University Chorale Groups

[Zack]

Enteng.00

I saw you with other dlsu chorale members and some AS. hiya ako batiin ka eh. hehehe. andun din yung kakilala ko sa chorale eh. anyway, i sat infront with other members ng isang choir pero i dunno kung ano pangalan basta ang alam ko yung isang guy dun dating member ng madrigal singers. i forgot na his name. nasa likod ko sina trina belamide at si irene marcos-araneta. hanggang sa susunod na post :)
gud luck ateneo!
daya niyo, may mas mura palang cd. 600 lang double cd na. yung binili ko eh yung isang cd na worth 500. :( hmmmpp!!!! )

Originally posted by enteng.00
Germanistic effect ang all male! iba ka talaga choirmother!

Rina, alam mo, di kita nakita sa buong run ng program, kasi naman yung upuan ko, saktong tabing ng kung sino man ang mag conduct sa inyo. Bat nga ba di kinanta ang nonot? naka-include naman yun sa listahan diba!? anyway, dami beses ko na ***** sayo 2...gud luck! sobra! ang lupit din ng souvenir program nyo - penge naman? di na ako nakabili kasi la na ako mani nung saturday.

Zack, nanuod ka din pala, bat di kita nakita? nakita mo ba c dennis from science? san ka naupo?

Boccelli, were you there last saturday? sayang di kita na meet.

[Boccelli]

Hey there.. I was seated second row... upper portion of the theater near the door. Hmmm... enteng.00 may kasama kang Chorale?? Were you one of the guys who sat sa left side ng upper level...??

[pyket]

I wished PowerpuffGhurl was able to watch to give his (her?) musical critique. Sobrang winner ng mga reviews niya. Well, lemme try from a layman's point of view, anyways (i.e. hindi po ako miyembro ng kahit na anong choir -- pero love ko ang acgc). Sorry na lang kung naghahanap kayo ng tunay na critique. You won't find it in this post. Bwahahahahahaha!!!

For those who love choral music who either snubbed the acgc farewell concerts or were unavoidably detained and could not watch, nag-lost kayo, exclamation point (!), exclamation point (!). I was fortunate enough to watch both shows this probably being my last chance to watch this ACGC batch live as I'm leaving the country... (Hindi ko na mapapanood yung victory conciertos...)

First comment: bonggacious na ang mga costumes natin, poon ko!!! Grabe na!!! Take the back seat to the Zambo, the black and white barong, and the Men With Long Tapis costumes (na last year lang ginamit). Winner!!! Ganda ng black costumes ng mga males with the matching stole (ewan ko kung yun yung tawag don --- mukhang smaller version ng ginagamit ng pari. hehehehehehe... as if banal... chika lang!). Yung girlies, with their ateneo blue and gold, panalo. Plus the Gran Prix Europeen quasi-pastel (?) motif. Basta. Winner!

Friday night: Grabe ang tunog ng all-male. German/Eastern European na... pero tama nga yung nag-comment na may Filipino twist. Winner soloist yung sa Ave Regina Coelorum (go Jonel!!). Pero the stand out talaga for the all-male section was Robin Estrada's piece de resitance! Ted-em. Grabe na... Akala ko at first may pagkatunog Awit yung isang part, but no!!! Biglang bwelo. The use of the "percussions" (the bamboo, and kubing) were magnificent. Nag-lost yung mga hindi naka-watch nung Friday. Ted-em was definitely a masterpiece in itself. Grabe na si Robin... The mixed choir na: definitely miles better than your last concert (recital?) --- dapat lang!!! Siyempre na sudden ako at biglang pinalitan si Auiee (?) sa Caturog, pero carry lang. Nanay talaga ang dating. :D At si Ate Rina sa kanyang Pokpok moment na move (Pero okey lang, ate!!! You're still my winner pokpok girly!!! j/k!!! ;). At bakit biglang nagwala si Chris Ong? Gitna pa naman?! Hahahahaha! :D

Saturday night: Totally brilliant... ever!!! Medyo hindi ko lang trip yung Lied im Freien --- yung kanta itself not the way the men sang it. The men were absolutely germanic in their interpretation, nagulat nga ako eh! Galing! Sobra. Pero the piece itself (which is, i believe, a required one?) I don't like much. Parang wala lang sa character ng Glee Club males (CHING!!!). The Pamulinawen was able to make us in the audience smile with its Filipino character (a testament most obvious that Filipinos truly empathize more when their own songs are sung). So too was Pamugun (winner Deepa Scream!!!). I've always loved the way the Glee Club sings Pamugun (especially with Ate Rina and Papo moments!), and that night was no exception! Yet there was something different about the interpretation that night. Something more magical about it if i may say so myself.

