buhay mo!were u fed well there? wahahahah...i remember ur kuwentos sa wake ni rex:(

yUCK_Fou!

Jul 26, 2005, 07:26 PM

Hi sleeplacker! Congrats uli sa inyo! Thanks sa pagpost ng concert sked niyo. Ano yung extra songs na kakantahin niyo aside from your competition rep? Amazing Greece? Hehe! Amazing greece...how swet da sawnd... (nyahaha, corny ko).

JohnnyBBad, thanks sa sked! Sana makapunta ako.

choirmother, your welcome. Pasensya na sa nick...bad boy ako dati nung nag-register ako. Ngayon, mas worse na! Hehehe. Asus! At talagang na-akyat bahay ang warehouse ni Mr. C! May ambisyon na maging CHORALE (ayan, tama ba ang paggamit? haha!) ang mga dugudugu(?) gang! Haha! Saws! Abangan na nga lang natin kung lilitaw.

sleeplacker

Jul 27, 2005, 12:37 AM

Hi inis! Noted about the facial expression... it's always a challenge for me especially when reaching those high notes. Not moving can be very hard as well (I'm one of the sop 1s). :) I'm just so glad I didn't cough because I was still recovering from the flu last Friday, buti nalang I was able to sing and some sound came out. :)

Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed the mini-concert. I hope you can make it to the one this Sunday, July 31, 5pm at Philam (I posted the details above) We have lots more in store. :D Thanks for posting!

---> Marie
uapchorale@gmail.com

Hi All,

First time ko sa thread na ito! Member ako ng isang community choir sa Angono - the hometown of the Maestro Luci San Pedro!

Anyway, I was able to watch the concert of UA&P Chorale last Friday sa UA&P. It was okay, but I have a lot to say about the choir.
Observation lang po ito ha, constructive naman:

1. Medyo hindi ko gusto facial expression ng mga sopranos pag matataas na ang notes (distorted na ang face nila). Sana magawan ng paraan na itama ito.

2. When singing, sana i-limit ang body movements lalo na pure singing lang siya. May tendecy kasi na gumalaw yung upper body bacoz of singing (high notes).

3. Smile. It's free anyway. Sana may variation ng facial expression.

4. Magaling ang soprano (except yung number 1) kasi pulido ang unison ng Soprano.

5. Careful of the diction ang phrasing. Yung ibang songs parang magulo kasi hindi maganda ang transition from simple to complicated segment ng song.

Yun lang, but I still enjoyed the Friday concert, bitin nga lang!

papabur

Jul 27, 2005, 07:37 AM

Medyo late na...(ngayon ko lang rin kasi nadiscover through our composer friend in san francisco conservatory, hehe) pero if you guys want to have a live feed of the competition, you can go to www.torreviejanet.com. Just click on the radio online icon. Usually 6pm EST naguumpisa dito, 11pm i suppose sa spain. so kung balak nyo gumising ng umaga kayong mga nasa pilipins, eh di go! :) tomorrow's batch would be interesting :) have fun! :D

inis

Jul 27, 2005, 03:08 PM

zion

Jul 28, 2005, 10:40 AM

Congrats sa UPSA! You're truly a PRIDE of UP and of our country!

Good luck po sa lahat ng sasali sa Torrevieja! Sana lahat ng places makuha ng Filipino choirs! *okay*

choirmaster

Jul 29, 2005, 12:52 AM

now let's see if this will work... testing testing...

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b160/choirmaster/Wernigerode1.jpg

If that works, it's a photo of the opening ceremonies of Wernigerode 2005. The board of judges are in front.

papabur

Jul 29, 2005, 07:48 AM

sir j, its working its working! :) salamat din yuck_Fou (ang hirap nga i-type) for teaching ALL of us...beware of copyright laws lang ;) hehe...

alanangmaisip

Jul 29, 2005, 05:16 PM

Choirmaster,

mukhang cutie yung guy sa front row, 2nd from right, sandwiched by two mature women. Delicious! Cinsha? :naughty:

choirmaster

Jul 29, 2005, 06:29 PM

alanangmaisip,

He is the judge from South Africa, Andre van der Merwe. Conductor ng Stellenbosch University Youth Choir or something. Manazh, GIRLASH!! hahahahaha!!! Ang tawag niya sa sarili niya ay "the QUEEN of South Africa"! Nalowka ang ibang jurors; never pa yata nangyari na may dalawang girlalush sa jury! hahahahahaha!!!! But really, we had so much fun, and that includes the whole jury. He is such a wonderful person and excellent musician. Feel niyang i-invite ako to South Africa. Cape Town Chamber Singers, here I come! hahahahaha!!!

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b160/choirmaster/PICT8_20.jpg

at hayan kami habang nang-uukray eheste, nagdza-dzadz pala

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b160/choirmaster/PICT9_22.jpg

at heto naman nung grand prix competition nila, second to the last day.
enjoy!

chOirbOy`

Jul 29, 2005, 09:08 PM

Sir JOjo, thanks for your sharing your Wernigerode pix and chikas!!!

Magkasama kami ni Liz Cal now sa Coro Tomasino... nag-resign ako from my work at HSBC to go full time sa UST conservatory BM Voice under the diva herself, Rachelle Gerodias!!! She sends her regards to you, too!!

btw, my choir is joining NAMCYA.... hehehe, finally got enough 'qualified' singers!!

see ya sa CORAM DEO concert nyo!!! muah, muah muah!!! hugz* hugz* miss u na!!!

yUCK_Fou!

Jul 29, 2005, 10:41 PM

O di ba? Makulay na ang ating thread ngayon! May mga pictures na! Salamat choirmama sa pag-share! Katuwa sila!

papabur, anytime! ;) Kung ako eh hindi ko pa alam yun...sa nearly 2,000 posts ko dito eh 'di ko pa alam mag-post ng image...eh ewan ko na lang. I'm glad to know that aside from choirmaster, may ibang natuto. :)

Sige na nga. Kung hirap kayo magtype ng nick ko, kahit ano na lang (yuckfou, yfou, yf, mr. Y, boy negro, etc...). Wag lang YUCK kase kadiri yun. Hehe! :p

Attend ba ako ng CORAM DEO? Tsk...conflict kase sa schedule. Huhuhu... :(

papabur

Jul 30, 2005, 01:26 AM

choirmaster, naks naman...salamat sa pagbigay ng kulay sa thread na ito...wwooooohhh!? kaya nyo yun? hehehe...

ayan...mas simple na...yf...napapansin ko nga na 1800+ posts ka na dito...ako pang 24th ko pa lang! haha...ngayon *** nagtitiyaga...siguro dahil hindi pa uso nung year 2000 ang cable internet...hahaha! announcement na ng winners sa torrevieja mamaya...tune in kami dito! 5pm EST...good luck sa ating mga manok sa torrevieja! :) mabuhay kayo! :)

enteng.00

Jul 30, 2005, 08:35 AM

congratulations Kuya Ed and the rest of UPSA!

Public Prize

Special Prize for their interpretation of a Habanera

1st Prize Polyphony Category

congratulations also to Sir George and the Saringhimig Singers!

3rd Place Polyphony Category

papabur

Jul 30, 2005, 08:44 AM

To Sir Ed and UPSA,

Congratulations for your win! or shall I say...wins :)

To Sir George and Saringhimig,

Congratulations din po :)

Once more youve made our country proud! :)

choirmaster

Jul 30, 2005, 10:10 AM

Congratulations Ed and UPSA! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas! Hindi pinakawalan ang Polyphony Category! Dapat every year may sasaling Pinoy choir para matikman nila ang kamandag ng mga noyps! Mabuhay din kay George at Saringhimig! Maski Tate ang designation nila, alam naman natin kung saan sila galing. Aba, ex-Saringhimig ata kaming dalawa ni Fidel! We're so proud! And to the other Philippine choirs na sumali, I'm sure you represented our country well. Mabuhay din kayo!

zion

Jul 30, 2005, 03:39 PM

Am I getting this right?!?

The UP SINGING AMBASSADORS won 3 PRIZES IN TORREVIEJA:

First Place in the Polyphony

Best Interpretation of Habanera

Public's prize

This choir never fails to amaze me. In fact. this choir never fails to AMAZE A LOT OF PEOPLE! Humahataw kayo!!! *okay*

CONGRATS TO UPSA!!! Congrats to all the other Filipino choirs who also made us proud in Torrevieja!

Yaman n'yo na! SOBRA! :lol:

alanangmaisip

Jul 30, 2005, 04:04 PM

Hoy! Hoy! Hoy! UPSA! Wala man lang kayong pinatawad sa Torrevieja!

Sumosobra n kayo...

sa GALING!

CONGRATS MGA KAPATID! Ahihihihihi... *okay*

yUCK_Fou!

Jul 30, 2005, 04:42 PM

Ang galing naman ng UPSA! My heartfelt congratulations to this group pati na rin sa Saringhimig for placing 3rd at doon sa 2 pang Filipino choirs na nagtake part sa competition! Truly, we are a force to be reckoned with sa larangan na ito! :)

Mabuhay ang mga choirs ng ating bansa!

Jerusalem

Jul 31, 2005, 01:34 AM

Congrats to UPSA

Is UPSA the first choir to win all 3 distinguished prizes in Torrevieja history?

If this is the case, then we should all be proud that we are Filipinos. After the history-making feat of the Madz in the same competition last year, another Filipino choir in the name of UPSA made history again in the land of our colonial conquerors.

Yes, Spain, we are proud to be indios! *okay*

alanangmaisip

Jul 31, 2005, 04:02 AM

Mga kafatid, 3 oras po akong nag-saliksik sa internet ukol sa opisyal na resulta ng paligsahan sa Torrevieja ngayong taon, at ito po ang aking na-diskubre:

UPSA won 1 major prize and 2 special prizes, making the group the most awarded in the 2005 edition of the contest:

Major prize: Primer Premio de Polifonía

Special prizes: Premio Especial "Francisco Vallejos"
Premio del público

Compared to Madz, 2 major prizes ang napanalunan ng mga divo't divang mga hitad nung 2004: Primer Premio de Habaneras at Primer Premio de Polifonía.

Conclusion: Magagaling talaga ang mga choirs sa UP. Ahihihihi! CONGRATS PO! ;)

alanangmaisip

Jul 31, 2005, 04:03 AM

Here's the official website of the Habaneras contest:

http://www.habaneras.org

yun lang at babu!

CHELow

Jul 31, 2005, 07:50 AM

Grabe!!! Humahataw Ang Mga Pinoy!!! Congratulations To Upsa And Saringhimig!!!:)

JohnnyBBad

Jul 31, 2005, 02:41 PM

Congrats kay Sir Ed at sa UPSA! Mabuhay ang mga Filipino choirs!!! :rotflmao:

btw, ang ganda ng tunog ng UPCC ngayon, ripe for competitions <---- What do you say, Ma'am Jai? ;)

alanangmaisip

Aug 1, 2005, 06:25 PM

Congrats kay Sir Ed at sa UPSA! Mabuhay ang mga Filipino choirs!!! :rotflmao:

btw, ang ganda ng tunog ng UPCC ngayon, ripe for competitions <---- What do you say, Ma'am Jai? ;)

Yup, it's about time UPCC show their worth again! I'm sure they won't let Madz and UPSA do all the winning, would they? ;)

As the "third force" in the UP choral triumvirate (the othe two being Madz and UPSA), they should show the choral community that they are indeed the choir the late great Prof. Paguio was so proud of!

I say, GO, GO, GO UPCC! :)

Kolmogorov

Aug 2, 2005, 08:29 AM

Totoo ba na may concert ang UPCC sa Abelardo Hall sa Aug12-13? Di ko kasi alam kung tama yung dinig ko about the date nung na-feature sila sa Wazzup Wazzup last week. Sana po may makasagot nito... :(

Congrats to UPSA!!!!

JohnnyBBad

Aug 4, 2005, 12:55 PM

Yep may concert UPCC sa Abelardo Hall August 12 and 13. Saw the poster yesterday sa College of Music.

alanangmaisip

Aug 4, 2005, 01:42 PM

Yep may concert UPCC sa Abelardo Hall August 12 and 13. Saw the poster yesterday sa College of Music.

Anong repertoire nila? Baka song and dance ala broadway chuvanez na naman yan with accompanying piano...sana iba naman mga iho't iha. *peace*

GadoGado

Aug 5, 2005, 02:47 PM

Good day wonderful choral enthusiasts,

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As always: ADMISSION IS FREE!!!

Kitakits!!!

zion

Aug 5, 2005, 03:51 PM

Gado-gado, sali ako dyan!

Curious din ako kung ano ang tunog ng ACGC ngayon...

Hulaan tayong mga pexers kung who is who sa atin! Ahihihihi!

Kita-kits indeed! :D

ibongadarna1

Aug 12, 2005, 10:12 PM

Gado-gado, sali ako dyan!

Curious din ako kung ano ang tunog ng ACGC ngayon...

Hulaan tayong mga pexers kung who is who sa atin! Ahihihihi!

Kita-kits indeed! :D

Ang landi mo naman.......hehehehe! :lol: :rotflmao: :p

alanangmaisip

Aug 13, 2005, 02:33 AM

At nagbalik ang ibon! Ibongadarna, tagal mong nawala ah! Miss ka na ng mga ka-okrayan mo ditich! Hahahahaha! :love:

sweet_soul14

Aug 13, 2005, 04:20 AM

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yUCK_Fou!

Aug 14, 2005, 03:26 AM

Sabay-sabay sa August 17 ah! :)

Sino-sino nga kaya mga PEXers na andun sa mga event na 'yan?

QRST

Aug 15, 2005, 09:54 PM

Pwede paki post ang repertoire po. Salamat.

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AUGUST 17, 2005 2pm
UE THEATER
PLease watch this is FREE!!! especially for UE Community, but outsiders are welcome, just contact me 09195751371 (judy) :D

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GadoGado

Aug 18, 2005, 11:10 AM

wow two concerts in a day, sino kaya ang nanood ng both UE concert at ng ACS & ACGC yesterday?

calintaan

Aug 21, 2005, 04:58 PM

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sleeplacker

Aug 26, 2005, 01:22 PM

Hi! :)

UA&P Chorale Update: Everyone is invited to watch EXSULTATE!, our 10th Anniversary Concert:

September 9 (FRIDAY)
7:00 p.m.
Li Seng Giap Auditorium
2/F APEC Communications Bldg.
University of Asia and the Pacific
Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center, Pasig City

This concert has a different repertoire from our last two in June and July, where we sang mostly sacred music (our competition pieces for the 23rd International Choral Festival of Preveza). For this one, we'll have a mix of everything, and several fast/fun songs :D

Tickets (Php200) will be available at the entrance starting 5:30 p.m. on the day of the concert. You can also reserve tickets in advance, just contact uapchorale@gmail.com or 09178334564.

Here's the poster :) I hope some of you can make it!

---> Marie

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b96/mariepuyat/ExsultatePosterJPGsmall.jpg

pinoypipit69

Sep 7, 2005, 12:03 PM

Alright, alright!!! Congrats, congrats!!! So much for the concert concert ek ek na yan.

Paki claro nga sa akin manay lagring. Matagal na palang nangyari ito. Sino daw ang conductor na ito na matapos samahan ang kanyang choir sa tour sa abroad eh iniwanan daw at sukat takasan matapos itakbo ang pera ng grupo. At ang siste daw eh nakapag pagawa daw ng recording studio ang bading na conductor. Wala na daw ito sa grupo ngayon pero nasa paligid pa din at nag-aabang ng mga choir na masisila.

Bakit ngayon lang nakaabot sa akin ito? Sino ito ha? Sino, sino, sino????

Ang inyong Ate,

(ibon)

chOirbOy`

Sep 9, 2005, 10:13 AM

is it true that sir jojo is preparin for RIAS kammerchor?!!! wow!!!

makakatikim sila ng mga Feliciano, Cayabyab and Pamintuan!!! hehehehe

aragorn99

Sep 11, 2005, 10:17 PM

Hey guys!

I received this on my email from one of my friends in the choir and naisip ko na baka interesado din kayo.

Ito yung postcard na pinadala sa akin...

http://www.novoconcertante.com/images/concert_ads/Shine-Postcard.jpg

For tickets and reservations you may call tini (0917.841.8464) / gil (0918.991.5529)

Group and Student discounts are available up to 50%!

Let's watch, I heard their preparing for a big competition in Europe next year. :rotflmao:

trunorth

Sep 14, 2005, 04:19 PM

GadoGado

Sep 14, 2005, 11:24 PM

Hello!

I am new to this thread and very much interested in the topics being discussed here (and occasional intrigues). I am a member of a parish choir in Muntinlupa and would like to solicit your advice. Where could i buy those choral arrangments of great arrangers? all we have with the group are the ones sold in bookstores and religious stores and i would like to expand our group's scope of songs. hope you could help me.

THANKS and more power!
Hi,
It's so nice to hear that you are interested in choral art. Unfortunately, the availability of choral pieces here in our countryis quite limited. Have you tried going to bookwagon (megamall 5th floor, and powerplant 5th floor) there are some good finds there. You may want to check libraries of music schools such as UP College of Music, UST conservatory, Asian Institute of Liturgy and Music (AILM) etc. You may also want to start downloading free pieces from www.cpdl.org, a good resource for period music from great composers before the copyright age. The best resource would be choirs themselves, you would definitely benefit in attending choral concerts and befriending conductors and choir members, who would be quite willing to share their pieces. Which brings into the subject, you may be interested in attending the AILM Anniversary Performances this month, featuring some of the renowned choirs in the Philippines. here is the schedule:

The AILM Anniversary
Choral Concert Series
7: 30 PM, St. Andrew’s Chapel
275 E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave. Quezon City

Saturday, September 24
Philippine Children’s Choir

Conducted by Sebastian Trinidad

Sunday, September 25
Novo Concertante

UA & P Chorale

Conducted by Arwin Tan

Monday, September 26
Hail Mary the Queen Children’s Choir

Conducted by Tess Roldan

Tuesday, September 27
PNU Chorale

Conducted by Luz Modelo

Wednesday, September 28
Philippine Madrigal Singers

Conducted by Mark Carpio

Thursday, September 29
Ateneo Chamber Singers

and Ateneo College Glee Club

Conducted by Jonathan Velasco/ Malou Hermo

Friday, September 30
AILM Chorale

Conducted by Jonathan Velasco

AILM is just behind Trinity College in Quezon city within the compound of the St. Luke's hospital. i'm sure you would be able to meet the local choral community who would be very much willing to spread the choral art throughout the country.