I totally loved the power and depth of Libera me. And I cannot dance!! Oh my God!!! I loved it better than Musicians Wrestle Everywhere (na ginamit sa Tolosa?). Grabe, my friends were right: matutulala ka lang sa I cannot dance... Speechless... Flawless... Caturog was once more Auiee's that night, and she still stuns the audience into reminiscent (yearning) silence. Tanong: bakit nga hindi kinanta ang Nonot???


I will probably never be able to watch another live performance of my favorite ACGC. Hindi ko alam kung kailan ako babalik, or kung bumalik man ako, obviously iba na yung character -- aalis na yung iba "moving on", Professor Navarro will be turning in the baton to a different conductor as he pursues his doctorate sa Michigan. But this probably was the brightest I have ever seen the Glee Club in, full of hope for their journey to come. (Last year's homecoming concert was magnificent and electric as well, though.) That being the case, I loved every second of it. I just hope and pray that the Glee Club remains humble in their victories and magnanimous in their defeats (kung mayroon man).

Eniweys (grabe sobrang non-cohesive ng post koh!) Sa Thursday na kayo aalis, di ba? GOOD LUCK SOBRA!!! Pagdadasal ko kayo sa Australia kasama ng aking Tasmanian Devil/Sydney Beach Boy Chorale!!! :D :D :D Mabuhay kayo! At salamat sa musika. (chaka ko!)

[Zack]

Bocelli:
*** ba yung nakapula? :hmm: tanong lang po. sana naging mini eb ng mga pexers ang concert ng ateneo. :teehee:

[Boccelli]

Zack... hindi ako yun.... ako yung naka green... :)
Eh kayo po... sino ka po don sa mga WAN MILYON PEOPLETTES na nanood..

[Zack]

Bocelli.. i was the one seated right beside some members of a choir. i was infront of trina belamide and a few seats away from irene marcos araneta. hmm... yung kakilala ko yung naka longsleeves eh. yeah.. i saw you na. may idea na ako kung ano itsura mo :)

[enteng.00]

Zack, nakita mo naman pala ako eh, ano ba naman ang pwesto nyo! nakakabaliw! ayokong ayokong pumepwesto sa harapan - parang bang babagsakan ka ng langit at lupa sa bingi! musta graduation? 2loy ka ba med? sana di ako ma delay no? para sa march - martsa ako sa picc. alis yata kami ng 22 next mo. iaw kasi eh, di mo 3nay!

Boccelli, san ka nakapwesto? di ao yung katabi nung mga ka-
chorale mo, kuya ko yun sa grupo. i sat mga 2 rows b4 them, katabi ko si sir Ardi.

naku oh, wala na talagang makapag reply na glee club, lam mo - may isa lang akong napapansin sa mga farewell concerts na napanood ko sa kahitsino mang grupo - lagi may tension sa mga mukha ng mga members kahit gano ang project. i mean,
nadadala naman ang show pero manifested pa rin eh - siguro pressure, takot, excitement and others na nagkahahalo halo. basta...tama yung sinabi ni pyket.

[enteng.00]

Zack, nakita mo naman pala ako eh, ano ba naman ang pwesto nyo! nakakabaliw! ayokong ayokong pumepwesto sa harapan - parang bang babagsakan ka ng langit at lupa sa bingi! musta graduation? 2loy ka ba med? sana di ako ma delay no? para sa march - martsa ako sa picc. alis yata kami ng 22 next mo. iaw kasi eh, di mo 3nay!