Good luck for your search.

choirmaster

Sep 15, 2005, 12:18 AM

HI, There are some changes in the order of the choirs' performance dates. I will get back to you as soon as I clear up which choir is going to sing on which date. In the meantime, I just hope that you will come EVERY NIGHT and witness them all! If you missed the nightly concerts during the annual AILM Choral Conducting Workshop, now is the time to go and visit us! Complete your "choral novena"!!

Sir J

yUCK_Fou!

Sep 15, 2005, 11:30 AM

Orayt. Sige, will wait for the update! :)

GadoGado

Sep 18, 2005, 12:29 AM

I just got this from my email recently. Sir choirmaster, tama po ba ang info?

Dear Friends,

Due to some conflict in schedule, there will be some chnanges in the
concert line-up. Attached below is the revised concert schedule from
September 24 to 30, 2005. The concerts will start at 7:30 pm at the St.
Andrew's Seminary Chapel. Come and celebrate AILM's 25th year with us,
invite your friends to come too. For more information, call 722-5554 or
722-8575. We hope to see you there!

Sincerely,
Michael Balili, Assistant to Dr. Francisco F. Feliciano

AILM @ 25

The AILM AnniversaryChoral Concert Series7: 30 PM, St. Andrew’s Chapel
275 E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave. Quezon City

Saturday, September 24
Philippine Children’s Choir

Conducted by Sebastian Trinidad

Sunday, September 25
Novo Concertante

UA & P Chorale

Conducted by Arwin Tan

Monday, September 26
Manila Chamber Singers

Conducted by Jose Emmanuel Aquino

Tuesday, September 27
Hail Mary the Queen Children’s Choir

Conducted by Tess Roldan

Wednesday, September 28
Philippine Madrigal Singers

Conducted by Mark Carpio

Thursday, September 29
Ateneo Chamber Singers

and Ateneo College Glee Club

Conducted by Jonathan Velasco/ Malou Hermo

Friday, September 30
AILM Chorale

Conducted by Jonathan Velasco

choirmaster

Sep 18, 2005, 12:13 PM

Yes, tama na ito. Please spread the word. I hope you all will come.

choirmaster

Sep 25, 2005, 12:39 AM

Hey all,

We just had a wonderful, excellent concert with the Philippine Children's Choir from Mandaluyong with Baste Trinidad, here at AILM. For those of you who went, ang galing diba? Ibang klase ang galing ng mga bata! And the programming is excellent!

Of course, more exciting concerts to come: the two choirs of Arwin Tan are on for tomorrow: Novo Concertante and UA&P Chorale, one of their rare joint appearances! I hope to welcome you all tomorrow! At syempre all the other days until Friday the 30th! Bongga!

Let's go to more live concerts instead of just hearing them on CD. Live performances are a great venue to learn more about our art. And to see and be seen, of course! See you there!

Choirmudrash

romnick

Sep 25, 2005, 12:31 PM

elow po tanong ko lang sino po ba available na choir master yung malapit sa muntinlupa at tanong ko na rin kung magkano po per sesion.THannks

choirmaster

Sep 26, 2005, 01:20 AM

Hello PEx peeps,

Another fantabulous night has passed with the UA&P Chorale and the Novo Concertante. Ang gaganda ng mga kanta, lalo na yung mga first time kong nadinig. I was impressed by the UA&P Chorale, na first time ko lang marinig in a concert, with their "direk prom yurop" sound. And of course magical din ang Novo, especially the new pieces.

Mamayang gabi (Monday night), it's the turn of Manila Chamber Singers to enchant us with songs. Won't you come? We are enjoying so much these concerts na gusto ko lang i-share sa inyo ang enjoyment. Kaya go! All choral roads now lead to AILM! (Chiz. How presumptuous. hahahahaha!!!)

But seriously, we must see you there one of these nights. It's such a pity if you miss these groups in their prime. Huwag na kasing tamarin. Hakutin na ang inyong mga choirs... hoy ha, hindi lang individual conductors ang nakita ko the past two nights, as in buo-buong choirs. Baka naman mas matuto na ang mga members kaysa sa kanilang conductors? hmmmm... a distinct possibility... chiz.

See you tonight!

Choirmama

choirmaster

Sep 26, 2005, 01:23 AM

And congratulations to Imusicapella! Fantastic! Ang bagsik talaga ng Philippine Choirs!

choirmaster

Sep 27, 2005, 01:34 AM

For the third night of AILM@25, ang taray ng Manila Chamber Singers under Joel Aquino! Sino ba naman ang may lakas-loob na maglagay ng Guillaume Dufay sa repertoire? It was again a magical evening. (One of these nights mauubusan na talaga ako ng superlatives! hahahahaha!!!) Nagustuhan ko yung mga western songs na kinanta nila, nakukuha na ni Joel ang style. Hmmm... kanino kaya siya nag-aral? :D

Punta kayo tonight! The Hail Mary the Queen Children's Choir is singing. Tapos sa Wednesday ang Madz, tapos mga Ateneans sa Thursday, tapos AILM Chorale on Friday. C'mon guys, goes na kayo to AILM!

Choirmuthrels

enteng.00

Sep 27, 2005, 01:07 PM

Congrats Kuya Tristan and Imusicapella! Winnie Cordero sa Ploland!

choirmaster

Sep 28, 2005, 01:40 AM

If you missed Hail Mary the Queen's performance last night, malaki ang nawala sa inyo. The children were simply astonishing. Grabe ang intonation nila, sobra sa pagkaperfect! How do they do it? I'm sure it has a lot to do with Tess and Jude Roldan's influence on the musical discipline of the kids. At sobrang ganda ng mga interpretations! Pero hindi talaga ako makapaniwala duon sa chords ng lahat ng kanta. As in, swak na swak! I certainly believe that this choir is truly world class.

So... hindi pa rin kayo pumupunta ng AILM? K fine, hindi ko na kayo iimbitahin for the Madz performance tomorrow. Huwag na kayong pumunta. Nakita ko na ang programme nila, with the matching TWO world premieres ng dalawang piyesa... I'm sure it's not worth going all the way to AILM diba? Besides, sa sobrang dami ng reservations, ubos na siguro ng labels ang lahat ng silya sa loob ng pagkaliit-liit na chapel of St. Andrew's. Kung bigla kayong sinipag, aba'y bring your own chair na lang ang beauty nyo!

choirmudraks

don_simoun

Sep 28, 2005, 02:20 PM

CUN

Sep 28, 2005, 11:26 PM

sorry po, bago lang po ako sa forum. ba't parang tahimik ang sanmiguel choir? wala ba silang competitions na mapapanalunan? or concert posters na ipo-post?

JohnnyBBad

Sep 29, 2005, 03:43 AM

The Madz were in fighting form last night. I swear, you should've heard their newly-refurbished La Guerre. A lot of details were brought out in this batch's rendition, some of which I never noticed before. For that matter, a lot attention to details, phrasing, and style were lovingly put into the repertoire that night. Indeed, it was a most musically pleasurable way to end the day. To those who missed it, major sayang talaga....

Kudos to Mark and this batch! Really good job!

JohnnyBBad

Sep 29, 2005, 03:50 AM

Hail Mary doing THE Bruckner Ave Maria?! Parang di ata pwede yon, unless there's another Ave Maria Bruckner I don't know of....

Di pwede magcompete in most choral contests ang San Miguel kasi professional choir sila. Meron bang competiton for prefessional choirs, Choirmother? SMMC has concerts once in a while sa Podium <--- bakit sa mall, in all the places?

JohnnyBBad

Sep 29, 2005, 06:15 AM

Catch the Ateneo Chamber Singers later at AILM. Don't miss another night of splendid music-making :)

CUN

Sep 29, 2005, 06:08 PM

Speaking of professional. Break a leg ACS. WATASOUND! kelan ba magkakaron ng philippine choir recording by a major international recording company?

romnick

Sep 29, 2005, 07:05 PM

Pnu Choral Po Syempre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yUCK_Fou!

Sep 30, 2005, 06:34 AM

Galeng ng ACGC at ACS kanina! Super worth it ang trip! Congratulations sa inyo! :)

Ang galing rin nung mamang nagsolo ng OLD TIME RELIGION! Hehehehe! ;)

Jerusalem

Oct 4, 2005, 04:56 PM

napakinggan ko yung Hail Mary Choir dati sa Ateneo during yung lecture on sacred music. the best nga sila, lalo na noong kinanta nila yung Ave Maria ni Bruckner.

ei question: are there any university choirs here na puwede ang outsiders? I'm interested kasi na lumipat ng choir because of personal reasons. moreover, gusto ko rin kasi ng more exposure bago ako mag-apply for the professional choirs. :D

Heard from the grapevine that UPSA is accepting talented non-UP singers. You might want to ask around UP College of Music regarding their whereabouts.

Also, they just arrived several days ago from their successful stint in Europe. Their homecoming concert is slated on October 6 at the UP Church of the Risen Lord, I think.

Can anybody from UPSA post some details regarding their homecoming concerts? I'm pretty sure a lot are curious to hear their award-winning sound that conquered Torrevieja this year.

Kolmogorov

Oct 4, 2005, 06:00 PM

from PDI

To celebrate its triumphant European tour, UPSA is giving two homecoming concerts—on Oct. 6, 7 p.m., at the Church of the Risen Lord in UP Diliman and on Oct. 22, 7 p.m. at the Philamlife Auditorium on UN Avenue in Manila.

These concerts will feature some of their winning songs like Toledo’s “Alitaptap,” Fuentes/Sanchez’s “Tu,” and Guiseppe Bianco’s “In Laude” and some more popular tunes like “La Vie En Rose, Someone Like You, Broken Vow, This is the Moment” and well-loved Filipino selections like “Maalaala Mo Kaya” and “Caturog Na, Nonoy.”

herorot

Oct 5, 2005, 08:53 PM

Heard from the grapevine that UPSA is accepting talented non-UP singers. You might want to ask around UP College of Music regarding their whereabouts.

Also, they just arrived several days ago from their successful stint in Europe. Their homecoming concert is slated on October 6 at the UP Church of the Risen Lord, I think.

Can anybody from UPSA post some details regarding their homecoming concerts? I'm pretty sure a lot are curious to hear their award-winning sound that conquered Torrevieja this year.

hiya,

musta? aplikante ako ng UPSA 1st sem ng 2004. and yes tumatanggap sila ng hindi taga UP for application, (taga-UP po ako!) may kasabay ako na from UE, may mga taga New Era etc. meron pa ngang nag wo-work na eh. bale mag prepare ka ng isang song. tapos check *** range ng voice... tapos susunod ka sa tinitipang nota sa piano. ganon lang kadali

pag natanggap ka sa first screening, mag train ka ng one month at kasama sa training na un ang pag-aaral ng tatlong na pieces, pinakanta sa min nun eh ***. "Ride the Chariot", part ng "Ikaw lang ang Mamahalin", Alleluia na hindi ko alam kung sino gumawa pero polyphonic un!...

pagkatapos niong mag train, may quartet exam. SATB malamang. 100 kami noon andami!! kaloka!!! mag jujudge *** members alumni and sir ed. so pagnakapasok ka. mag train ka naman for 1 year. then may exam ka ulit. tapos member ka na!

aun! gudluck sa iyo. punta ka lang sa UP college of Music. tanong ka dun kung kelan sila nagpapaaudition. nangangailangan ata sila ng mga tenors *****. hehehehehe

zion

Oct 7, 2005, 01:53 AM

Just watched UPSA's homecoming at the Church of the Risen Lord and what could I say?! Galing! Over sa pino ang tunog nila, particularly the sops! I'm guessing that a lot of their sops are straight tone, which would give them an advantage in European choral competitions. My favorites in the concert are the first part which includes their competition pieces, Alitaptap (which seems to get better very performance), Yanni's Aria (effortless singing of the duet), and the ultra-hip Joyful, Joyful.

UPSA deserves every award they got in Europe! Congrats Mr. Manguiat! May you serve as an inspiration to budding Filipino choirs who also dream of making it big abroad and giving pride to our motherland!

UPSA, job very well done and welcome back! *okay*

baladista

Oct 7, 2005, 11:04 PM

Salamat zion! :)

Yep, don't miss UPSA's Homecoming concert at the Philamlife Auditorium,
7pm, October 22. For ticket inquiries, contact 0916-2652407 :)

abendlied

Oct 7, 2005, 11:25 PM

Hi guys and gals!

I definitely agree with zion! UPSA's sound (i think) is a benchmark for excellent choral blending.

It was an unexpected fortune to catch their rehearsals at the UP Bahay ng Alumni last Monday while having dinner at Chocolate Kiss. Ecstatic indeed! My friend and I decided to stay outside to hear their own interpretation of Ama Namin by Fidel Calalang. It was my first time to hear the "climax passage" delivered with such brilliant harmonic clarity. Galing! The choir has achieved the needed discipline to stretch the blend across the range demands of the song. *okay*

I have observed how the conductor has put so much importance in the tools and techniques that help improve blending in his rehearsal methodology. He would always emphasize "same vowel" execution and "support" as keys to achieving a good blend. (A great learning for me as I prepare my choir for the Regional NAMCYA Competitions :) )

Also, something I observed is that the conductor generally imposes stringent rules on the execution of every passage of the song "without" citing a fair artistic rationale and musical bakground of the passage. I hope this will not limit the musicality of the choir. ;)

Yun lang! Magandang gabi!

Btw, mayroon bang nakakaalam dito kung saan gagawin ang regional NAMCYA ng NCR? Balita ko rami daw sasali.

choirmaster

Oct 8, 2005, 12:59 AM

abendlied wrote:

"Btw, mayroon bang nakakaalam dito kung saan gagawin ang regional NAMCYA ng NCR? Balita ko rami daw sasali."

Balita ko nga rin. As of last count, siyam na ang sasali sa regional competitions sa college choir for NCR. Ang saya-saya! Buti na lang hindi ako magja-judge. hehehehe....

nuratbelma

Oct 8, 2005, 11:17 AM

http://www.munduscantat.sopot.pl/archiv.htm

UCZESTNICY I MIĘDZYNARODOWEGO FESTIWALU CHÓRALNEGO MUNDUS CANTAT 2005

1. Chór Kameralny IMUSICAPELLA- IMUS, CAVITE - Filipiny

2. Chór kameralny Klubu Inteligencji Katolickiej ARS CANTATA – Warszawa - Polska

3. Chór Politechniki Warszawskiej – Warszawa – Polska

4. Gdański Chór Nauczycielski – Gdańsk – Polska

5. Koszycki Chór Nauczycielski - Koszyce - Słowacja

6. Mieszany Chór APPASJONATA – Lubawa – Polska

7. Mieszany Chór CAMERATA – Iława – Polska

8. Mieszany Chór Młodzieżowy ANTIFONA – Praga – Czechy

9. Mieszany Chór TIKKO – Cesis - Łotwa

10. Olsztyński Chór Kameralny COLLEGIUM MUSICUM – Olsztyn - Polska

11. Żeński chór CANTORIA – Praga - Czechy

12. Żeński chór MATCICANUS – Szazhalombatta - Węgry

13. Sopocki Chór Kameralny CONTINUO – Sopot – Polska -

Protokół jury I Międzynarodowego Festiwalu Chóralnego
Mundus Cantat SOPOCKI 2005 odbytego w dniach 21.09. – 25.09.2005.

Jury w składzie:

Przewodniczący - Anna Fiebig
Członkowie - Jan Łukaszewski
- Marek Rocławski

Punktacja końcowa.

Kategoria: spiritual, gospel, jazz

Kameralny Chór IMUSICAPELLA, Imus, Cavite, Filipiny..............99,9

Mieszany Chór APPASJONATA, Lubawa, Polska.......................77,3

Mieszany Chór Kameralny ANTIFONA Praga, Czechy................55,7

Kategoria: muzyka sakralna

Kameralny Chór COLLEGIUM MUSICUM,Olsztyn, Polska......….....98,3

Kameralny Chór IMUSICAPELLA, Imus, Cavite, Filipiny…….........93,3

Mieszany Chór CAMERATA, Iława, Polska..............................79,0

Kameralny Chór KIK ARS CANTATA , Warszawa, Polska............76,3

Koszycki Chór Nauczycielski, Koszyce, Słowacja.....................76,0

Gdański Chór Nauczycielski, Gdańsk, Polska...........................74,0

Akademicki Chór Politechniki Warszawskiej, Warszawa, Polska...73,0

Żeński Chór MATRICANUS, Szazhalombatta, Węgry.................73,0

Żeński Chór CANTORIA, Praga, Czechy.................................60,0

Kategoria: muzyka ludowa

Chór IMUSICAPELLA, Imus, Cavite Filipiny……………….......….….98,7

Kameralny Chór COLLEGIUM MUSICUM,Olsztyn, Polska….........95,3

MieszanyChór TIKKO, Cesis, Łotwa....................................84,3

Żeński Chór MATRICANUS, Szazhalombatta, Węgry...............82,7

Akademicki Chór Politechniki Warszawskiej, Warszawa, Polska.74,0

Chór Camerata, Iława, Polska............................................71,0

Kameralny Chór KIK ARS CANTATA , Warszawa, Polska...........62,3

Przyznane nagrody:

Kategoria: spiritual, gospel, jazz

Dyplom brązowy (Bronze Diploma): nie przyznano

Dyplom srebrny (Silver Diploma): Mieszany Chór APPASJONATA, Lubawa, Polska

Dyplom złoty (Golden Diploma): Chór IMUSICAPELLA, Imus, Cavite Filipiny

Kategoria: muzyka sakralna

Dyplom brązowy: -Żeński Chór CANTORIA, Praga, Czechy

-Żeński Chór MATRICANUS, Szazhalombatta, Węgry

-Akademicki Chór Politechniki W-wskiej, Warszawa, Polska

-Gdański Chór Nauczycielski, Gdańsk, Polska

Dyplom srebrny: - Koszycki Chór Nauczycielski, Koszyce, Słowacja

- Kameralny Chór KIK ARS CANTATA Warszawa, Polska

- Mieszany Chór CAMERATA, Iława, Polska

Dyplom złoty (Golden Diploma): - Chór IMUSICAPELLA, Imus, Cavite Filipiny

-Kameralny Chór COLLEGIUM MUSICUM,Olsztyn, Polska

Kategoria: muzyka ludowa

Dyplom brązowy: - Kameralny Chór KIK ARS CANTATA Warszawa, Polska

- Mieszany Chór CAMERATA, Iława, Polska

- Akademicki Chór Politechniki W-wskiej, Warszawa, Polska

Dyplom srebrny: - Żeński Chór MATRICANUS, Szazhalombatta, Węgry

- Mieszany Chór TIKKO, Cesis, Łotwa

Dyplom złoty (Golden Diploma): - Kameralny Chór COLLEGIUM MUSICUM,Olsztyn, Polska

- Chór IMUSICAPELLA, Imus, Cavite Filipiny

Nagroda sponsorów 500 Euro:

Mieszany Chór Tikko, Cesis, Łotwa

Nagroda Prezydenta Miasta Sopot 800 Euro:

Kameralny Chór COLLEGIUM MUSICUM,Olsztyn, Polska

Grand Prix 1000 Euro: Chór IMUSICAPELLA, Imus, Cavite Filipiny

Przewodniczący jury Członkowie

Anna Fiebig Jan Łukaszewski Marek Rocławski

Sopot, 24,09.2005

alanangmaisip

Oct 10, 2005, 11:38 PM

Aba! Palaban ang mga beauty ng Imus! Hala! Itayo ang bandera ni Remulla...este, Pilipinas pala! Hahihahiha! Pero pede mga Imus dear? Paki TRANSLATE ang win nyo sa wikang sariling atin? Di ko ma-gets ang meaning, mga kafatid. Congrats ulit!