Boccelli, san ka nakapwesto? di ao yung katabi nung mga ka-
chorale mo, kuya ko yun sa grupo. i sat mga 2 rows b4 them, katabi ko si sir Ardi.

naku oh, wala na talagang makapag reply na glee club, busy na talaga! lam nyo - may isa lang akong napapansin sa mga farewell concerts na napanood ko sa kahitsino mang grupo - lagi may tension sa mga mukha ng mga members kahit gano ang project. i mean,
nadadala naman ang show pero manifested pa rin eh - siguro pressure, takot, excitement and others na nagkahahalo halo. basta...tama yung sinabi ni pyket. gud luck ulit!

[Zack]

enteng.00
wow! :wow: trainee ka sa AS?! congrats! musta naman? inggit ako dun ah. :weep: anyway, mejo naguguluhan kasi ako nung mga panahon na nagpapaaudition ang AS kasi finals din at the same time. :confused3: tsaka tumatanggap ba ang AS ng mga graduates na? i wont be going to med i'll be working na by last week of may. sana nga maka grad ka on time. hanggang sa susunod na post. gudluck! :cheers:

[choirmaster]

SA LAHAT NG MGA NANOOD SA ATENEO CONCERTS:

Maraming salamat sa inyong walang humpay na pagtangkilik. Ipagdasal niyo na lang kami sa June 1 and 2, ang mga araw na kami ay kakanta. Wala kaming inaasam kundi ang makakanta ng maayos at walang disastrous moments ika nga.

Babush!

Choirmuthrels

[tuningfork]

Originally posted by M_Lover
chaka english. hehe joke lang :)

Sandali lang, musicians have been using the word "harang" since time immemorial. Does anybody know where it came from? Etymology ba. It's really been bothering me :bonkself: Oo really talaga. :rotfl:


According to my prof dati sa music na si Mr. C., the term "harang" originally was used to imply that "nahaharangan ang pagpasok sa klase" ng mga music students dahil nagsitugtugan ang mga ito sa kung saan-saan man during class hours. Di ko lang alam kung may ibang pinagmulan ang salitang ito.

[Boccelli]

Hola.. check this website..

http://privat.schlund.de/Alsfelder_Singkreis/jerusale.ram

this RealAudio file (hopefully you guys can listen to it) is by Oreya of Ukraine. They are really good.. You actually won't notice that they are Eastern European coz they sound sooo filipino... pero kasing linis ng Eastern European choir...

I hope they get into the Grand Prix as well... tapos.. kalaban ang sino ba... hmmm... hehehehehe.. sana hindi kami.. hihihihihi... pero i would love to give it a second try.... *sigh* .. kaka miss mag tour.. shucks.. alis na ateneo today.. good luck!!! :)

sige.. later!!!

[enteng.00]

Originally posted by Zack
enteng.00
wow! :wow: trainee ka sa AS?! congrats! musta naman? inggit ako dun ah. :weep: anyway, mejo naguguluhan kasi ako nung mga panahon na nagpapaaudition ang AS kasi finals din at the same time. :confused3: tsaka tumatanggap ba ang AS ng mga graduates na? i wont be going to med i'll be working na by last week of may. sana nga maka grad ka on time. hanggang sa susunod na post. gudluck! :cheers:

tapos na po trainee days namin, alis na nga kami dba? anyway, basta nood ka sa Main sa first week ng june yata, ewan ko...basta sa grand lobby ata or sa museum lobby...basta, wala ng elaboration, kanta kung kanta...para naman makapanood ibang mga taga uste ng mga ginagawa namin. gochit? pray ka nalang for us.

[Boccelli]

enteng.00... ano po ba yung AS? Para lang po maliwanagan ang inyong lingkod. salamat!

[shulien]

hello! nanood din ako ng farewell concert ng ACGC... WINNER! Panalo grabe. shiyempre lahat sila nagbo-board na ng eroplano patungong Europa as I am writing this pero baka sakali lang mabasa nila before June 1 para malaman nilang may isa pa silang fan dito. (GO JONEL!!!!)
pwede niyo rin ba akong i-welcome dito? inggit ako kay M_Lover eh. :) choral music enthusiast din naman ako - naging dormant lang 'til the UEChorale concert last friday sa Divine Savior Parish dahil sa practicum. anyway yun lang. go glee club!

[shulien]

PAhaBoL: natutuwa talaga ako na nagiging magkaibigan mga tao sa iba't-ibang choirs, maging up man o ust o admu o dlsu ... eh kung basketball ang pinag-uusapan nagpatayan na sana tayo sa internet :evil_lol: (kung pwede man yon)! someone said nga nung concert ng acgc which was attended by members of several choirs, hanggang dito lang naman yung competition sa pilipinas pero pag may lalabas sa bansa, all out support! the victory of a single choir is a victory for the whole country :lily:
anyway shucks naloloka ako trying to figure out who everyone subscribing to this thread is. :rollingeyes: si choirmaster, obvious naman eh. kilala ko yata si sopranina,si indiegirl, pero the others ...shucks! ***** di ko lang talaga kayo kilala at all. (johnvianney...daming clues pero di ko pa magets). as for me, di niyo talaga ako kilala. di naman ako sikat eh. :insane:
sige!kapayapaan! (is it just me or has the number of smilies quadrupled in the past month?!?!)

[M_Lover]

Originally posted by Boccelli
enteng.00... ano po ba yung AS? Para lang po maliwanagan ang inyong lingkod. salamat!


AS? Hindi ba UST Singers yon? AS parang Action Singers? Kamusta na nga pala sila?

Anyways, I'm so excited and I just can't hide it! :teehee:
Wala lang. :bungi:

[Zack]

Enteng.00

siempre meron na naman kayong public performance sa main building lobby. sa may grand staircase ba ulit?! :bungi: sige tignan ko kung makakanood ako. ay! teka teka pede ba akong magorder ng cd from you? baka pede, please e-mail me at zacky@gwapo.com to give me details... thanks! (utusan ba..):bigteeth:

[enteng.00]

Zack, hindi public performance, talagang concert format yata, para maiba naman hindi puro philam. at dba ang ganda sa grand staircase/lobby or sa lobby ng museum? ewan ko, di pa kc na fa-finalized yun eh, baka nga sumibat nalang kami ng wala e...para tahimik ang alis. baka pagbalik nalang, pero malay mo dba? buti nalang di ako mededelay...sana! cge, tingnan ko kung meron pang cd sa mga ates and kuyas ko dun.

Boccelli, tama si M_lover that's it.

M_lover, ok naman kami, we still need a big and long rehabilitation.

Kobe20, thanks nga pala sa review mo! gulat naman ako at nagustuhan mo ang aming kanta nung sabado...kahit parang practice ang labas nun, hehehe!

[Boccelli]

Originally posted by enteng.00

Boccelli, tama si M_lover that's it.




Ganun.. bat parang ngayon ko lang na laman na may UST Singers pala dito.. shucks.. miss ko na ang sound niyo!!!!
So were you part of the group that toured the US last year?
Ewan ko kung nameet kita nung nag Chicago kayo.. kasi paalis na kayo the next day when I passed by the house(mansion) of your host in Illinois. Ako yung friend ni Weng. Actually ngayong ka chat ko na rin ang isa pang hari sa tenor niyo.. kung sino man ang nasa SF... hehehehehehe..
So did we get the chance to meet enteng.00??

Paki clarify or reiterate the details of your concert.... thanks!!!

[enteng.00]

Originally posted by Boccelli
Ganun.. bat parang ngayon ko lang na laman na may UST Singers pala dito.. shucks.. miss ko na ang sound niyo!!!!
So were you part of the group that toured the US last year?
Ewan ko kung nameet kita nung nag Chicago kayo.. kasi paalis na kayo the next day when I passed by the house(mansion) of your host in Illinois. Ako yung friend ni Weng. Actually ngayong ka chat ko na rin ang isa pang hari sa tenor niyo.. kung sino man ang nasa SF... hehehehehehe..
So did we get the chance to meet enteng.00??

Paki clarify or reiterate the details of your concert.... thanks!!!



di pa ako kasama nun. batch 2000 yun. di pa kc nafa-finalized kung may farewell nga kami since hindi pa kami gaanong prepared, pero may mga unfinished plans na magkaroon dito, sa may UST nalang daw since puro philam nalang palagi, there's a place kc here na grabe ang ganda at sakto para sa mga choral concerts. it'l be on the june, just b4 we leave. k, c u!