Aba, aba, aba! UPSA! Sumosobra na talaga kayo! Best Actress kayo this year sa FAMAS para sa pelikulang, "Inangkin namin ang Lahat" :lol:

Babantayan ko kayo sa concert nyo sa 22, kaya mag-ingat kayo...bwahahahaha! Anong say mo mareng ibon? ;)

BRAVO SA INYO!!! *okay*

don_simoun

Oct 11, 2005, 07:12 PM

hiya,

musta? aplikante ako ng UPSA 1st sem ng 2004. and yes tumatanggap sila ng hindi taga UP for application, (taga-UP po ako!) may kasabay ako na from UE, may mga taga New Era etc. meron pa ngang nag wo-work na eh. bale mag prepare ka ng isang song. tapos check *** range ng voice... tapos susunod ka sa tinitipang nota sa piano. ganon lang kadali

pag natanggap ka sa first screening, mag train ka ng one month at kasama sa training na un ang pag-aaral ng tatlong na pieces, pinakanta sa min nun eh ***. "Ride the Chariot", part ng "Ikaw lang ang Mamahalin", Alleluia na hindi ko alam kung sino gumawa pero polyphonic un!...

pagkatapos niong mag train, may quartet exam. SATB malamang. 100 kami noon andami!! kaloka!!! mag jujudge *** members alumni and sir ed. so pagnakapasok ka. mag train ka naman for 1 year. then may exam ka ulit. tapos member ka na!

aun! gudluck sa iyo. punta ka lang sa UP college of Music. tanong ka dun kung kelan sila nagpapaaudition. nangangailangan ata sila ng mga tenors *****. hehehehehe

herorot> ei, maraming salamat po doon sa info. actually, i'm currently a member ng Coro San Benildo pero i intend na on my last term dito sa CSB e sasali na ako sa kanila. that means, i have to quit my group there. sana nagtatanggap sila ng bass kasi bass ako and gusto ko na mag-improve pa. ei, when ba ang practices nila? nakalimutan ko na kasi yung isang friend ko e sumali rin diyan.

btw, i just thought of this while i was on the road. what if buo tayo ng choir na puro PEx members? tapos kung sino sa inyo ang music major o galing sa isang bigating choir e siya na lang ang mag-conduct. what do you think?

aksprn1

Oct 12, 2005, 12:47 PM

I know it's a bit off topic as of the moment but I have a question for all those who have been part of touring groups.

How should funds be handled?

It's given that through the generosity of hosting communities abroad, the choirs that visit get to raise funds for the group and its members. However, I have heard that all sorts of problems have risen from different groups. Maybe this is something we can talk about so that future touring groups may gather tips from the "oldies" so as to not encounter the same problems. It's something I know we're all aware of but are afraid to talk about. No worries. Maybe as long as we're discreet about our discussion (STRICTLY NO NAMES!), this can be helpful. We don't need to know who it was. Just the lesson learned. At least for me, I won't be talking about any recent group para hindi na mag-ungkatan pa. Also, I'm just mentioning examples to show na talagang nangyayari yun.

Probably the biggest concern would be WHO handles the money. Should it be the conductor, the members, or maybe an external manager?

I have heard of this community based group that entrusted its funds to its conductor. However, he ran back home to manila carrying everything with him. The choir had to sing in the streets to earn extra. Fortunately, it was towards the end of the tour and they had their plane tickets and passports with them. When they got home, it was discovered that their leader had a project he had to finish and was in debt trying to do so. Last I heard, everything's been settled and he apologized. However, this doesn't dismiss the fact that he did disappear with all their funds.

This next one happened about a decade ago with a very low profile group that wanted to make a name for itself. They went on a fundraising tour and basically failed to distribute the funds and expenses according to the original agreement. The conductor, being afraid of any money issues, decided to let the officers handle the finances. There were about 3 to 4 people/members directly involved in the computation and record-keeping. It was revealed when they came home. During their first general meeting after the trip, they were asked to present a detailed report of expenses and earnings to everyone. They were unable to present any proof that this amount was just what they earned. Eventually, the pressure of investigation led one member to squeal. Apparently, not everyone was getting what was promised. Some received less than the others. Some of those entrusted with the finances saw this as an opportunity to get even with those members he/she had personal conflicts with.

This last one involves a group that hired an external manager. The entire group thought everything was already settled before leaving, until the day they arrived at the airport and were asked to surrender a rather huge sum each for airport tax and additional bus fare around the countries. Kawawa naman ang mga kulang ang baon. They had to borrow money from each other just to pay up. The group was then a new travelling group and had no idea that that was way too much tax for travel around Europe, and was surprised at the added expense since everything was supposedly settled before the date of departure -- including land transportation.

As we can see, more and more choirs are venturing out into the international choral scene. Good! Kaya naman kasi. The thing is, as senior patrons and participants of this field, we might want to help out the newcomers. Let us not deny that common problems arise. Mga tao lang tayong nagkakamali minsan ng disisyon o kaya'y diskarte.

So, I want to know what's your take on all this. With some of the examples I've mentioned, you can tell that it's not easy to pick out just one. If you can't pick out WHO should be handling the money... maybe you can give a suggestion on HOW it could be done. No right or wrong siyempre. No single answer is above the rest. More answers means more suggestions to choose from and more importantly, more lessons learned. We've all had our experiences with our own groups. Tell us what are some things that worked for you, and what could be improved on.

P.S. I received messages from some of you asking and claiming to know kung sino ako... Let's just say that I've been around ;) I believe that anonimity allows me free expression of my thoughts.

loneranger

Oct 13, 2005, 12:17 AM

Well, well well, madami na din akong nadinig na mga ganyang kwento. Maganda nga itong pag-usapan ngayon cause napakadami ng mga choral groups na umaalis para mag tour.

"Money Is The Root Of All Evil"! Maganda lang iyan pag wala pa pero pag duimating na at marami eh talagang madami ang natutukso.

Pero pwede ba sa next login na lang ang suggestion ko para makag-isip ako ng mga dapat sabihin.

whirlingwhirlin

Oct 13, 2005, 09:03 PM

don_simoun

Oct 14, 2005, 05:34 PM

joel aquino? hmm...sounds familiar. galing ba siya ng DLSU-CHORALE before? :D

whirlingwhirlin

Oct 16, 2005, 09:13 PM

joel aquino? hmm...sounds familiar. galing ba siya ng DLSU-CHORALE before? :D

Uhm no.. Madz siya before then San Miguel Master Chorale tapos ngayon He's with the Ateneo Chamber Singers. :naughty:

don_simoun

Oct 17, 2005, 02:31 PM

i see. hehehe! salamat po.

ei, manunuod ako sa saturday ng homecoming concert ng upsa. may manonood ba? :D

QRST

Oct 18, 2005, 08:11 PM

Jerusalem

Oct 19, 2005, 03:44 AM

i see. hehehe! salamat po.

ei, manunuod ako sa saturday ng homecoming concert ng upsa. may manonood ba? :D

Yup. I've invited my friends and church choirmates to watch. Been hearing very good reviews about their last concert. It's always a pleasure to hear our award-winning choral groups, particularly the top 4 (for me, at least): Madz, UPSA, ACGC, and UST Singers, which all participated in the European Grand Prix at one time.

See you on Saturday.

gianpaolo

Oct 19, 2005, 03:58 PM

Di ko alam kung may gumawa na pero isa namang malaking GUDLAK para kay Sir Jojo Velasco diyan o. Lingid siguro sa kaalaman ng nakararami na papunta siyang Berlin para i-rehearse ang RIAS Kammerchor. 'Di ba isang uri din ng (napakalaking) success ito dahil unprecedented yung opportunity na to. So he really does need all our prayers and our support. Imagine niyo mag-isa siyang Pinoy na nandun sa harap ng sobrang galing na choir na yon and he's gonna be there as the embodiment of everything true and beautiful about the Philippine choral movement. So ayun, mula sa aming mga masugid na tagahanga mo (both active and passive members of this thread), goodluck and godspeed, Sir Jojo!

Sa mga hindi nakakaalam kung ano ang RIAS Kammerchor (hindi siya "Chamber Choir ni Ria") eto ang link:

http://www.rias-kammerchor.de/content/e78/e221/index_eng.html

Ingat kayong lahat.

don_simoun

Oct 20, 2005, 03:01 PM

ei, question po: sino sa inyo ang may SATB na piyesa ng O HESUS, HILUMIN MO? curious lang ako kasi matagal na akong naghahanap ng piyesa nun e. :D

Boccelli

Oct 20, 2005, 04:52 PM

I just found out through their website, that Madz Alumnus Jonathan Zaens is a member of the famed RIAS Kammerchor!!! ASTIG!!!!!

sleeplacker

Oct 21, 2005, 02:10 AM

Meron bang nakaka-alam kung sino-sino ang mga sasali sa regional competition ng NAMCYA for college division? Atsaka mga details naman like time, date and venue. Ok ito para naman mas marami ang maging followers ng NAMCYA. Parang ang nangyayari kasi is that NAMCYA is an "open secret" in the choral world. Yung tipong napapanood na lang ng mga tao kung national competitions na. Maganda siguro kung regional pa lang, nasusundan na ng mga tao for everyone's appreciation na rin. Anyway, this is the only national choral competition in the Philippines so... sakay na!

Any info, anyone?

Hi QRST! The NAMCYA NCR regional competition is happening next Wednesday, Oct. 26, in the morning (don't know the exact time). It will be at the Philippine Cultural High School (Abad Santos St., Tondo, Manila). :) We'll be joining (UA&P Chorale). :)

whirlingwhirlin

Oct 22, 2005, 12:19 AM

herorot> ei, maraming salamat po doon sa info. actually, i'm currently a member ng Coro San Benildo pero i intend na on my last term dito sa CSB e sasali na ako sa kanila. that means, i have to quit my group there. sana nagtatanggap sila ng bass kasi bass ako and gusto ko na mag-improve pa. ei, when ba ang practices nila? nakalimutan ko na kasi yung isang friend ko e sumali rin diyan.

btw, i just thought of this while i was on the road. what if buo tayo ng choir na puro PEx members? tapos kung sino sa inyo ang music major o galing sa isang bigating choir e siya na lang ang mag-conduct. what do you think?

If I remember every Tuesday,Wednesday,and Friday rehearsals nila. TF from 5:30-8 yata. then pag wednesday depende kung ano *** voice mo. Im not sure kung binago na nila *** sked, pero pag bass, every wednesday ang rehearsals from 4-7 yata.. before kase ganun eh. :)

zion

Oct 22, 2005, 06:26 AM

Mamaya na ang homecoming concert ng UPSA, 7pm at Philam Theater. Hear for yourself how the present batch sounds. I do hope their European-winning sound would come through tonight, the way it did marvelously at their CRL concert.

SEE YOU ALL! :)

peblestheashes

Oct 24, 2005, 07:09 AM

galing ninyo. bow ako kay mr. manguiat. wala sa inyong music students pero ang ganda-ganda ng tunog ninyo, grabe. choirmaster, paki enlighten naman bakit ganonang result sa torrevieja? UPSA won the best interpretation of an habanera award pero wala silang place sa habanera category pero ang madz won the 1st prize pero hindi sila ang best interpretation of an habanera piece. bakit ganon?

choirmaster

Oct 24, 2005, 11:51 AM

Madali lang yan. Ang pinagbabasihan ng category winners ay ang buong program na kinanta nila for that category. Kunwari ay lima ang kinanta nila, doon nila binabase ang grade, usually isang grade per piece, tapos ina-add tapos dinidiskusyon. Ang mga awards tulad ng best interpretation awards ay usually bine-base sa isang piyesa lang (or more, depende kung ilang habanera ang kinanta ng choir, in the case of Torrevieja). Tapos combination ito ng grade at recall. Dapat mataas ang grade mo for that piece, tapos dapat matandaan ng judges ang interpretation mo for that song. Usually, hindi na ito dinadaan sa computer, kundi direcho na sa discussion.

In the case of UPSA, lumitaw siguro na maganda ang interpretation nila ng habanera na kinanta nila, based sa discussion ng board of judges. Tapos siguro hindi gaanong may kataasan ang grade nila overall sa habanera category. Sa Madz naman, maaaring mataas lahat ng grades nila sa lahat ng piyesa, pero yung habanera nila, siguro nakalimutan na ng judges or hindi masyadong nag-impress. Ganun lang yon. Pero ang primary consideration ng judges ay ang categories. Yung special prizes are usually discussed after all the categories have been decided.

Considering the number of choirs applying for the Torrevieja competition, plus the high standard of competition (not to mention the fantabulous prize money, the highest in Europe at the moment), malaking halaga talaga pag nanalo ka sa Torrevieja.

It was not always the case. Nuong una, ang Torrevieja competition ay isang "probinsyanong" competition. Nobody has heard about it, artistic standards were low, pero mataas na nuon pa ang prize money (in pesetas pa noon). Then some of my European choral conductor friends judged there (the same ones na nakikita ninyo na nagju-judge all over Europe), at sabi nila hindi pupwede ito... so they called on the organizers and decided to uplift the artistic standards of the competition. The rest is history, ika nga.

Salamat nga pala kay gianpaolo for the gudlak greetings. I'm leaving for Berlin on Friday, tapos I will rehearse the RIAS Kammerchor on Monday Oct. 31. Then I proceed to Copenhagen for a two-day meeting as a member of the artistic committee of the next World Choral Symposium 2008 sa Copenhagen, Denmark (I'm one of seven in the committee). Then I go to Saint Lo in France for the watchers' committee of the Polyfollia festival. Then I give a workshop there for about 300 participants, tapos fly home na.

In the meantime, binabawi ko yung sinabi ko in an earlier post. It seems na magju-judge pala ako sa NCR Regional competitions ng high school and college choirs sa Wednesday. Ako naman ang magsasabi ng: Good Luck sa inyong lahat! Memoryado ko lahat ng piyesa! hehehehe... joks.

choirmaster

Oct 24, 2005, 12:12 PM

Ang irerehearse ko pala with RIAS Kammerchor is Bach's motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, Rheinberger's Cantus Missae, at Karai's De Profundis. Ako ang pumili ng irerehearse ko sa kanila. I need your prayers on Monday Oct. 31. And yes, Jonathan Zaens is a member of RIAS (half member lang, yung tipong iisa ang pwesto pero dalawa kayong naghahalinhinan para kumanta, which suits his solo career just fine), and yes, nakatoka siya for that day. Hindi na ako makatulog sa nerbiyos! Balita ko from Jonathan, meron silang grading sheet for each conductor, tapos check lang sila ng check sa mga box, tapos isa sa mga last question (in German of course) goes something like: would you like to see this conductor again, (check one) as Principal Conductor; as Guest Conductor; not anymore! hahahaha!! Mas magandang pakinggan yung choices sa German: als Chefdirigent; als Gastdirigent; gar nichts. Omygasabelgas. Baka i-check nila yung huling box in my case... I will die! Chiz.

Ay hindi ko pala nasabi kung bakit ko sila irerehearse. They are looking for a new Principal Conductor starting July 2007.

zion

Oct 25, 2005, 06:05 AM

Congrats to UPSA for having a very good homecoming concert last Saturday! It was not perfect but your brilliance shone through your songs.

Ama Namin by F. Calalang was simply divine. You've made Calalang proud with your stirring rendition of his award-winning song. While UST's version is more powerful, yours is more fluid and affecting. And you've shown the audience why your rendition of Tu is the best habanera interpretation in Torrevieja. Kudos to your strangely poetic Alitaptap and your heart-felt rendition of the Filipino songs Maalaala Mo Kaya at Caturog na Nonoy (did I spell this one right?).

May you continue to grow as artists and as worthy ambassadors of our country. Truly, you are one of the best choirs the Philippines has ever produced! *okay*

don_simoun

Oct 25, 2005, 06:22 PM

alanangmaisip

Oct 25, 2005, 11:20 PM

ako rin! ang galing ng upsa last saturday. congrats po sa kanila for winning yung mga competitions nila sa europe. how i wish last term ko na dito para makalipat na ako sa kanila.

what i really like about them is their environment and how they treat yung mga kakilala ng mga dating members nila. kinausap nga ako ni sir ed e and binigyan ako and yung friend ko (dating upsa siya) ng shirt and food. naalala ko pa nga noon na after ng concert nila, they sang mga christmas songs. hindi ko napigilan ang sarili ko na sumabay sa kanila, especially sa mga songs na alam ko ang bass parts.

honestly, i really don't care kung abutin ako ng mga 4 years bago ako mapasama sa mga tours nila. all that i want is the training and mapahusay ko ang sarili ko.

btw, meron na bang a cappella version ng "O Hesus, Hilumin Mo"? saan ba makakakuha nun? :D

Ok, ok! Magaling na nga ang UPSA! Hmp! Mas magaling sila ngayon kesa sa...at sa...hihihihi...my lips are sealed!