[enteng.00]

Originally posted by Boccelli
Ganun.. bat parang ngayon ko lang na laman na may UST Singers pala dito.. shucks.. miss ko na ang sound niyo!!!!
So were you part of the group that toured the US last year?
Ewan ko kung nameet kita nung nag Chicago kayo.. kasi paalis na kayo the next day when I passed by the house(mansion) of your host in Illinois. Ako yung friend ni Weng. Actually ngayong ka chat ko na rin ang isa pang hari sa tenor niyo.. kung sino man ang nasa SF... hehehehehehe..
So did we get the chance to meet enteng.00??

Paki clarify or reiterate the details of your concert.... thanks!!!



di pa ako kasama nun. batch 2000 yun. la na nga pala c kuya weng, i dont know kung babalik cia next year. di pa kc nafa-finalized kung may farewell nga kami since hindi pa kami gaanong prepared, pero may mga unfinished plans na magkaroon dito, sa may UST nalang daw since puro philam nalang palagi, there's a place kc here na grabe ang ganda at sakto para sa mga choral concerts. it'l be on the june, just b4 we leave. k, c u!

[Zack]

enteng.00
sounds interesting ah. pero saan ang venue? parang magulo pa ata eh. hehehe. basta kung gabi yun. papanuorin ko. hirap kasi makatakas sa trabaho eh. anong sabi mo? may sobrang ganda na venue na sakto sa mga choral performances? saan?! ( kidding...) basta post mo ha kung kelan ang exact date and location. by the way, same price pa rin ba kahit grad na ng uste? hehehe... sana free na lang.........

[enteng.00]

zack,
la pa kami napipisil na date, basta ang alam ko mga 2 or 3 days before we leave eh yun *** date. best place ang lobby sa may grand-staircase o kaya sa lobby ng museum dba? para kang nasa langit? hehe! anyway, sayo may bayad yung iba libre lang...hehe! basta ipo-post ko nalang yung concrete plans for the "free" farewell, hahaha, sana...kasi parang di na sakto na mag farewell eh iilang linggo lang naman ang iistay namin dun. pero, most likely late hapon or gabi yun.

[Zack]

enteng.00

wow! sabi ko nga ba dun sa grand staircase eh. lahat pede dun eh, picture taking, kanta, kainan, upuan, hehehehe. sige post mo dito ha. plus the details about the cd. sana meron pa. and sana libre na lang ang performance niyo. pati sana ang cd..... lol!

[enteng.00]

zack,
pag na2loy sa grand staircase, free...pero kung sa loob ng museum, eh ibang usapan na yun...pano ang aircon and others...dba? pero mas gusto ko sa loob ng museum kasi ang ganda ganda, may balcony effect pa para sa mas mababang halaga ng ticket...hehehe. meron pa daw mga cd, ilan ba kunin mo, sampu? hehe! nasa uste naman ako/kami araw araw eh, so pano... c u nalang.

[Zack]

enteng.00
teka, sulat ka sa akin tas tanung mo kung anong availbale na batch ang available. pls pls pls!!!!! zacky@gwapo.com pls!!!!!

[jeff_21]

ahehem...i admire the university and college chorales you've all mentioned (like UST AS, DLSU Chorale,etc.) but I think you should also listen to the music of a great high school choir in the world (better than Kundirana, that is!)...of course, The SAN BEDA HIGH SCHOOL GLEE CLUB!!!...and i'm an alumnus of such organization...in fact, we have an alumni whose a member of UST AS right now (Weng and Stanley)...in DLSU chorale, we have Dennis and Jet...siyempre lahat sila dumaan sa ming "friend", Mr. TONTON AFRICA!!!...ciao pipol!

[Dina Sumising]

CHOIRMASTER, JOHNNYBBAD & ACGC MEMBERS:

Anong balita sa European Grand Prix???? Winnie Santos ba??? Balita naman dyan!

DINA SUMISING

[M_Lover]

Oo nga tama si Ariel B. Ano winnie santos ba? Saan ang kainan? :lol:

[minette]

Originally posted by jeff_21
ahehem...i admire the university and college chorales you've all mentioned (like UST AS, DLSU Chorale,etc.) but I think you should also listen to the music of a great high school choir in the world (better than Kundirana, that is!)...of course, The SAN BEDA HIGH SCHOOL GLEE CLUB!!!...and i'm an alumnus of such organization...in fact, we have an alumni whose a member of UST AS right now (Weng and Stanley)...in DLSU chorale, we have Dennis and Jet...siyempre lahat sila dumaan sa ming "friend", Mr. TONTON AFRICA!!!...ciao pipol!

Are you Jeff Lat? Pag nagkukuwento kasi friend ko about her fond memories of your choir eh naririnig ko pangalan mo... Anyway, i can testify na magaling talaga ang San Beda High School glee club pero di na ako nakakapanood lately. When we were in high school, parang sa amin nun, you had it made talaga (oo no! i-kumpara mo naman sa aming all-female choir). Mag-balita rin naman kayo kung merong performances ang glee club niyo ngayon. :) Si Dennis pala, CPA na! :) Siguro alam mo na pero gusto ko lang i-announce sa lahat! :)

[minette]

Originally posted by M_Lover
Oo nga tama si Ariel B. Ano winnie santos ba? Saan ang kainan? :lol:

Hello! Kelan po ba ang grand prix? :)

[shulien]

if I'm not mistaken, July 28 ata ang European Gran Prix sa Debrecen, Hungary. June 1&2 naman yung competition ng ACGC sa Marktoberdorf, Germany. Not entirely sure though :hmm:

[pyket]

The Gran Prix Europeen du Chant Chorale is in july, i believe... and yes, nung june 1&2 yung singing dates ng ACGC for Marktoberdoff... pero the competition continues after the 2nd of June. Not sure when the "finals" are though...

[Dina Sumising]

M_LOVER:

KAINES... Sinex ka? :)


Originally posted by M_Lover
Oo nga tama si Ariel B. Ano winnie santos ba? Saan ang kainan? :lol:

[M_Lover]

Dina Sumising:

Secret. Hehe. :D Pero magkakilala tayo kaya 'wag mo 'kong chachapterin k? :bungi:

[Rantis]

peace to all!


I would like to request all of you to please pray for the Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club. The Marktoberdorf Competitions will be holding its Closing Gala and Awarding Rites tomorrow, June 5. Even if the Glee Club got a standing ovation during the Mixed Choirs competition last saturday and a very warm applause during the Male Choirs competition last friday, the final decision will still be up to the judges.

Results will be posted tomorrow as soon as i can.

If you really want the results asap, you can text me at 09179027192

FYI: The 13th Great European Prize of Choral Singing sponsored by the Bela Bartok Nemzetzoki Korusverseny (Bela Bartok International Choirs Competition) will open on July 26. The Final's night will be on the 28th.

for the "curious":
The Association of the 2001 EGP + reps
1. Concorso Corale Internazionale di Canto Corale (Gorizia, Italy)- Mixed Choir from Germany
2. Concorso Polifonico Internazionale (Arrezo, Italy)
Mixed Choir from Vilnius, Lithuania
3. Bela Bartok International Choirs Competition (Debrecen, Hungary)- Children's choir from Hungary
4. Certamen Coral de Tolosa (Tolosa, Spain)
Kiev Female Choir
5. Florilege Vocal de Tours (Tours, France)
Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club
6. International May Choir Competition (Varna, Bulgaria)
NO REPRESENTATIVE

BTW, those who would like to order the CD compilation of the best live recordings of the Glee Club during the Maribor,Slovenia; Cork, Ireland; Tours, France and Tolosa Spain Competitions, just text me.

Ingats!

[Rantis]

Hi there!

Good news to all! The Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club bagged major prizes in the recently concluded 7th International Chamber-Choir Competition Marktoberdorf.
Winners were announced just a few hours ago. (9pm Manila time)

List of Awards:

MIXED CHOIRS
Achievement Level I- EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE

First Prize
ATENEO DE MANILA COLLEGE GLEE CLUB
Jonathan Velasco

Second Prize
Nordie Chamber Choir, Germany
Nicol Matt

Third Prize
Portland State University Chamber Choir, USA
Bruce Browne

*Choirs were classified according to levels of performances:
Excellent, Very good, Good and Performance.