Kinilabutan ako sa Ama Namin nyo! Maganda sha, huh? Prof. Calalang at ang ibang taga-USTE who were at the concert, paki-comment po! Ganda rin ng Salva Regina na all female. Natuwa ako sa makulay nilang Kalesa. At ang weird na cute ang Alitaptap. Bongga talaga! If I may suggest lang -- paki-improve ang diction ng mga fafang singers n'yo puleeez. Sayang ang ganda ng boses kung chakita ang dicshen.

Peace mga kafatid. Napahanga nyo ako! :bashful:

P.S. Mr. Don Pepot...este Simoun pala, ang alam ko may Hesus Hilumin Mo ang Kammerchor Manila. Friend ko nandun at every Sunday noon ata ang kanta nila sa EDSA Shrine. Gud Lak! *peace*

Jerusalem

Oct 26, 2005, 01:41 PM

Congrats to UPSA for their successful show last Saturday. One innovative idea I liked on your concert was the video presentation during breaks where you showed your award-winning moments in the competitions that you joined in and your SRO concerts in Churches all over western Europe.

I've heard several stories about a few choirs who would "lie" about their wins abroad. At least UPSA has solid proof through their video. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. I say a video is worth a thousand pictures (frames per second, hehe).

To UPSA, the Philippine choral community salutes you on your success. :)

don_simoun

Oct 27, 2005, 12:56 PM

Ok, ok! Magaling na nga ang UPSA! Hmp! Mas magaling sila ngayon kesa sa...at sa...hihihihi...my lips are sealed!

Kinilabutan ako sa Ama Namin nyo! Maganda sha, huh? Prof. Calalang at ang ibang taga-USTE who were at the concert, paki-comment po! Ganda rin ng Salva Regina na all female. Natuwa ako sa makulay nilang Kalesa. At ang weird na cute ang Alitaptap. Bongga talaga! If I may suggest lang -- paki-improve ang diction ng mga fafang singers n'yo puleeez. Sayang ang ganda ng boses kung chakita ang dicshen.

Peace mga kafatid. Napahanga nyo ako! :bashful:

P.S. Mr. Don Pepot...este Simoun pala, ang alam ko may Hesus Hilumin Mo ang Kammerchor Manila. Friend ko nandun at every Sunday noon ata ang kanta nila sa EDSA Shrine. Gud Lak! *peace*

ganon ba? so that means there are no other means na makahingi ng copy ng kantang iyon. sayang naman kung ganon. :mecry: btw, puwede bang outsiders sa choir na iyon?

alanangmaisip

Oct 27, 2005, 04:16 PM

ganon ba? so that means there are no other means na makahingi ng copy ng kantang iyon. sayang naman kung ganon. :mecry: btw, puwede bang outsiders sa choir na iyon?

Feel ko di tayo nagkaintindihan. I mean you can visit Kammerchor Manila during their mass singing at EDSA Shrine every SUNDAY AT 12PM. Hanapin mo president nila. Sali ka na rin kung gusto mo. Aba! Nag-to-tour din ang mga hitad na yan! Gud Lak again. :D

don_simoun

Oct 27, 2005, 07:26 PM

^ Meron ba silang mga concerts? gusto ko kasi sila mapanuod at mapakinggan bago ako sumali sa kanila. :D

abendlied

Oct 29, 2005, 03:41 PM

Sino may kwento tungkol sa College Choir Category ng NCR NAMCYA? Balita ko mahigpit daw ang labanan among the 8 choirs who participated. :)

yUCK_Fou!

Oct 29, 2005, 05:14 PM

solbabydad

Oct 31, 2005, 07:15 PM

Sino may kwento tungkol sa College Choir Category ng NCR NAMCYA? Balita ko mahigpit daw ang labanan among the 8 choirs who participated. :)

Ang alam ko, nanalo ang University of Asia and Pacific Choir ni Arwin Tan. Here's a friendster bulletin post:

UA&P Chorale is NAMCYA Champion for NCR

MANILA Oct. 26, 2005 - The University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) Chorale, conducted by Arwin Tan, won the Regional Competition of the National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA) for the College Choir Category, besting eight other schools from Metro Manila. Second prize went to Technological Institute of the Philippines Choral Society, and third prize to UST Liturgikon. The other participating choirs were Bagong Himig (PUP), FEU Symphony Chorus, Lyceum Philippines Chorale, Mapua Concert Singers, University of Makati Chorale, and UST College of Science Glee Club. The competition was held on October 26, Wednesday, at the Philippine Cultural High School in Tondo, Manila.

The UA&P Chorale will represent the National Capital Region (NCR) in the NAMCYA National Finals to be held between November 22-26 at the Cultural
Center of the Philippines, where they will be up against 15 other regional champions from all over the Philippines.

Last July, the UA&P Chorale bagged the three highest-ranking gold medals (first prizes) for the three categories they joined (Mixed Choirs, Chamber Choirs, and Mixed Youth Choirs), at the 23rd International Choral Festival of Preveza in Preveza, Greece. The International Jury Committee also awarded them a special prize for best performance of a folkloric song. The group,
established in 1995, is the resident choral ensemble of the University of Asia and the Pacific (Pasig City, Philippines).

For the past 31 years, NAMCYA has been principally instrumental in discovering major music talents from all over the country. This project involves annually some 1 million young musicians, trainors, and administrators, in a long and tedious process of selecting the best among them from all sixteen regions of the Philippines. Competitions are held from the divisional up to the regional levels, from which the First Prize winners come to Manila to vie for national honors in the main categories of Choral Performance, Solo Voice and Instruments, Family Ensemble, and Chamber Music in both western
art music and Philippine indigenous and folk music traditions. More info at http://www.namcya.org.ph.

Marie Puyat
Audience Development & Marketing Officer
Office of Student Affairs - Kultura Desk
University of Asia and the Pacific
637-0912 loc. 380 (telefax) / mpuyat@uap.edu.ph

*okay*

abendlied

Nov 1, 2005, 01:51 AM

May results na po ba ang ibang Regions? Magagaking kaya sila?

QRST

Nov 2, 2005, 12:11 PM

Hi! How about po ang youth choir? Diba may Youth Choir category din ngayon for NAMCYA? Any news po?

CHELow

Nov 3, 2005, 03:15 AM

Madz!I know ur readers of this thread so, Goodluck and GodBless to your US tour:) Go and make filipinos proud:) Take care you guys and have fun:)

CHELow

Nov 3, 2005, 03:28 AM

PEX PEEPS...PLS TELL YOUR FRIENDS IN THE STATES ABOUT THE U.S. TOUR OF THE MADZ.WELL POST THEIR SCHEDULE HERE SOON:)
I think theyll go to newyork,virginia,l.a., and sanfo.....i dont know about the rest thats as far as i know.Thanks. Johnny b bad...post mo naman concert scheds nila oh....:) if u have em

JohnnyBBad

Nov 3, 2005, 03:51 AM

Tinatamad ako... hahahahahha puntahan nyo na lang http://www.philippinemadrigalsingers.com/

CHELow

Nov 3, 2005, 07:25 AM

THE PHILIPPINE MADRIGALS SINGERS U.S. TOUR 2005:

Nov 4 New York, NY

Church of St. Vincent Ferrer
869 Lexington Ave (corner East 66th st), New York, NY 10021
for tickets call MaryJo Palencia (212) 203 6183
or email MarJoPal515@aol.com or PhilmadzNY@yahoo.com

Nov 5 Alexandria, VA

Fil-Am Church
for tickets call Pastor Romy Capuli (571) 331 4420,
Kay Capuli (571) 331 4421 or Annie Rivera (703) 927 1498
or email rc1mission@aol.com

Nov 6 Secaucus, NJ

Arthur F. Couch Performing Arts Center
11 Millridge Road, Secaucus, NJ
for tickets call MaryJo Palencia (212) 983-0558
or Fatima Griffith (201) 902 0978

Nov 8 Shippensburg, PA

7pm at the Memorial Auditorium, Shippensburg University
1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257
for tickets call (717) 477 1151
or CLICK HERE for details
Directions Campus map

Nov 11 Los Angeles, CA

8pm at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre
4401 West 8th st, Los Angeles, CA 90005-3707
for tickets call Gelo Francisco (818) 445-8771
or email gelofrancisco@gmail.com
or Reyza Villarica (310) 863-3358 or email FuNreyZer@aol.com
Directions

Nov 19 Camarillo, CA

Camarillo United Methodist Church
291 Anacapa Drive, Camarillo, CA 93010
for tickets call (805) 987-4565
Directions

Nov 27 Fairfield, CA

7pm at Holy Spirit Church
1050 North Texas st, Fairfiled, CA 94533
for tickets call (707) 425-3138

Dec 2 South San Francisco, CA

7pm at St. Augustine Church
3700 Callan Blvd, South San Francisco CA 94080
for tickets call (650) 873-2282

Dec 3 San Francisco, CA

7pm at the Star of the Sea Church
4420 Geary Blvd, San Francisco , CA 94118
For tickets call (415) 751-0450 or Fr. Arnold Zamora (408) 806-7407

Dec 9 Chino Hills, CA

St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church
14085 Peyton Dr., Chino Hills, CA 91709-1610
for tickets call Raoul Raymundo (909) 590 7339
or email Raoul_Raymundo@longbeach.gov

Dec 10 Los Angeles, CA

Wilshire United Methodist Church
711 S. Plymouth Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90005
for tickets call Ely and Lalaine Soriano (323) 934 1481
or Vicky Ignacio (909) 800-4328
agapetrade@sbcglobal.net or switsuxs@yahoo.com

Dec 11 San Diego, CA

5:30pm at Rancho del Rey Middle School Auditorium
1174 East J St. Chula Vista, CA 91910
for tickets call (619) 829-4460, or (619) 477-0940

baladista

Nov 7, 2005, 12:51 AM

Magandang araw!

Ang U.P. SInging Ambassadors (UPSA) ay
tumatanggap na ng masisigasig na aplikante
ngayong 2nd Sem 05-06 :)

AUDITIONS:
* TF 5:30-6pm, Rm.202, College of Music
* Sundays 1pm, Atrium, CAL New Building

Para sa karagdagang impormasyon, kontakin
lamang ang 0919-3821084 / 924-9378 :)
'Raming salamat! Kitakita tayo! :D

Pahabol-sulat: Patulong na rin pong ikalat ang Magandang Balita :) Salamat uli!

don_simoun

Nov 7, 2005, 10:36 AM

Isang malaking GOODLUCK sa iyo! Wag magpaka-PAMPAM! Hehehe! :D

don_simoun, I'm working on an acappella arrangement of "O Hesus, Hilumin Mo"... If you have seen sa previous pages, may pinost ako na picture na piyesa. However, subject to change pa siya. Di ko lang mabigyan ng time. :)

talaga po? sana makahingi ako ng kopya nun in kung tapos na. matagal na kasi akong naghahanap ng kopya ng piyesang iyon. :D

regarding doon sa auditions ng UPSA, puwede kaya na mag-audition ako doon kahit na i belong to a college choir? wala lang, gusto ko lang po malaman ang standing ko when it comes to choral singing. :D

zion

Nov 7, 2005, 05:29 PM

talaga po? sana makahingi ako ng kopya nun in kung tapos na. matagal na kasi akong naghahanap ng kopya ng piyesang iyon. :D

regarding doon sa auditions ng UPSA, puwede kaya na mag-audition ako doon kahit na i belong to a college choir? wala lang, gusto ko lang po malaman ang standing ko when it comes to choral singing. :D

Uy! Sasali siya! Good luck Don Simoun! Gusto ko ring sumali, but I may be too old for that, ahihihi.

Anyway, a friend of mine was able to talk with Mr. Manguiat, and he told my friend that one of the organizers approached him and congratulated UPSA after the contest. According daw to Mr. Manguiat, the organizer said that UPSA was the only choir who performed all their habaneras properly and excellently. So it was a puzzle for my friend why UPSA didn't get the top prize in the Habanera Category.

Oh well, at least UPSA (and all the other Filipino choirs in the contest) showed Torrevieja what the Filipino artist is really made of. *okay*

On NAMCYA: May COMMUNITY CHOIR CATEGORY po ba for church and community-based choirs?

zion

Nov 7, 2005, 05:30 PM

don_simoun

Nov 7, 2005, 05:49 PM

zion> hindi naman. i just want to know lang talaga kung ano na ang standing ko. i also want to know kung ano pa ang mga kulang ko regarding sa pagkanta. iyon lang naman po e. i guess po yata e puwede kayong makapunta. i'm just 22 lang po e, pero i still have a lot to learn pa po. :D

sleeplacker

Nov 8, 2005, 03:24 PM

On NAMCYA: May COMMUNITY CHOIR CATEGORY po ba for church and community-based choirs?

Hi zion! From what I read in the NAMCYA regulations, church-based and community choirs can also join the College Choir category as long as the members are all within the required age range (25 and below, I think). :)

sleeplacker

Nov 8, 2005, 03:38 PM

Hi! If anyone is interested to watch, UA&P Chorale will be having a concert this Saturday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. at U.P. Abelardo Hall. This is for the benefit of the St. Andrew Marriage Encounter Community. We will be singing a varied repertoire - sacred, folk, OPM, pop/jazz... For ticket inquiries, contact Irma at 6464071 or Janet at 7323233. Tickets will also be available at the gate before the concert. Thanks! :)

don_simoun

Nov 8, 2005, 07:03 PM

^How much po yung mga tickets? :D

sleeplacker

Nov 8, 2005, 08:51 PM

^How much po yung mga tickets? :D

They're selling tickets at P200, P300 and P500. It's their fundraising activity. :) Thanks! :bashful:

alanangmaisip

Nov 9, 2005, 12:43 AM

Hi zion! From what I read in the NAMCYA regulations, church-based and community choirs can also join the College Choir category as long as the members are all within the required age range (25 and below, I think). :)

Ayyy...eh pano naman kaya ang mga over 25 na gustong makigulo...este, sumali sa choral competitions? Ang alam ko kasi, ang U.N. definition ng youth ay hanggang 39 years old! . May alam akong church-based choir na 35 years old ang average age ng mga miembro pero magaling, huh?!

Yan ang pangit sa bansa natin. May age discrimination na nga sa jobs, may age discrimination pa sa NAMCYA!

Calling any NAMCYA pipol here, paki-eksplika kasi parang UNFAIR! (Halata bang gustong sumali ng lolah mo? Hahahaha!) :grrr:

abendlied

Nov 9, 2005, 08:02 PM

I think one of the Regional Champions who will be competing with UA&P in the Nationals is a community-based choir.

I heard there will be fewer choirswho qualified/join in the nationals this year. Bakit kaya?

sweet_soul14

Nov 12, 2005, 01:09 AM

http://www.geocities.com/sweet_soul14/small.jpg

please watch the UE Chorale's concert entitled "EMOTIONS" on November 23, 8pm at philamlife auditorium,manila

tickets at P300.00

for more info and discounts, pls contact 09195751371/ 09162487123/09184518107

thanks!

don_simoun

Nov 15, 2005, 10:35 AM

ei, saan kaya makakabili ng mga albums ng mga choir like UE, San Beda, etc? kasi what i have right now is yung sa DLSU Chorale and UST. gusto ko kasing bumili ng mga iyon. :D

QRST

Nov 16, 2005, 11:34 AM

Pwede ba malaman ang rep ng UE Chorale?

whirlingwhirlin

Nov 18, 2005, 06:35 AM

We invite you to our 5th Anniversary Concert on Nov. 26, Saturday at the Philamlife Auditorium. Tickets at Php 250.00. 09178997916 (mabel) :)

don_simoun

Nov 19, 2005, 12:25 PM

^ Ano po yung name ng choir ninyo? Puwede bang malaman ang rep din ninyo? :D

enteng.00

Nov 20, 2005, 02:10 PM

congrats UST Singers!

sleeplacker

Nov 23, 2005, 10:40 AM

Hi! :) The NAMCYA College Choir Finals will be on Nov. 26 (SAT), 2 p.m. at the CCP Main Theater. Seven choirs will be competing, including us (UA&P Chorale - NCR representative). We'll be the third choir to sing, by the way. :) If any of you are interested to watch, tickets will be available at the entrance at P200 for orchestra center and lower for the other sections. See you there! :)

abendlied

Nov 23, 2005, 04:16 PM

sleepslacker,

who are the choirs who will be competing in this year's college choir category?

Goodluck sa inyong lahat! Mahirap ba ang rep?

sleeplacker

Nov 23, 2005, 04:39 PM

sleepslacker,

who are the choirs who will be competing in this year's college choir category?

Goodluck sa inyong lahat! Mahirap ba ang rep?

Hi abendlied! :)

I was only able to find out the names of two other choirs who will be competing in the finals: Voice of Cebu from Region VII and University of San Agustin Troubadours from Region VI. If anyone has information about the other finalists, please post a reply :)

About the repertoire... we were asked to prepare 7 songs including the contest piece, but on the day itself we will only be singing 4 songs: the contest piece plus 3 of the prepared pieces that the judges will pick on the spot. At least that's what I heard. Our prepared repertoire is:

Renaissance: Exsultate Justi (Ludovico da Viadana)
Romantic: Abendlied (Josef Rheinberger) <-- your namesake song :lol:
Early 20th Century: Salve Regina (Francis Poulenc)
Late 20th Century: Mundi renovatio (György Orbán)
Philippine Folk/Ethnic Song: Bal-laygi (Arwin Tan)
OPM Song: Bituing Walang Ningning (Willy Cruz arr. Robert Delgado, Jr.)
Contest Piece: Butiki (Kiyoung Kim)

The other song choices were:

Renaissance:
O quam gloriosam (Tomas Luis de Victoria)
Si ch'io vorrei morire (Claudio Monteverdi)

Romantic:
Ave Maria (Giuseppi Verdi)
Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Sergei Rachmaninov)

Early 20th Century:
Cantique de Jean Racine (Gabriel Faure)
Ballad of Green Broom (Benjamin Britten)

Late 20th Century:
Kasar mie la gaji (Alberto Grau)
Cantus gloriosus (Jozef Swider)

abendlied

Nov 23, 2005, 04:49 PM

Wow! Quick Reply!

Thanks Sleepslacker! Goodluck sa inyo at sa lahat ng choirs na jojoin sa Finals! :)

don_simoun

Nov 24, 2005, 12:08 PM

^ yung finals ba iyong sa CCP?

sleeplacker

Nov 24, 2005, 12:14 PM

^ yung finals ba iyong sa CCP?

Yup! NAMCYA College Choir Finals on Nov. 26 (SAT), 2pm at CCP Main Theater. :)

By the way, here's the sked of the semifinals and finals for the other categories (got this from clickthecity.com) :

College Choir - Finals: November 26, 2pm, Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (TNA);

Youth Choir - Finals: November 25, 2pm, Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (TNA);

Solo Voice (Category C) - Semifinals: November 25, 8am, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (TAT), Finals: November 26, 8am, TAT;

Solo Voice (Category B) - Semifinals: November 25,8am, Tanghalang Huseng Batute; Finals: Nov. 26, 8am,THB;

Solo Voice (Category A) - Semifinals: November 25,3pm, THB, Finals: Nov. 26, 3pm, THB;

Dance (Ballet) - Semifinals: Nov. 26, 3pm, TAT, Finals: Nov. 27, 1pm,TAT.

Strings Category (Levels A-C) - Semifinals: November 23, 8am, Tanghalang Huseng Batute (THB); Finals: Nov. 24, 8am, THB;

High School Rondalla - Finals: November 24, 8am, Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (TNA);

Guitar and Chamber Music (Levels A-C) - Semifinals: November 24, 3pm, Tanghalang Huseng Batute (THB), Finals: November 27, 8am, Tanghalang Huseng Batute;

PinoyLi'lBro

Nov 24, 2005, 10:28 PM

I got this from: http://www.voiceteacher.com/damaging.html

D A M A G I N G V O C A L T E C H N I Q U E S

It has been requested repeatedly that I write about vocal techniques that can result in vocal stress or even damage. I have hesitated to write about this because it is a difficult and controversial subject. Nevertheless, I believe it is a subject that needs to be responsibly addressed. Most singers know little if anything about the voice when they begin to study singing. Nor do they know what is healthy or unhealthy vocal technique. Having suffered vocal damage myself, I can only speak from my own experience. In the following paragraphs, I will list the causes of such vocal damage. Not only have I witnessed vocal damage, I can say I have suffered vocal damage and have recovered from it through the concepts of Alan Lindquest, his students Virginia Botkin, Martha Rosacker, and Dr. Barbara Mathis, and Dr. Evelyn Reynolds, my present teacher who has studied the Italian School extensively. All of these teachers have accomplished a deep understanding of the concepts of the Italian School in great detail and they all developed diagnostic hearing plus tools to solve vocal problems. All of them have been extremely influential in my development as a teacher and they have given me an expertise that I value greatly today. This is why I encourage young teachers to find a real master teacher with whom to study. Lindquest continued his vocal research until his death at age 93. This is the sign of someone who pursues the deepest truth in vocal concepts. Singing is a life-study. It is exciting in the sense that one can learn at any age and the journey need never end.

THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF A FLAT-TONGUED TECHNIQUE

So many teachers and singers are confused about the healthy position of the tongue in singing. I have worked directly with singers who have studied a 'flat tongued' technique and attempt to sing on this type of production. The flat-tongued technique is basically a non-productive futile attempt to find more acoustical space in the throat. I can tell you without hesitation that this is an incorrect and damaging technique. If the tongue is flat, then the mass of muscle at the back of the tongue (tongue root) is forced into the pharynx. This fills up the primary resonator (pharynx) with tongue mass which can be compared to singing with a pillow in one's throat. Trying to teach a singer with such a background can be a difficult journey at best. Healthy nasal resonance cannot be present in a flat-tongued technique. It is important to understand that healthy nasal resonance (not nasality) is the only concept that completely releases tension at the root of the tongue.

In a flat-tongued technique, the singer is primarily using a technique which does not allow for a healthy change of register as one ascends upward within any scale or arpeggio. The root of the tongue places direct pressure or stress at the vocal cords or glottis. After hearing a singer trained in this destructive technique, it becomes obvious that this incorrect vocal concept does not allow for the healthy pivoting of the vocal folds. Therefore there cannot be a healthy transition into the head voice register. Loss of high notes is typical in such an approach to singing. When the tongue is too flat, then the singer has to force the voice into the upper register with a tremendous amount of breath pressure. This breath pressure irritates the vocal cords and the result is usually hoarseness and an inability to phonate healthily. Some singers have also suffered damage such as vocal hemorrhage, bowed vocal cords, nodules, or polyps from singing with the tongue depressed or flat. This constant pressure on the larynx and vocal cords created by this technique is completely unhealthy for the voice. I warn teachers and singers that those who pursue such a technique to get a 'bigger sound' (this kind of sound is only big in a small room and is quite small in a theatre.) can destroy their vocal health.

CASE STUDY: TENOR SINGING BARITONE

Recently I had the opportunity to work with a young professional baritone. At 23, he was loosing his voice through hoarseness after each performance. There were two primary culprits that worked together to destroy healthy production: tremendous breath pressure and a flat-tongued technique. Because he was trying to create false color with the back of the tongue and because he thought he was a baritone (see article on Vocal Fach), this young singer was flattening his tongue. There were four negative results (1) absence of healthy nasal resonance, (2) inability to achieve 'ring' in the voice through nasal resonance, (3) chronic hoarseness from a flat tongue position creating direct pressure on the vocal cords, and (4) absence of an easy transition into the upper passaggio and high range. After working with this singer for a period of about 10 minutes and having heard the absence of true resonance in the voice, I decided to vocalize him higher. Because of Lindquest's great understanding of the tenor voice, partly from his association with Jussi Bjoerling, and because his exercises invite balance in the upper passaggio, this singer could quite quickly go up to the high C and even to the high D without major difficulty. I began to analyze the singer's tongue position and realized that at times it was completely flat in an attempt to manufacture a baritone color in the voice. Since he was not really a baritone, this was impossible. After listening to his first lesson, he described his own voice as sounding simply like a "tenor who was trying to make a baritone sound".

By the third lesson, this singer was singing the tenor solos in Handel's Messiah with great beauty of tone. It became more and more obvious to me that this young singer was singing in the wrong fach. The flat tongue position was only one of the negative results of singing in the incorrect vocal fach. As I mentioned above, chronic hoarseness would follow each performance. This is yet another case of a young singer who was on the road to vocal damage because of an insistence from his instructor that he was a baritone. There is absolutely no denying the truth; that he is a high tenor. This is an example of a situation where a teacher's ego dominates over real concern for the singer. This is criminal and there should be laws to protect singers. True, he could sing in the baritone range by depressing the larynx with the root of the tongue. However, this created false color and forced the voice to phonate lower than intended. As a light skinned blond person, (usually these singers have blood vessels right on the surface of the vocal cords.) had he continued to sing with this false and unhealthy technique, he most certainly would have suffered vocal damage, probably through a major vocal hemorrhage.

Tongue depressors: The ultimate in vocal abuse: I have taught singers who were taught to depress the tongue with a tongue depressor while looking into a mirror. This is absolute vocal abuse that most certainly results in vocal damage. In this kind of circumstance, there is absolute and obvious confusion by the instructor. The confusion lies in the idea that what appears to be filling the mouth space can be flattened to make more space in the throat. This concept represents a basic ignorance in the physiology of the voice. In actuality, flattening of the tongue is filling up the pharynx or back wall of the throat with tongue mass. Singers trained in this way often sound as though they are gargling marbles and trying to sing at the same time. On the other hand, when the mouth space appears to be filled with the forward and arched tongue; the back of the throat (pharynx) is actually much more open. Remember Lamperti's quote: "The singer's pronouncer is in the pharynx NOT the mouth." When the tongue is arched healthily as in the 'ng' position (Lindquest's home position of the tongue), then the singer can pronounce the vowels clearly. The integrity of the clear Italian vowel sounds is never sacrificed. The tongue should never be frozen in place. Otherwise clear pronunciation is impossible. Those who have forced the tongue flat cannot make a clear transition from vowel to vowel. The result is a large forced ugly sound with lots of breath pressure forcing the voice to go higher. Many singers have suffered vocal hemorrhage or nodules from this tremendous breath pressure alone. I warn teachers and singers alike that this is extremely dangerous. A singer who has suffered from this kind of instruction and suffered vocal damage should seek legal action. One famous court case in the United States awarded a singer a very large sum of money. The technique taught this singer was extremely destructive and included an unhealthy depressed tongue approach. I had one lesson with a New York teacher who taught this technique because he had a big name. I was searching for another teacher at the time because Mr. Lindquest had died. This teacher gave me a vocal hemorrhage trying to make me a high C tenor when I was actually a lyric baritone. I left his studio unable to speak and cancelled all of my teaching for the next 3 days. Later when I had my vocal cords videoed at the University Hospital at Groningen, The Netherlands, the scar on my right vocal cord from the hemorrhage was evident. I now have a scar on my right vocal cord because of this teacher's dalliance and irresponsibility (he had a huge ego!) Luckily the scar is on the fold and not on the vocal lip. Therefore it does not impede my singing ability.

JAW FORWARD TECHNIQUE

I remember the first time I had a singer who had been taught to place or relax the jaw forward. The resulting sound was that of a small child; extremely breathy and throaty. The throat was completely closed and the vocal cords would not approximate properly. The voice lacked any kind of color or warmth and would fatigue very quickly. When the jaw is forward, there are several negative results: (1) the vocal cords do not approximate correctly. (2) The tongue usually goes back into the pharynx, filling the primary resonator with tongue mass. (3) The larynx functions in a high position allowing only a thin immature sound to be produced. (4) The soft palate assumes a low position, often resulting in nasal or thin tone. (5) Legato line is impossible because the tongue is so tense that there cannot be a healthy separation between the jaw and tongue function. (6) There cannot be a healthy breath line because the breath is choked off by the root of the tongue. (7) It is impossible to create a musical phrase because the singer cannot crescendo or decrescendo healthily. (8) The vowels are usually distorted because of a large of amount of tension at the tongue root. (9) Since the back wall of the pharynx is closed, there cannot be healthy resonance present in the voice.

HIGH LARYNXED TECHNIQUE: Often associated with the Boy Choir Sound

I can speak from personal experience about this subject. I was trained as tenor even though I was actually a lyric baritone. This is extremely damaging to a young singer. My personal belief is that many teachers are not taught to hear the difference between healthy ring in the voice and a 'squeeze' of the throat. Often college, university, or conservatory teachers are teaching very young singers and are afraid to address the issue of the high larynx. Their fear, and I understand that fear, is of a depressed larynx technique which is truly incorrect and damaging as well. However, it is crucial that the singer learn a slightly low larynx production without overly depressing the larynx with the root of the tongue. If taught with the nasal resonance and the 'ng' tongue position, the slightly lowered larynx makes for a healthy, warm, and balanced vocal tone which includes both higher and lower overtones. I understand that many teachers are afraid to allow young singers to make a big sound. However, it is critical that teachers understand that if they are teaching a young large-voiced singer and the singer is not allowed to use the fullness of the instrument, then the result is usually a squeezed throat which can be damaging. The singer is trying desperately to 'lighten up the voice'. This concept of lightening the voice needs to be taught with a deep body connection. The only way a large voiced singer can lighten up his/her tonal quality is to connect deeper to the body.

One of the largest problems for me personally was when I was required to sing as a tenor in choirs when I was in reality a lyric baritone. This created constant hoarseness, especially when I was required by a conductor to sing a boy choir sound with a straight tone. I would have difficult speaking clearly after any choral rehearsal. This was primarily due to the fact that I could not sustain the tenor tessitura with a lower larynx position. The result was a constant irritation of my vocal cords. A depressed larynx or a high larynx can cause irritation. I am fortunate that the scar on my right vocal cord is not at the vocal lip. However, this scar could have been catastrophic to my singing and I could have suffered damage that would not allow me to sing again. Scar tissue does not stretch as healthy tissue does. The 'boy choir' sound is not a sound that is designed for any adult to make. Demanding this kind of sound by voice teacher or choral director from an adult singer creates all kinds of vocal difficulties as I listed at the top of this paragraph.

STRAIGHT TONE SINGING: The Early Music Trap

Some of my favorite music is of the Baroque period. I love Bach and Handel and the beauty of their music. I personally sing this music with a healthy shimmering vibrato. A healthy vibrato shimmers with fast vibrations. It is not to be confused with a wide vibrato or 'vocal wobble'. I certainly understand that choral directors do not want any of their singers to 'wobble' because tuning becomes impossible. However, attempting to solve this problem with straight tone singing is futile and destructive vocally. Usually the singer with the wide vibrato gets even worse because of the holding in the throat. This is of course a response to trying to 'straighten out' the tone.

Why is straight tone singing damaging? The answer to this question is simple. When a healthy tone is produced, the result is a taut and shimmering vibrato. The vibrato is a result of the healthy function of the vocal cords. It has a direct relationship to Flagstad's comparison of a 'silver sound' or 'silver thread'. If a singer is required to sing a straight tone for any choral director or teacher, then that singer has to squeeze the vocal cords in order to stop the vocal cords from fully vibrating. This does not allow a healthy amount of air through the vocal folds. This holding of tension in the throat can create all sorts of negative results including a closed acoustical space. The largest problem is vocal fatigue accompanied with an imbalance of the registers. Most straight tone singers find it impossible to allow for a healthy transition into head voice. This kind of singer is actually unaware that he/she is belting from the lower register upward. However, the straight tone sound is so thin and light with a high larynx that it disguises chest voice as head voice. I speak from personal experience on this issue. When I was singing as a high larynxed tenor, I thought I was singing head voice when in actuality I was belting the middle voice as high as I possibly could. The vocal cords became extremely fatigued and beauty of tone was impossible. The healthy pivoting process of the vocal folds was impossible and I had no sensation of a high soft palate. With age, my voice became more and more brittle in sound. There was a complete absence of warmth of tone in the voice. By the time I got to Alan Lindquest, I was suffering vocal damage at age 29.

THE SMILE TECHNIQUE

There is one large-scale incorrect technique that I must speak about; the smile technique. So many teachers and singers think that it is important to smile at the mouth opening while singing. This absolutely is destructive to the throat. The Italian School teaches the inner smile which is actually a high and wide soft palate, lifted cheeks under the eyes, sunken cheeks at the back teeth (this creates more acoustical space in the pharynx), and all this with an oval mouth shape. The smile is actually in the eyes, NOT the mouth.

So many singers are taught the smile technique in an attempt to brighten the tonal quality of the voice. Instead brilliance of tone should be produced by bringing the tongue forward and arched out of the throat. The smile technique is related to the 'boy choir' sound in an adult voice; something that should never be taught. It does nothing to enhance the voice and the results can be extremely damaging over time. This smile of the mouth technique raises the larynx, drops the palate, invites the jaw to move forward, the tone to be bright and thin, and usually the singer is flat in pitch. The vocal cords also do not close properly. Absolutely NO body part is in the correct position for healthy singing to occur. The absolute negative result is a closed throat that causes hoarseness after singing. Again this is another technique which is widely excepted as one of vocal health. The truth is that is it extremely dangerous and detrimental to true vocal health and should never be taught. This has been scientifically proven through the use of fiberoptic research.

Although there are some excellent early music singers, this smile technique is quite popular amongst many in that genre of music. Those who use this concept in an attempt for authenticity will and do suffer the consequences. I can name several early music singers who have large scale recording careers, yet they sing constantly flat and out of tune. I have never understood why their recordings sell. Do people not hear that they are singing flat? Over time the voice will deteriorate completely. Again, I am speaking from personal experience. I was taught by a high tenor who had me smile while singing. The result was an extremely high larynx position and constant vocal fatigue. By the time I got to Alan Lindquest in 1979, my voice was stiff, rigid, and had a flat and unpleasant tone. It was impossible for me to go into the upper passaggio and high range because the larynx position was too high. The vocal cords could not pivot properly for the correct register changes. There is not doubt that the smile technique is quite dangerous.

THE PULLED DOWN FACIAL POSTURE IN SINGING

I have witnessed many singers who pull down the cheeks and cover the teeth completely while singing. This simply makes singing very difficult and hooty. Again, the Swedish/Italian School attempts to create a balance between higher and lower overtones. The lift of the cheeks under the eyes brings the soft palate up. Quality of tone is directly effected by one's facial posture because of its effects on the interior posture of the throat. If the facial posture is pulled down, then singer must work twice as hard with breath pressure to blow the soft palate out of the way. The result is usually pushed and unpleasant tone. When the facial posture is lifted, then high overtones come into the singer's production. Without lift, the singer's voice does not carry properly in a concert hall or opera house. The lift brings ring into the voice and therefore carrying power.

It seems that men are often the singers who use this technique the most. I remember hearing a British baritone who was flown over to sing Elijah in a concert in Connecticut. This was a catastrophic performance. The production was hooty and dark and he sounded somewhat like he was imitating a moose call. I actually felt sorry for the singer because of his own obvious discomfort. The audience was shocked and disappointed at the lack of beauty of tone. I believe that people can keep their voice as long as they can keep their health. This is also very related to exercising the voice properly. If a person is physically healthy and exercises his/her voice properly, then vocal longevity is quite easy. This baritone was only about age 55 and should have been at his peak. Sadly the voice was quite stiff and ugly and the high notes were completely flat in intonation. All this was directly related to his confusion regarding correct facial posture. Since I had a mezzo in the performance, then I got more of the inside story. This man was quite arrogant because of his own insecurity. It made him quite a bad colleague. His own unhappiness and insecurity turned him into a difficult and demanding performer. I will be writing an article on facial posture and the acoustical relationship to healthy tone shortly. It will also be a long chapter in my upcoming book.

THE BELTING OF BREATH PRESSURE: Over-development of the Chest Register

The more of this article I write the more it becomes obvious that every vocal concept is connected to another. If one element is out of alignment, then the result is that other aspects of the voice become unhealthy as well. When I was incorrectly trained as a high larynxed tenor, I had to use a tremendous amount of breath pressure to force the voice upward. This was not a conscious or aware reflex, but there was really no other choice. My tongue not only was flat, but in the upper range it also dipped like a spoon. This tongue problem was a direct result of the breath pressure that I had to use to try and go up into the higher range. I especially wanted to try and go higher because teachers had told me I was a tenor. I was actually a lyric baritone. This tenor training was extremely damaging. This was because it resulted in every body part being in the wrong position for healthy singing. This includes a larynx high, flat and back tongue position, breath high under the chest and little or no lower body support. The result was the support of tone by the tongue, little or no vowel clarity because of the forward jaw and low palate, and tremendous lack of resonance because of a complete lack of acoustical space. It became obvious in later years that I was constantly doing a close dance with vocal damage and no one really offered me any answers until I met Alan Lindquest and the other teachers I mention at the first of the article.