MALE CHOIRS
Achievement Level I- Excellent performance

First Prize
Renner Ensemble Regensburg, Germany
Bernd Engelbrecht

Achievement Level II- Very good performance
Second Prize
Portland State University Men's Chorus, USA
Bruce Browne

Third Prize
Ensemble Pleiade, Japan
Ko Matsushita

ATENEO DE MANILA COLLEGE GLEE CLUB
Jonathan Velasco

GUSTAVE CHARLIER PREIS
for the best interpretation of a religious choral work

ATENEO DE MANILA COLLEGE GLEE CLUB
Jonathan Velasco
Vytautas Miskinis (1954)- LUCIS CREATOR OPTIME


Thank you guys for your prayers!

GO GLEE CLUB! GO PHILIPPINES!


RANTIS

[Ultra_MegaStar]

Congratulations to the ACGC for its victory!!!!!! And may you have many, many more to come.

Mabuhay! :kiss: :heart:

[M_Lover]

yehey! :D congrats! congrats! *okay* congrats! :bungi: Sa inyo ang inumin,:cheers:inyo ang pulutan!:chomp:

[Boccelli]

To the ACGC,

Congratulations to you ALL... galing galing talaga!!!
Iniimagine ko na lang kung gaano ka tense yung mga kalaban niyo nung nagperform kayo... siguro kulang na lang eh mag walk out sila sa sobrang galing niyo... We're so PROUD of YOU!!!... Ang ko-kyoray talaga...

Hi na lang to Mae ann, Andrei and Rina... so ang susunod is Grand Prix na?.. saan ba makikita ang website ng Grand Prix... parang wala eh... nakakainis...

Totoo bang makakalaban niyo ang Tapiola Children's Choir or chismis lang yun... Pero i think narinig ko na yung Kiev na All Female... Kayang kaya niyo sila. Gandahan ang pag project as always.................................

WE LAB YA ALL!!!

P.S. Congrats choirmother!!!

[enteng.00]

Congratulations ACGC, esp to rina and baste! hindi na ko kinabahan...alam na naman namin na panalo na kayo eh!

[enteng.00]

Zack, sorry po at ngayon lang ako nakapag logg...sobramng bc na eh, di ko pa nga nabubukasan email. isang daan na ***** yung inbox, sus!

[enteng.00]

Iniimbitahan ko po kayo na manood ng aming Konsiyerto ng Pagpapaalam (ang lalim),hehe! in other words, Farewell Concert po namin.

The UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS SINGERS in cooperation with The University of Santo Tomas Museum of Arts and Sciences

presents

MUSEOMUSICA
...the UST Singers at the Museum...

with

Professor Fidel Calalang Jr.
Conductor

June 22 and 23, 2001
UST Museum of Arts and Sciences,
Mezzanine-UST Main Building, Espana, Manila
7:00 PM
ticket-P200

Tickets are limited only to 250 guests, due to the capacity demand of the Venue.

This concert will be the start of the group's 8th Internatinal Concert Tour entitled - The Pacific Tour. The tour will cover Guam, Hawaii, U.S. Mainland and the highlight will be our participation in the 3rd World Choral Festival - 'Festival Mundial de Coros' in Puebla, Mexico.

and in the same time, the concert will be the premier of the Museum's Plan to be the center for performing Arts in Visual and Musical in the University. Plus, you'll get the chance of seeing the Oldest Museum in the country and in Southeast Asia.

For Ticket Reservations, Please call or Text:

Viola - 09179118011, Jojie - 09179169192 or Vincent - 09174929325

[Zack]

Enteng.00

na receive mo ba txt ko? sana.. papareserve ako ng dalawang tickets for the second night ng performance niyo. excited na ko marinig ulit ang ust singers. how about yung cds nga pala? i detail mo ko about the cd ha. tsaka san sa mezzanine floor ng ust museum? may bago na naman ba sa uste?.. haaay.....

[minette]

congrats sa ateneo... malugod na pagbati! :)

[Dina Sumising]

CHOIRMOTHER:

Kalowka! Winnie Santos na naman ang GC, of course, under your majestic conducting chuva. Congrats! Kainggit!!!! Next year pa ako mageu-europa mother! I-compile mo na lang ako ng mga contacts ng mga mhinchuva. heheheh.