One thing is for sure; hard belting is damaging to the voice. There is absolutely no way to belt with breath pressure and have the vocal cords survive without damage. It is unfortunate that pop and Broadway singers feel the necessity to belt in order to compete. Usually the singer must use a lot of breath pressure or breath compression in order to push the chest register upward further than it is designed to sing. I was fortunate to survive with only one vocal hemorrhage. I have the scar on the right vocal fold to prove my vocal distress. I was intelligent enough in my instincts to seek help and it took years to find a teacher who knew about vocal technique.

LOCKED SOLAR PLEXUS TECHNIQUE

Tragically, many young singers are taught a technique that tries to get only to the 'big vocal sound'. Some teachers think that a singer must have this in order to compete in the business of classical singing. True that any singer needs a large amount of 'ring' in the voice. But this is not created by pumping a 'big sound' out of the mouth space with lots of breath pressure. Healthy resonance is created with the help of nasal resonance that takes away the pressure at the root of the tongue.

This 'big vocal sound' (which has become popular!) is manufactured by pumping a tremendous amount of breath pressure through the larynx. I call this the over-compression of the breath. Often in such a technique the teacher puts his or her fist in the singer's solar plexus area and then has the singer 'push out' with a great amount of pressure. The result is a loud and pushed sound with little or no healthy nasal resonance. In healthy singing, the solar plexus gradually turns freely as the singer gradually fuels the small stream of breath through the larynx. Remember that Caruso said he needed no more breath to sing than to have a casual conservation with a friend. With this pressurized technique it is quite impossible to achieve vocal freedom. The root of the tongue becomes locked and yet again direct pressure is placed at the vocal cords by the root of the tongue. Usually these singers suffer an overly-chested technique. Again there is no possibility for head voice development. The singer suffers difficulty with high notes and there is a large imbalance of registration present. I once had a French mezzo who had studied a teacher who used the 'fist in the stomach technique'. She was admitted into a very exclusive conservatory and at the end of her study she could no longer sing thanks to this damaging technique. She was not allowed to perform her graduation recital and after a threatened law suit, she was allowed to study with me outside the school for credit. It took one and one half years to rehabilitate her voice. Her teacher used the 'fist in the stomach' technique which creates a gag reflex at the root of the tongue. Once this extreme reflex is taught to the body, it is difficult to correct. After tremendously hard work at recovering from the damage taught her, this singer graduated and is now a successful voice teacher. She was indeed a victim of a damaging technique taught by someone who was ignorant of the resulting damage. She paid a large sum of money to attend a conservatory, which not only did not serve her, but also damaged her voice.

BREATHY TECHNIQUE

I first learned of the damage of breathy singing from my friend and colleague Dr. Barbara Mathis. Her research is ground breaking to say the least and she is one of the finest voice scientists and teachers in the United States. She teaches at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.

During her vocal research, she decided to have a 'vocal abuse' session using the fiberoptic camera. The discovery was nothing less than amazing. She told me that after singing with a breathy tone, the vocal cords turned more and more red and the vocal lips swelled almost twice their normal thickness. This was indeed an eye-opening event. I have had the privilege of seeing Dr. Mathis' research. I consider her to be a great vocal technician and she has done amazing work with damaged voices.

My personal experience with breathy tone was revealed when I worked with Alan Lindquest. My vocal cords would not come together properly because of years of using breath pressure and a high larynx. The vocal cords were 'bowed' and would not come together like healthy cords. He offered me exercises that changed my singing life. Suddenly after only about 2 days my tone became healthy again. Lindquest used some of Garcia's 'coup de glotte' exercises that healed a great deal my vocal damage. I had acquired this damage over about 15 years of incorrect instruction. It is scientifically proven that breathy singing is damaging to the voice. It is sad to say that this technique is being taught in an attempt to 'lighten the voice'.

Recently I had the experience of hearing a Cabaret performance in New York City. The singer used a lot of breathy tone for dramatic effect. This was a huge mistake. After only about 3 songs vocal fatigue began to develop and by the end of the performance the singer was trying desperately just to get through the performance. All of this occurred because of the swelling of the vocal cords due to breathy singing.

THE FINAL ANALYSIS: Causes of Vocal Fatigue

In closing, I think it is crucial that I list the causes of vocal fatigue. Because singing is such a coordinated function, the list of causes might seem repetitive. However, I feel it is important to review the causes of vocal fatigue. Allow me to say emphatically, a singer should NEVER experience vocal fatigue. If he/she is singing correctly, the voice should not tire. I speak and teach 7 to 8 hours per day 6 days per week and I never experience vocal fatigue in my voice studio. Never should a singer feel fatigue after a lesson. I have heard so many singers tell me that their last teacher told them that the 'muscles had to get used to the new technique'. This is irresponsible for any instructor not to take vocal fatigue as a red light for future vocal damage. Hoarseness should NEVER occur after any voice lesson unless the singer is executing the instruction incorrectly.

Causes:
(1) Smoking or drinking alcoholic beverages.
(2) Belting: using too much chest voice pushed up to high in the scale.
(3) Using a technique with a tight solar plexus during singing.
(4) Singing with a high larynx.
(5) Singing with a low soft palate.
(6) Singing with a forward jaw position.
(7) Singing with the vocal cords too far apart or too squeezed together.
(8) Pushing too much breath pressure through the larynx.
(9) Incorrect posture; dropped chest or hyper-extended chest.
(10) Singing with the head posture pushed forward from the spine.
(11) Use of mouth vowels instead of pharyngeal vowels.
(12) Unsupported singing; lack of connection to the resistance of breath pressure in the lower back and abdominal muscles.

(c) David L. Jones/2001

Please direct questions to info@voiceteacher.com

Sana ay makatulong ito sa mga conductors natin para maiwasan na rin ang maling pagtuturo ng vocal techniques.

Have a nice day to everyone.

PinoyLi'lBro

Nov 24, 2005, 10:35 PM

http://www.voicetraining.com/advice.htm

Go Philippine Choral Groups :note:

whirlingwhirlin

Nov 25, 2005, 11:12 AM

^ Ano po yung name ng choir ninyo? Puwede bang malaman ang rep din ninyo? :D

Manila Chamber Singers po. :)

HIGH ON 5

26 November 2005 : 8pm : Philam Life Theater

CONCERT REPERTOIRE

PERIOD MUSIC

1.GLORIA Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474)
2.ICH SCHEID VON DIR MIT LEIDE Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
3.*BENEDICTUS DOMINUS (Psalm 30, 22) Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
(from Drei Motteten op. 55, 3)
4.*ALELUJA Joszef Karai (1927)

FOLK MUSIC

5.LOI LOI GRATONG Thai Folksong
arr. M. de Leon
6.SIGULEMPONG Indonesian Folksong
arr. Sidik Sithompul
7.BANNATIRAN Ilocano Folksong
arr. Joy. T. Nilo
8.DUAYYA NI AYAT Ilocano Folksong
arr. Joy. T. Nilo
9.ILAY GANDANGAN Maranaw Folksong
Rodolfo Delarmente
10.PARUPARONG BUKID Tagalog Folksong
arr. Robin Estrada (1970)

CONTEMPORARY / NEW MUSIC

11. I CANNOT DANCE, O LORD Aaron Jay Kernis
(No. 3 from Ecstatic Meditations)
12.*O VOS OMNES (Three Songs of Our Lady) Janos Vajda (1949)
13. SANCTUS (from Misa) Raymundo Cipriano Cayabyab (1954)
14. LA ROSE COMPLETE/DIRAIT-ON Morten Johannes Lauridsen (1943)

POPULAR MUSIC

15. FROM A DISTANCE arr. Eudenice Palaruan
16.^IN YOUR EYES arr. Deogracias Cruz
17.^FOR THE FIRST TIME arr. Christopher Borela
18.^GO THE DISTANCE arr. Jose Emmanuel Aquino

JOSE EMMANUEL AQUINO, Conductor

* Philippine premier
^ Commissioned songs by MCS

Hope you'll watch! :)

don_simoun

Nov 25, 2005, 02:47 PM

Yup! NAMCYA College Choir Finals on Nov. 26 (SAT), 2pm at CCP Main Theater. :)

By the way, here's the sked of the semifinals and finals for the other categories (got this from clickthecity.com) :

College Choir - Finals: November 26, 2pm, Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (TNA);

Youth Choir - Finals: November 25, 2pm, Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (TNA);

Solo Voice (Category C) - Semifinals: November 25, 8am, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (TAT), Finals: November 26, 8am, TAT;

Solo Voice (Category B) - Semifinals: November 25,8am, Tanghalang Huseng Batute; Finals: Nov. 26, 8am,THB;

Solo Voice (Category A) - Semifinals: November 25,3pm, THB, Finals: Nov. 26, 3pm, THB;

Dance (Ballet) - Semifinals: Nov. 26, 3pm, TAT, Finals: Nov. 27, 1pm,TAT.

Strings Category (Levels A-C) - Semifinals: November 23, 8am, Tanghalang Huseng Batute (THB); Finals: Nov. 24, 8am, THB;

High School Rondalla - Finals: November 24, 8am, Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (TNA);

Guitar and Chamber Music (Levels A-C) - Semifinals: November 24, 3pm, Tanghalang Huseng Batute (THB), Finals: November 27, 8am, Tanghalang Huseng Batute;
How much is the ticket? :D

don_simoun

Nov 29, 2005, 12:06 PM

^ Meron na bang mga results sa NAMCYA? Meron kasi akong inaabangan na choir e. :D

sleeplacker

Nov 29, 2005, 02:31 PM

^ Meron na bang mga results sa NAMCYA? Meron kasi akong inaabangan na choir e. :D

Hi don_simoun! Here are the results:

COLLEGE CHOIR
1st Place - St. Louis University Glee Club (Baguio City, CAR)
2nd Place - University of Asia and the Pacific Chorale (Pasig City, NCR)
3rd Place - UMTC (University of Mindanao, Tagum City) Harmonic Chorale (Tagum City, Region 11)

YOUTH CHOIR
1st Place - Ramon Magsaysay High School Chorale (Manila, NCR)
2nd Place - "Sancti Voice" Singing Teens (Davao City, Region 11) <-- not sure about this
3rd Place - "The Young Minstrels" Baguio City National High School Youth Choir (Baguio City, CAR)

By the way, we (University of Asia and the Pacific Chorale) will have a free concert tomorrow at the Bgy. Urdaneta Clubhouse (Urdaneta Village, Makati). The concert starts at 7pm. We'll be singing a 1-hour mixed repertoire. Everyone is invited! :)

galileo

Nov 30, 2005, 06:22 PM

UST Singers Wows Manila’s Elite Circle
A Serenade for the Arts
A concert by the UST Singers
Manila Polo Club, Forbes Park Makati

The last time I heard them sing was during their homecoming concert at the Philamlife Auditorium last year after their 11th world concert tour of Europe and the United States of America. As an avid follower of the multi-awarded, choir of the world the University of Santo Tomas Singers, last night’s concert was a tad different from their previous engagements.

Passing the asphalted road of Mc Kinley to the high imposing mansions of Manila’s elite circle down to the glittering lawn of the Manila Polo Club says something that the event will be a divergent of the usual sight, sound and smell of say the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo, Philam, or in the halls of the academe of the sacrosanct Santo Tomas campus.

Guests started to come in for a night of enchanting music. There were, of course, diplomats whose residences and offices are just within the corners of the exclusive Forbes Park. The atmosphere was stringent. There were a lot of brilliancies from ladies donning their Bulgari necklaces which seem to match the glittering chandeliers of the Main Lounge of the Manila Polo Club. Hardly did I see guests having tete a tete. Expectedly, UST Singers fanatic and former editor-in-chief of the Manila Standard Jullie Yap Daza was present.

After the one-hour cocktails, Sunico Foundation for Arts and Technology president Renato Sunico delivered the opening remarks. Two scholars of the foundation who would benefit from the proceeds of the concert were present.

The repertoire consisted a combination of classical, international, Filipino and Broadway as well as specially-arranged chorus works.

The Choir of the World started the program with Dona Ubensa. Emerging from the back of the audience, they sung it as they took centerstage. What is so amazing with the UST Singers aside of course from their marvelous voice is the group’s knack for adroit choreography. They don’t just sing; they create a show. So apt for this kind of histrionic artistry is the choir’s rendition of Broadway Medley. Almost non-stop, one marvels at the stamina of the group as they acted, danced and sung and made it appear so effortlessly. Irene Marcos-Araneta enjoyed it so much and was the first to gave the choir a standing ovation. Among the impressed audience seen watching were Former DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman, Veteran Actress Delia Razon, and CEO of Philippine Daily Inquirer Sandy Prieto Romualdez.

As an ardent follower of the UST Singers, I could easily spot the newly hired members. Even if almost half of the group is new, the marks of a world-class choir are still there. The signature of the Choir of the World that earned them the title in 1995 still persists.

Perhaps the most dramatic and applauded part of the concert was the finale. Prof. Fidel Calalang’s opus’ Pilipinas Kong Mahal, a touching medley of nationalistic songs had uplifted most of the audiences’ spirits. Seen teary was Former Secretary Dinky Soliman. Prior to the rendition of Professor Calalang’s oeuvre, a short remark given by UST Singers president Viola Villena was all inspiring.

Bravo UST Singers!

don_simoun

Nov 30, 2005, 07:51 PM

Hi don_simoun! Here are the results:

COLLEGE CHOIR
1st Place - St. Louis University Glee Club (Baguio City, CAR)
2nd Place - University of Asia and the Pacific Chorale (Pasig City, NCR)
3rd Place - UMTC (University of Mindanao, Tagum City) Harmonic Chorale (Tagum City, Region 11)

YOUTH CHOIR
1st Place - Ramon Magsaysay High School Chorale (Manila, NCR)
2nd Place - "Sancti Voice" Singing Teens (Davao City, Region 11) <-- not sure about this
3rd Place - "The Young Minstrels" Baguio City National High School Youth Choir (Baguio City, CAR)

By the way, we (University of Asia and the Pacific Chorale) will have a free concert tomorrow at the Bgy. Urdaneta Clubhouse (Urdaneta Village, Makati). The concert starts at 7pm. We'll be singing a 1-hour mixed repertoire. Everyone is invited! :)
^ Puwede ba ang outsider na sumali sa chorale ninyo? just want to know lang. :D

sleeplacker

Dec 1, 2005, 10:05 AM

^ Puwede ba ang outsider na sumali sa chorale ninyo? just want to know lang. :D

Hi! As of now, we are open to UA&P students, alumni, faculty, staff and their family members. :)

herorot

Dec 2, 2005, 09:55 AM

sinong mag wawatch ng messiah sa UP dec. 13?

romnick

Dec 3, 2005, 05:29 PM

Go pnu Choral!!!!!!!!!

QRST

Dec 4, 2005, 02:24 PM

May balita ba sa nagaganap na Inter-High School choral competition? Narining ko lang sa kaibigan ko na merong nagaganap na ganun eh. May balita ba kayo doon?

azzurro

Dec 5, 2005, 08:47 PM

UA&P CHORALE DECEMBER SCHEDULE *

Celebrate Christmas with the University of Asia and the Pacific Chorale! Below is our line-up of activities for the month of December 2005. If you would like to be added to our mailing list to be updated on future activities (i.e. if you just received this as a forwarded message and not directly from us), please send an e-mail to mpuyat@uap.edu.ph . Please feel free to forward this message to anyone who may be interested to listen to us. Thanks! J

December 6, 2005 (TUE), 6:00 p.m.
* Philamlife CHRISTMAS TREATS 2005
featuring the UA&P Chorale
Main Lobby, Philamlife Tower
U.N. Avenue, Manila
FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL
From December 5 to 9, Philamlife continues its tradition of treating less fortunate kids with a special musical program featuring some of the countrys best choirs. These concerts are also open to the general public, free of charge.
Dec. 5 (Mon) UST Singers (Beneficiary: Philippine Band of Mercy)
Dec. 6 (Tue) UA&P Chorale (Beneficiary: Philippine Band of Mercy)
Dec. 7 (Wed) U.P. Singing Ambassadors (Beneficiary: Pangarap Shelter for Boys)
Dec. 8 (Thu) Philippine Airlines Chorale (Beneficiary: Balikatan Day Care Center)
Dec. 9 (Fri) U.P. Concert Chorus (Beneficiary: Virlanie Foundation)

December 15, 2005 (THU), 7:45 p.m.
* REGALO: The University Christmas Concert
featuring the UA&P Chorale with choirmaster Arwin Tan
with guest performers
Abby de Leon, violin
Mia Lapus, violin
Marian San Miguel, violin
Noemi Binag, cello
and poetry by Haranya
Celestino Dizon Auditorium
University of Asia and the Pacific
Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
(Parking entrance along St. J. Escriva Drive)
FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL
In this special one-night-only free concert, we give thanks to God for all the gifts that we have received this past year, and we share our music as our gift to you.

December 16, 2005 (FRI), 6:00 p.m.
* 2005 PASKONG HIMIG SA LUNGSOD PASIG
GRAND FINALS Adult Choir Category
Having won the Grand Prize last year, the UA&P Chorale will defend its title in this NCR-wide competition.
Finalists:Chorus Ictus, Coro de Sta. Cecilia, Dâ Edge Chorale, Himig ng Dela Paz Chorale, Pasig City Chorale, St. John Bosco Chorale, Sto. Rosario Parish Choir, University of Makati Chorale, Voice Ensemble, and University of Asia and the Pacific Chorale (defending champion)
Pasig City Convention Center
Pasig City Hall Compound, Pasig City
FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL

December 17, 2005 (SAT), 7:30 p.m.
The UA&P-CAS Student Executive Board Office of the President presents
* VENITE ADOREMUS
A Christmas Concert
Featuring excerpts from George Frideric Handels masterpiece The Messiah
by the University of Asia and the Pacific Chorale
and the Pundaquit Virtuosi (resident Childrens Ensemble of CASA San Miguel, Zambales)
with
Fiona de Ocampo, soprano
Jose Emmanuel Aquino, tenor
Paul Aquino, bass
Conducted by Arwin Tan
Villamor Hall (U.P. Main Theater)
University of the Philippines Diliman Campus
Tickets range from P150 P200
For ticket inquiries, contact Ms. Cherrie Mae Serranillo at 637-0912 loc. 290, 0926-3135590 or 0922-5352157.
This project is for the benefit of CRIBS Foundation and UA&P Varsity Teams.

December 22 (THU), 7:00 p.m.
* A MERRY NOVO CHRISTMAS 2005
A yearly Christmas Concert featuring Novo Concertante Manila (Arwin Tan, choirmaster) and guest choirs including the University of Asia and the Pacific Chorale, the Cultural Center of the Philippines Chorale and others.
Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater)
Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex, Manila
For ticket inquiries, contact the CCP Box Office (832-3704 / 06) or text 0917-5356218.

Contact the UA&P Chorale Coordinator at 637-0912 loc. 380, 0917-8574769 or e-mail ytolentino@uap.edu.ph / uapchorale@gmail.com for any inquiries.

[Please forward this message to friends, family, and fellow music enthusiasts! Thank you!]

Marie Puyat
Audience Development & Marketing Officer
Office of Student Affairs - Kultura Desk
University of Asia and the Pacific
637-0912 loc. 380 (telefax) / mpuyat@uap.edu.ph

don_simoun

Dec 6, 2005, 12:23 PM

whirlingwhirlin

Dec 8, 2005, 10:24 PM

Meron pa bang mga other choirs who will be posting their concerts? Sana po e magpost kayo kasi i'm interested to watch. :D

Btw, meron bang mga Singles For Christ dito na kasali sa mga choirs? I'm just wondering if you guys want to create a choir lang. :D

Catch the Manila Chamber Singers at The Fort Strip on December 10, 2005, 5pm.. and at Greenbelt 3 on December 15, 2005, 7pm

See you guys!! :)

don_simoun

Dec 15, 2005, 06:45 PM

Ei, kakanta raw ang DLSU-CHORALE sa Manila Hotel on December 21, 22, and 24 (yata). Free concert ito. Ang sabi daw kasama ang UPSA. Can anyone confirm this? :D

JohnnyBBad

Dec 17, 2005, 11:43 PM

X'mas/Homecomming concert of the Philippine Madrigal Singers at the CCP Little Theater on Dec 20 & 21 7:30pm

The buzz from my friends in the States is that they're in fighting form.... :)

Sana di na sila jet lag.... HAHAHAHAHAHA

Nood tayo!

don_simoun

Dec 20, 2005, 06:10 PM

^ How much ang ticket? :D

baladista

Dec 21, 2005, 02:18 AM

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The U.P. Singing Ambassadors (UPSA) just launched its Christmas CD featuring traditional selections like "Adeste Fideles/O Come All Ye Faithful", "Angels We Have Heard on High", "Carol of the Bells", "Noche Buena"; popular and well-loved melodies like "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Pasko Na, Sinta Ko", "Kumukutikutitap", "Do You Hear What I Hear?"; more modern songs like "A Christmas Carol"(from Scrooge), "An Evening in December", "Christmas is the Season of the Heart"; and other Filipino works like "Diwa ng Pasko", "Simbang Gabi" and "Payapang Daigdig". A bonus track - UPSA's rendition of Lester Delgado's choral arrangement of "This is the Moment" is also included.

For inquiries, you may contact 924-9378, 0916-5015515, 0920-9283906, 0916-4972640.

JohnnyBBad

Dec 21, 2005, 10:29 AM

Dang, totoo nga ang report ng friends ko from the States...

HATAW ANG MADZ!!!!!!!!!!!

I watched their concert last night at the CCP little theater, and boy oh boy, I loved the sheer artistry with how they were sculpturing the phrases of the music. I was just closing my eyes and savoring the music - a lot of goosebumps moments for me.

The sopranos section has definitely improved from the last time I heard them - a darker and heftier tone in terms of timbre and volume. But the stand out section for me were the basses - full and resonant without being overly burly and wooly-sounding.

Try catching them tonight at the CCP little theater. It's gonna be worth the effort of wading through the xmas traffic hahahahahahaha :P

JohnnyBBad

Dec 21, 2005, 10:33 AM

The Ateneo Chamber Singers have a free Xmas concert on Dec. 23, 7pm at the Church of the Gesu in Ateneo. Come one, come all....

First Madz, then ACS..... Mabubusog ako with exquisite music-making this Xmas season!

choirmaster

Dec 24, 2005, 11:28 AM

Merry Christmas everyone! Sana'y maligaya ang inyong pasko. Happy New Year na rin! Iwas sa paputok!

Choirlowla

romnick

Dec 28, 2005, 06:34 PM

Happy New Year Poh! sa inyo!!!!!

don_simoun

Dec 29, 2005, 04:49 PM

happy new year sa inyo!!! God bless to all philippine choirs!!!

ei, meron ba ditong mga up-coming concerts, kahit mini concerts lang? :D

JohnnyBBad

Dec 30, 2005, 03:18 AM

Catch the ACS at the Shangrila mall, dec 30 7pm

iRvS

Dec 30, 2005, 08:31 AM

sali kayo sa http://groups.yahoo.com/group/korong_pinoy/ :D

tuningfork

Dec 31, 2005, 09:21 PM

Hello friends,

Professor Andrea Veneracion was rushed to the hospital early this morning today. She had a stroke and undertook brain endoscopy. She's still in a slight coma.

We have scheduled a mass tomorrow for her fast recovery. It will be at St. Therese of Child Jesus Church in Gilmore/Aurora Blvd (not mt carmel), 3 pm.

Hope everybody in Manila could come. The others who can't, please pray for her fast recovery. Thanks

don_simoun

Jan 4, 2006, 04:12 PM

thanks po!!!

ei, any concerts ba lately? post naman kayo... :D

baladista

Jan 5, 2006, 12:02 AM

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UPSA's Songs of the Season CD available only up to January 30!
Outlets include SM City radio bars, Radio city, Emphasis salon, Cabrelli, A veneto Glorietta and Ayala Museum.

For inquiries, contact 924-9378/0916-5015515/0920-9283906. Happy New Year! :)

daveigh

Jan 9, 2006, 08:08 PM

Nanood ako ng concert nang isang Madz et al last saturday, Coro de Sta.cecilia? Yung si Chris Borela ang naghahandle? Magaling sila ha, although ive heard na more sila on local performances unlike ng ChoPa na nakarating na sa labas ng bansa like US...

CUN

Jan 10, 2006, 12:26 AM

Ano pong resulta ng audition ni sir Jojo sa Germany?

iRvS

Jan 11, 2006, 02:35 AM

iRvS

Jan 11, 2006, 02:40 AM

oo nga pala, sa mga hindi pa sumasali sa http://groups.yahoo.com/group/korong_pinoy sali na kayo.. *okay*

sleeplacker

Jan 13, 2006, 09:48 AM

(Hi! Some of you may be interested to join this competition. Click on the link below to see the rules/regulations, as well as last year's competition programme and past winners. :) ) ---> Marie

Dear friends,

We wish you a happy & creative new year. The Choral Society “Armonia” of Preveza organizes for 24th successive year the International Choral Festival of Preveza, in the frames of which the 12th International Choral Competition of Sacred Music takes place. For further information, visit our website:

http://users.otenet.gr/~armonia4/english/infof1.htm

or communicate with us at the address:

Choral Society “Armonia” of Preveza
P. O. Box 139
GR – 48100 Preveza
Greece
Tel. +30 2682 0 24915
Fax +30 2682 0 29852
E-mail: armonia4@otenet.gr
http://users.otenet.gr/~armonia4

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

With our warmest regards,

On behalf of The Organizing Committee

Kosmas Koronaios
The General Secretary

choralfriend

Jan 18, 2006, 08:04 PM

"A L E G R E!"
IMUSICAPELLA Homecoming Concert
February 11, 2006, Saturday, 7:30 PM
Philamlife Auditorium
Tkts: P150 (free seating)

sleeplacker

Jan 19, 2006, 05:03 PM

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Hi! Everyone is invited to "And So It Goes...", the UA&P Chorale Valentine Concert! :)

February 17 (Friday)
7:45 p.m.
Li Seng Giap Auditorium
2nd Floor, APEC Communications Bldg.
University of Asia and the Pacific
Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
(parking entrance along St. J. Escriva Drive, formerly Amber Drive)

Tickets at P200
For ticket reservations, please contact 637-0912 loc. 380, 0917-8334564, or uapchorale@gmail.com .

Thanks, and I hope some of you can make it! :)

---> Marie
http://uapchoraleblog.multiply.com

don_simoun

Jan 21, 2006, 08:46 AM

anyone here watched the metro chorale last night? Grabe, ang galing ng sta. teresita parish choir!!! I liked yung kanilang interpretation ng contest piece and other songs. sobra silang nag-gel and kita talaga ang linya!! Sayang yung 3rd group na nagperform (parang mapua yata e). Ok na sana e kasi yung mga important parts na kinakailangan e nilabas and ginawa nila ng maayos. Kaya lang sa huling part e may nakita akong malaking butas sa pagkanta nila. I guess it had a lot of impact doon.

I've learned din na importante rin na mahatak ng conductor ang lahat ng mga members ng choir para mabigyan ng buhay ang kanta, which, unfortunately, hindi nagawa ng 5th choir. Nandoon na ang cues kung kelan lalakas o hihina, pero NR pa rin ang grupo. But everyone did well!!! I'm really proud of them for giving all of their efforts, time, and energy.

Mabuhay ang Korong Pilipino!!! :D

choralfriend

Jan 21, 2006, 09:19 PM

Hello everyone. Got Imusicapella´s homecoming rep from their friendster posts so heto sya:

ALEGRE!
Homecoming Concert
February 11, 2006
7:30 PM
Philamlife Auditorium

SACRED
Lavabo VYTAUTAS MISKINIS

Regina Coeli VYTAUTAS MISKINIS

Laudate Pueri Javier Busto

Hodie Christus Natus Est Javier Busto

Laudate Dominum GIEDRIUS SVILAINIS

Lead Me, Lord ARNEL DE PANO

RENAISSANCE
Au Joli Jeu CLEMNT JANEQUIN

La Guerre CLEMNT JANEQUIN

SPIRITUALS
I Want to Be Ready arr. Moses Hogan

Didnt My Lord Deliver Daniel? arr. Moses
Hogan

INTERNATIONAL
Milonguera OSCAR ESCALADA

Naiman Sharag SE ENKHBAYAR

If the Day is Done VYTAUTAS MISKINIS

La Cucaracha arr: Max Frey

FILIPINO
Pamulinawen arr. Fidel Calalang Jr.

Gabaq-an RUBEN FEDERIZON

Muntik na Kitang Minahal BABSIE MOLINA

Kailangan Kita arr. Ed Nepomuceno

POPULAR & JAZZ
Acapella in Acapulco ANDERS EDENROTH

The Circle of Life arr. Fidel Calalang Jr

SATB

Jan 22, 2006, 11:20 PM

Congratulations to those who participated in the recently concluded "Metro Chorale 2006" held last January 20 at the PhilamLife Auditorium, hosted by the DLSU Chorale.

1st place :
Sta. Teresita Parish Choral
Ronaldo Raz

2nd Place :
Technological Institute of the Philippines Chorale Society
Leonyl Clarence O. Torres

3rd Place :
Technological University of the Philippines Chorale
Steve Collado

The event had an incredible line-up of judges that included :

Prof. Fidel Calalang, UST Action Singers
Prof. Rodolfo Delarmente, DLSU Chorale
Prof. Luzvi Modelo, PNU Chorale
Prof. Antonio Hila, Voice Trainor and Music Critic, Philippine Star
Prof. Raul Navarro, Chairman, Conducting Department, UP Conservatory of Music

Again, congratulations to Sta. Teresita Parish Choral for bagging the top prize with your interpretation of Maestro Lucio San Pedro's "Psalmo 149."

Mabuhay ang musikang Pilipino!

don_simoun

Jan 30, 2006, 05:15 PM

Sana meron uling Metro Chorale next year

masterburt

Feb 7, 2006, 07:33 PM

Hi everyone, baka gusto nyo sumali sa CORO DE SAN SEBASTIAN,
we're open for new members.... Elsie Eranista of Madz ang Choir Master.. just txt Irma(09167646516) if your interested...salamat

don_simoun

Feb 9, 2006, 12:22 PM

^Puwede bang mga outsiders? Saan yung place ng practice? :D

M_C_S

Feb 9, 2006, 05:29 PM

Manila Chamber Singers is also inviting interested singers to sing with the choir. We need altos and tenors. Rehearsals are held at the Blue Ridge Bible Baptist Church every Tuesday and Friday, 8:00 PM onwards.

If you are interested, please send an SMS to 09209131799. thank you.

M_C_S

Feb 9, 2006, 05:30 PM

Good luck to UA&P Chorale and Imusicapella on their upcoming concerts.

Congratulations in advace, too!

M_C_S

Feb 9, 2006, 05:30 PM

Good luck to UA&P Chorale and Imusicapella on their upcoming concerts.

Congratulations in advance, too!

masterburt

Feb 10, 2006, 01:25 AM

^Puwede bang mga outsiders? Saan yung place ng practice? :D

Of course you can join!!! CORO SAN SEBASTIAN is an official choir of San Sebastian Basilica that sings every Sunday (7pm mass)... practice is every Sunday too(3pm to 7pm)... you can also add us too to your friendster account <corodesansebastian@yahoo.com>...thanks

don_simoun

Feb 10, 2006, 04:30 PM

^ Wala na po sigurong practice days other than that right? :(

masterburt

Feb 10, 2006, 08:01 PM

^ Wala na po sigurong practice days other than that right? :(

meron din..we also have a weekday mass every thursday(6pm) minsan diretso practice yun till 9:30.... pag malapit na concer at contest... everyday practice na.... we are preparing pala for may concert kaya hanap pa kami iba members... just text irma(09167646516) for more details... salamat ulit..

choirmaster

Feb 12, 2006, 11:46 PM

Dear friends,

It is that time of the year again, and I heartily invite you to the 6th Annual Workshop for Choral Conductors, which is going to be held at the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music on March 28 – April 1, 2006. The focus for this year’s workshop is Style and Interpretation.

I myself cannot believe that we have done these workshops six years running! And I’m sure that somehow, we have managed to uplift the standards of the choral conducting profession. We at the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music have always strived to find ways to raise the level of choral singing and conducting, not only in the country but in Asia as well.

For this year, we have decided to concentrate on the one weakness that Philippine choirs have exhibited time and again in national and international competitions: Style and Interpretation. We have always been proud of our wonderful voices, but have never really understood the other half of the criteria for giving a credible performance. We have arranged to give you some excellent lectures and tips concerning these topics, and again invited the country’s top choral masters to share with us their knowledge and expertise.

And of course, we will not forget the nightly concerts! We promise five nights of unparalleled choral performances by the country’s top choirs. And what better way to see them all at once than to attend our unique workshop! In a continuing tradition, we will also include the participants in the final night, to sing and conduct and be nervous and make music – all in one evening!

As if that is not enough good news (including Manny Pacquiao’s winning, of course!), we have decided to maintain the same fees of last year! That means a basic seminar fee of 3,000 pesos, which will include access to all seminars, workshops, clinics, and good seats in the concerts, plus all the hand-outs and materials. If you want to have lunch with us (and engage in the latest choral gossip), please add an additional 400 pesos. For those needing lodging and meals, we will charge an additional fee of 1,500 pesos per person for the entire stay (including lunch, so no need to pay the additional 400 pesos).

Space is limited, so I urge you to reserve your place in this “mother of all choral workshops”! For further information, please contact (02)722-5554 (Luz), or (02)722-8577 (Debbie), or email at choirmaster@gmail.com.

We hope to see you soon!

sleeplacker

Feb 17, 2006, 01:57 AM

Hi! :) Our Valentine Concert will be TONIGHT, Feb. 17 (FRI), 7:45 p.m., at Li Seng Giap Auditorium, University of Asia and the Pacific, Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. Tickets are at P200. If you plan to watch, please text 0917-8334564 to reserve tickets. I also suggest that you arrive by 7:30 p.m. at the latest, so you can get good seats. :)

The repertoire includes: Salmo 150, Mundi Renovatio, Seasons of Love, All I Ask of You, Love is the Answer, Don't Say You Love Me, Oh I Say, And So It Goes, Java Jive, Aku Cinta Kamu (*world premiere of a song composed by one of our members! :D ), I'll Never Say Goodbye (Theme from "The Promise"), Kiss the Girl, Bituing Walang Ningning, and As Long As I Have Music.

I hope some of you can make it! :)

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don_simoun

Feb 22, 2006, 02:35 PM

hay...tahimik na naman dito. hehehe! :D

QRST

Feb 27, 2006, 10:31 PM

tuningfork

Mar 16, 2006, 09:46 AM

Dear MADZ & FRIENDS

It has been 2 ½ months since our founder, Prof. Andrea O. Veneracion whom we fondly call Ma’am OA, suffered from a massive stroke. She stayed in the hospital’s intensive care unit for one month and was brought home thereafter to recover. Though she is still incapable of responding through movement and conversation, Ma’am OA’s condition continues to improve. She is being carefully monitored by her doctors and home nurses to ensure her recovery. According to the doctors, this will take 3 to 12 months.

The Veneracion family has incessantly provided Ma’am OA with everything she needs – from high end and complex medical support to the most simple and effective medicines in the form of love and care. The Philippine Madrigal Singers, as her second family, would like to do the same and it is for this reason that we are humbly requesting for your support.

May we invite you to gather as one to be part of this fund-raising concert for Ma’am OA and for her continuous recovery?

The concert, Raison d’Etre (Reason for Being) will be held at the CCP Little Theater on March 25 and 26, 2006 at 7:30pm. You may show your support by making a love gift. A member of the present batch of the Madz will personally come to you to accept your donation.

Alternatively, you may purchase concert tickets at Php1,500 and Php1,000.

We are all aware of how much Ma’am OA has done to form our family and make it stand as one. Not to mention her undying efforts to inspire many of her singers to become choirmasters themselves. She has touched our lives and has contributed so much to our growth as musicians - she has nourished our talents, elevated our musicality, enriched our knowledge, and touched our souls.

Through the concert, we could at least acknowledge the efforts she has done for our family and at the same time celebrate the success of her work which we are all living legacies of. Let us all be part of this celebration for Ma’am OA – our teacher, our friend, our mother,…. our Raison d’Etre.

Thank you very much!

Respectfully yours, Noted by:

Pearl Reyes Mark Anthony Carpio
Project Coordinator Choirmaster
(mobile 09178442674)

kimestella

Mar 22, 2006, 01:21 AM

sino dito member ng madz?... preferably BASS... magpapa-voice lessons ako this summer. you may contact me through the following email add... wish ko lang carry ko naman yung rates niyo!? ok lang rin upsa tsaka upcc... hehe.... naging conductor ko dati si sir nikos mante! kaso mejo nag-lie low nako sa upmc eh... toxic nursing sa upcn.... please reply to this... salamat! =)

kimestella@yahoo.com

kimestella

Mar 22, 2006, 02:13 AM

.... will pray for prof. veneracion ...

God bless madz.

- fan

don_simoun

Mar 25, 2006, 10:43 AM

ei, meron bang mga choirs dito na open for auditions? I'm planning po na mag-audition e. :D

whirlingwhirlin

Mar 26, 2006, 12:28 AM

ei, meron bang mga choirs dito na open for auditions? I'm planning po na mag-audition e. :D

Manila Chamber Singers is also inviting interested singers to sing with the choir. We need altos and tenors. Rehearsals are held at the Blue Ridge Bible Baptist Church every Tuesday and Friday, 8:00 PM onwards.

If you are interested, please send an SMS to 09209131799. thank you

don_simoun

Mar 27, 2006, 10:53 AM

ok lang ba kahit bass ako? saan ba yung place? :D

whirlingwhirlin

Mar 28, 2006, 09:50 PM

ok lang ba kahit bass ako? saan ba yung place? :D

oks lang.. its in Blue Ridge Bible Baptist Church, Boni Serrano, Q.C.. its in fromt of Camp Aguinaldo. Just before the intersection of libis/katipunan/whiteplains.

JohnnyBBad

Mar 30, 2006, 03:15 AM

I was able to catch UPCC's performance last night at AILM, and all I can saw is.... WOW!

I was particularly enthralled with their Pater Noster (Myskynis) and the Exultate Deo (Busto). It was also worth to note that they were suiting their vocal colors according to the stylistics of each peice. Even their fortes and fortissimos had different qualities as per requirement of what they were singing. But what was more amazing for me was that they were actually dancing and singing in their last songs (acapella to boot) with minimal or no loss in the over-all choral sound - something not easily done, trust me.

Kudos to Ma'am Jai and the UPCC. Good luck with your tour and competition - Ibandera ang mga koralistang Pinoy!

P.S. Catch UE Chorale tonight, Ateneo Chamber Singers on Friday, and UST Singers on Sat - all for free! 7:30pm at the St. Andrew's chapel at AILM

iRvS

Apr 27, 2006, 06:51 AM

COLORS OF WORSHIP 3 - A FESTIVAL OF SACRED CHORAL MUSIC
May 20, 2006 * Saturday, 7:30 P.M.
Philamlife Auditorium

FEATURED CHOIRS:

* Ateneo College Glee Club
* Adventist University of the Philippines Ambassadors Chorale Society
* Manila Chamber Singers
* Mapua Institute of Technology Concert Singers
* Metropolitan Children's Choir
* Ramon Magsaysay High School (Manila) Chorale
* University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) Chorale
* University of the East (UE) Chorale

Tickets at Php 250.00. For inquiries, email info@manilachambersingers.com, manilachambersingers@yahoo.com or send SMS to 0920.913.1799

loneranger

Apr 30, 2006, 10:15 AM

I wish the organizers would be more careful in selecting whose choir should be singing this time in Et Al. The negative feedbacks of the last year's et al hopefully are still well remembered by them.

Sa totoo lang eh madaming choirs last year na sobrang hindi qualified para kumanta sa isang concert na kagaya ng et al. Sobrang napaka CHAKA!

yUCK_Fou!

May 1, 2006, 05:18 PM

Well, firstly, nasaan na ba ang schedule at ang list ng mga kakanta? I hope someone could post it dahil sa May 3 na ang simula, di ba?

whirlingwhirlin

May 2, 2006, 06:52 PM

May 4, 2006 6:30pm

UE Chorale
UAP Chorale
Manila Chamber Singers
+ another choir

sleeplacker

May 3, 2006, 12:06 AM

Hi everyone and whirlinwhirlin!

I got different info for the line-up of choirs on May 4! Here it is:

University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) Chorale
Arwin Tan, choirmaster

Manila Chamber Singers
Joel Aquino, choirmaster

Kilyawan Boys Choir
Mark Carpio, choirmaster

Novo Concertante Manila
Arwin Tan, choirmaster

Also, we were told that the show starts at 7:30 p.m. (not 6:30)...

See you all at Philamlife Auditorium this Thursday (May 4)! Can anyone else post the sked for the other days? Thanks! :)

---> Marie (from UA&P Chorale)

p.s. We'll be launching our 2nd CD on May 30 (TUE) with an evening concert at Philamlife! More info soon! Please mark your calendars and e-mail uapchorale@gmail.com for any inquiries. Thanks!

yosiman

May 3, 2006, 12:31 AM

Madz et.al "Feel the Spirit" Concert
PhilAm Theater, UN Ave

May 5, Friday line-up

KNIGHTWINDS
choirmaster: Terence Guillermo

INFANT JESUS ACADEMY GLEE CLUB
choirmaster: Jon Lumba

CORO DE SAN SEBASTIAN
choirmaster: Elsie Eranista

CHORUS PAULINUS
choirmaster: Fred de Santos

ibongtagamasid

May 3, 2006, 11:01 AM

Oy, oy, oy! Eto na naman kayo ha. Baka naman nandun pa din ang mga chakang choir na yan last year na mga talagang nagpipilit:grrr: . Por Dyos Por Santo, kelan ba magigising ang mga chakang conductor:bop: na ito sa katotohanan na iba ang marunong kumanta sa marunong kumumpas.:rolleyes:

Pero sige, pagbibigyan ko na at meron din lang akong nahinging tikets para sa dalawang araw eh manonood ako at lahat ng mga chaka sa araw na iyon iimbitahin ko gagawin kong concert na.........."Madz Et Al Chaka Night"!:lol:

O ayan, nagmagandang loob na ako *okay* ha baka naman may masabi pa kayo. Libre ito para sa mga bingi sinto sinto para di sila maapektuhan.:p

See you all, bwahahahahahaha!!!!!:lol:

whirlingwhirlin

May 4, 2006, 06:45 AM

thanks sleeplacker! :) to ibongtagamasid, i hope you do watch on the 4th! im sure, walang chaka choir dun.. hehehehe :)

ibongtagamasid

May 4, 2006, 09:04 AM

thanks sleeplacker! :) to ibongtagamasid, i hope you do watch on the 4th! im sure, walang chaka choir dun.. hehehehe :)

Well, sa aking namasid ay mukha ngang wala. pero sang ayon sa aking mga amiga na nakapanood na ay may ilan na daw na dapat iguest sa plano kong "Madz Et Al Chaka Night"! Pagkatapos ng series na iyan ay ipaaalam ko agad dito sa pex ang mga pwedeng kumanta sa chaka night.

Sayang at para bukas ang ticket ko, Pero anong malay natin at baka may chaka din mamaya.

ibongtagamasid

May 5, 2006, 12:28 PM

Hello again, ok nandyan ako mamaya sa et al at akoy magmamasid. Sana naman ay walang mga chaka noh! Pag meron ay bibigyan ko agad ng slot sa aking Madz Et Al Chaka Night.

whirlingwhirlin

May 5, 2006, 08:03 PM

Congrats to the UAP Chorale, Kilyawan Boys Choir, Novo Concertante and the Manila Chamber Singers!! Just as I have expected, all choirs did a splendid performance last night!! The UAP Chorale sounds better now, Kilyawan Boys Choir had angelic voices, Novo Concertante did a good job with Pamugun and the MCS was wow! although the MCS ladies had some false notes in 'In Your Eyes', they did a good job.. 1 thing I noticed, parang half ng members ng MCS ngayon ay puro bago... is that correct? ;p Nevertheless, the 4 choirs were good! ;p

ibongtagamasid

May 6, 2006, 09:54 AM

ibongtagamasid

May 6, 2006, 09:59 AM

ei, meron bang mga choirs dito na open for auditions? I'm planning po na mag-audition e. :D

Ok don_simoun, may iatatayo akong choir at kung gusto mo ay dun ka sumali. Kaya lang ay kelangan chaka ka kumanta coz ang binubuo kong ay yon talagang mga chaka para concert din pero for comedy purposes. please post your cell# para ma text kita.

emil_emil

May 8, 2006, 12:55 AM

anyone here watch the 5th day of madz et.al concert series???

jon_ldm

May 8, 2006, 11:35 PM

may concert po and san miguel master chorale on may 13 and 14, 7 pm @ Grand Atrium, Level 2, Shangri-La Plaza
Free admission.
** para sa mga gustong manood... :-)

ibongtagamasid

May 9, 2006, 08:17 AM

anyone here watch the 5th day of madz et.al concert series???

Yes,yes,yes! Napanood ko!:angry: May chaka na naman:mecry: Wala silang kadala dala:( Ganun pa din ang et al na yan.:grrr: Sa mga conductor na iyan, pwede bang pahinugin nyo muna ang inyong mga grupo bago isabak sa et al! Please, please, please, parang awa na ninyo.:mecry:

Madami din namang magagaling, pero por dios por santo, ano ba, wag ng isama ang mga chaka.

Gusto ko na talagang isiwalat dito sa pex ang mga pangalan ng grupong iyan, buti at pinigil ako ng ilan sa aking mga amiga. Tigilan na ang et al na iyan:bop:

mimoi

May 9, 2006, 08:38 PM

ibongtagamasid

May 9, 2006, 09:06 PM

The MANILA CHAMBER SINGERS would like to invite everyone to

COLORS OF WORSHIP (Year III)
A Festival of Sacred Choral Music
20 May 2006, Saturday * 7:00 P.M.
Philamlife Auditorium

Featured Choirs:

ATENEO COLLEGE GLEE CLUB
ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AMBASSADORS
IMUSICAPELLA
MANILA CHAMBER SINGERS
MIT CONCERT SINGERS
METROPOLITAN CHILDREN'S CHOIR

RAMON MAGSAYSAY HIGH SCHOOL (MANILA) CHORALE
UNIVERSITY OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC CHORALE
UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST CHORALE

Tickets at Php 250.00. For inquiries, please email info@manilachambersingers.com or text 0920.913.1799

Thank you very much!

Ok, ok ako dito at mukhang magagaling itong mag ito! Pero Ramon Magsaysay? Saang choir yan? Manila based dba ito? Pakilinaw lang anoh at gusto ko sana this time eh masiyahan di tulad nung mga araw na napanood ko sa et al na sandamutak ang mga chaka.

Please manay siony, pakilinaw lang.

CUN

May 9, 2006, 10:17 PM

Ibongtagamasid, mapanglait pero nakakatawa. Dapat siguro ang madz et al maging festival, hindi iisang concert, siguro a week-long, or 3-day series of concerts by choirs, tapos reserve the best ones for the gala. At least naka-participate ang lahat, nagkaroon ng exposure and experience, but the whole event closes with the best. Isa pang suggestion, baka pwedeng per day may theme, halimbawa, lahat kayong choirs on this day ethnic ang repertoire, kayo naman 20th century, at kayo naman will feature baroque. Para naman hindi magkapare-pareho ang repertoire ng lahat, hindi ma-compare, at mag-expand ang kaalaman natin on choral music. To top it off, why not contact DOT so they can promote this in the tourist scene.

mimoi

May 10, 2006, 12:18 PM

Ramon Magsaysay High School (Manila) Chorale is the National Champion for the High School Category at the NAMCYA last year.

AUP Ambassadors, MIT Concert Singers and Metropolitan Children's Choir will compete in the World Choir Games in Xiamen, China in July.

We are counting on your support.

ibongtagamasid

May 12, 2006, 06:24 PM

Ramon Magsaysay High School (Manila) Chorale is the National Champion for the High School Category at the NAMCYA last year.

Ah ganun ba? Sya, sige sige! Go, go, go Ramon Magsaysay..GOOOOOO!!!!!

ibongtagamasid

May 12, 2006, 06:29 PM

mimoi

May 12, 2006, 07:59 PM

to MCS, i got this photo from the tenuto blog and i am posting it here. i hope you don't mind.

so guys, here is the official poster for COLORS OF WORSHIP.

mcs_2000

May 12, 2006, 08:14 PM

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i61/mimoi_2006/Poster-Final.jpg

mcs_2000

May 12, 2006, 08:15 PM

salamat sa nag-post earlier. may slight correction lang. see you all on May 20.

QRST

May 12, 2006, 08:20 PM

Yes,yes,yes! Napanood ko!:angry: May chaka na naman:mecry: Wala silang kadala dala:( Ganun pa din ang et al na yan.:grrr: Sa mga conductor na iyan, pwede bang pahinugin nyo muna ang inyong mga grupo bago isabak sa et al! Please, please, please, parang awa na ninyo.:mecry:

Madami din namang magagaling, pero por dios por santo, ano ba, wag ng isama ang mga chaka.

Gusto ko na talagang isiwalat dito sa pex ang mga pangalan ng grupong iyan, buti at pinigil ako ng ilan sa aking mga amiga. Tigilan na ang et al na iyan:bop:

Unang-una, I still support the cause of Madz in featuring new and upcoming choral groups in the country.

Pangalawa, you are free to give your constructive comments to the participating choirs. Pananaw mo naman yan eh.

ibongtagamasid

May 12, 2006, 10:37 PM

Unang-una, I still support the cause of Madz in featuring new and upcoming choral groups in the country.

Pangalawa, you are free to give your constructive comments to the participating choirs. Pananaw mo naman yan eh.

Thank you QRST, at least alam mong may freedom of speach tayo. Mahal kita!

madrasta30

May 15, 2006, 07:31 AM

Hi there Pexers,

Well, what can I say about Madz Et Al? There were slight improvements I must admit, but the thing is, the substandard choirs were allowed to sing pa din. Why do you still allowed them? Sana kung hindi qualified ay wag muna and this is for their own good because napapahiya din sila. May mga kaibigan din sila at mga magulang na nanood and I'm sure they can't help but make comparizons.

There's nothing more I can add, I was still dissapointed!

don_simoun

May 15, 2006, 05:08 PM

Meron po bang mga taga-YFC or SFC dito na taga-Paranaque? We are planning to form a choir po na ang main purpose is to serve God and help in certain functions in the Couples for Christ community. Ok lang kung hindi magaling, basta po tumutunog (tama ba yung word used?) For other details, just text Dave at 09167217373 or Ryan at 09206115758.

Maraming salamat po!!! :D

pitch_pipe

May 16, 2006, 12:44 PM

Malapit na ang colors of worship. Excited na ako. At kayo rin. Aminin! Sa tingin ko naman, lahat ng mga participating choirs dito eh may "k" kaya sila pinili/ininvite for the said event. And i know, they are working hard ryt now, just to improve their sound and to give us a good concert. Iwasan na ang awayan, let's just support our favorite choirs. Good luck!!!

sleeplacker

May 16, 2006, 07:00 PM

The University of Asia and the Pacific Chorale and choirmaster Arwin Tan invite you to witness the launch of their second CD album

"SANCTUARY"

A ONE-NIGHT-ONLY EVENT
May 30 (Tuesday), 2006
7:45 p.m.
Philamlife Auditorium
U.N. Avenue, Manila

Tickets at P300
(ticket purchase includes a copy of the new “Sanctuary” CD)

Tickets go on sale May 17
Available at the Office of Student Affairs, 1st Landing, ACB, UA&P
Or through any UA&P Chorale member

Or contact:
0917-8334564
uapchorale@gmail.com
(please include your name and the number of tickets you would like to purchase)

More about “SANCTUARY”

The album has 20 tracks including:

MOST-REQUESTED SONGS
Bituing Walang Ningning * Minsan Lang Kitang Iibigin * Java Jive
Love is the Answer * I’ll Never Say Goodbye (Theme from “The Promise”)
And So It Goes * As Long As I Have Music

SACRED MUSIC
Ave Maria (A. Bruckner) * Salve Regina (Poulenc) * Salmo 150 (E. Aguiar)
Mundi Renovatio (G. Orban) * Daemon Irrepit Callidus (G. Orban) * Exsultate Justi (L. Viadana)
Alleluia (Alejandro Consolacion II) * Credo (R. Hoffmann) * We Are An Offering (D. Liles)
Non Nobis Domine (arr. Arwin Tan)

NEW COMPOSITIONS
Aku Cinta Kamu (composed by Teddy Dullano, a tenor member of the choir)
Tubig and Kordero ng Diyos (Ralph Hoffmann)

The concert programme will include songs from the CD as well as songs that have been particularly special to the choir over the past three years.

Please mark your calendars, and we hope to see you there! It’s a concert you shouldn’t miss!

mas_sweet

May 19, 2006, 10:14 PM

Kasali pala ang San Beda Male Singers sa Spain na choir festival! Tarush naman! At balita ko nasa Norway sila ngayon! Go Lowla Robert! Di ko sila napanood noong et al sa Philam. Had i known na farewell na pala nila yun edi sana nakapanood sana aketch!
May nakapanood ba nung May 2? Feedback please. At kung open na ba sila for outsiders kasi may PHILIPPINE na ang name nila e! Slamat!

mimoi

May 22, 2006, 05:59 PM

it is so easy to put down other people's efforts in providing a venue for choirs to sing. i suggest they mount their own choir festival and make sure that the choirs they feature are the very best according to their standard. that way, everyone is happy and there would be more opportunities for choirs to sing. would they please rise to the challenge? as of now, we only have Madz et al. and colors of worship.

on hindsight, maybe the organizers of these Festivals would welcome suggestions from rational posts.

let us not always dwell on who or what choir is the best. let us be happy that there are many Filipino choirs. that makes the Philippines a great country in the choral world.