Sinong magcoconduct ng GC for the European Grand Prix? Ikaw ba or hahabol si Joel N.?


JOHNNYBBAD & ACGC:

Congratulations!!!! Keep up posted on the upcoming European Grand Prix. Is there a webpage where we can see the results ek?

[enteng.00]

Originally posted by Zack
Enteng.00

na receive mo ba txt ko? sana.. papareserve ako ng dalawang tickets for the second night ng performance niyo. excited na ko marinig ulit ang ust singers. how about yung cds nga pala? i detail mo ko about the cd ha. tsaka san sa mezzanine floor ng ust museum? may bago na naman ba sa uste?.. haaay.....

dalawa for the 23rd? hehe, may ka date ka no? ok! hindi sa mezzanine ng museum, sa mezzanine ng main bldg, di ba, ang ganda ganda dun? yung mga cd's yata ng 2000 eh ibebenta sa labas, pero may dalawa na sakin, if in case di magbenta sa concert, kunin mo dadalhin ko nalang sa 23, k ba? c u der!

[Boccelli]

Wala bang Webpage for the European Grand Prix? Gusto ko ring makita ang other info on it kasi eh... Ang nakita ko lang is webpage ng Gorizia.. eh medyo di ko pa masyadong maintindihan coz its in Italian(konting pages eh english)


Kung meron man sa inyong may alam kung saan ang webpage especially Arezzo...

May nanalo na ba na Philippine Choir sa Arezzo na nag represent sa Grand Prix?

Yun lang.. hihihihi.. hey Dina Sumising!

[Zack]

enteng.oo

wala. yung friend ko lang na isa na choral fanatic din. good thing may 2000 cd. how about yung 1999. sana meron pa nung iba pang batches. sige. reserve mo kami ha. two tikets for the 23rd. thanks in advance. libre na ba? hehehehe....

[Rantis]

Hi!

Boccelli...

From what I know,the Tapiola Children's Choir does not join any choral competitions, Europe man o hindi. This is because their main vision is to promote musical excellence through cross-cultural ambassadorship. Thay specialize in singing contemporary works na especially commissioned to them. Most of these works come from Ukraine, Estonia, Russia, Germany, Bulgaria, Japan and of course ang kanilang native country, Finland.

Yung Kiev Female Choir nameet na ng Glee Club sa Tolosa. Sila rin yung nag first prize sa Equal Voices sa Tolosa nung 1996 kung saan ang MADZ ang nag Grand Prix.

Regarding yung mga choirs na nagrepresent sa Grand Prix, tatlo pa lang:

The Philippine Madrigal Singers
Gran Premio Kutxa 1996 (Tolosa)
1997 GRAND PRIX EUROPEEN DU CHANT CHORAL (Tours)- WINNER!


University of Sto. Tomas Singers
Gran Premio Citta di Gorizia 1998 (Gorizia)
1999 GRAND PRIX EUROPEEN DU CHANT CHORAL (Varna)- FINALIST


Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club
Grand Prix de la Ville de Tours 2000 (Tours)
2001 GRAND PRIX EUROPEEN DU CHANT CHORAL (Debrecen)- ??????


Kung meron akong nakalimutan o mali paki-correct nalang po ako! Actually maraming sinalihan itong tatlong choirs na Grand Prix Competitions pero doon lang sila nag-Grand Prix (e.g. UST Singers joined Tolosa 1995, Tours 1998 tsaka Arrezo 2000, ACGC joined Tolosa 2000, MADZ- ang alam ko lang Tours 1993 o 1994?

So paano yan? Ibig sabihin ang rami pang nakalaan na slots sa mga aspiring choirs para irepresent ang Arezzo, Varna tsaka Debrecen sa GRAND PRIX. Pagdasal natin ang UPSA para sila naman ang magrepresent sa Arezzo sa 2002 GRAND PRIX EUROPEEN DU CHANT CHORAL! GO UPSA!!!!

Nga pala Boccelli, walang website ang Debrecen therefore walang website ang Grand Prix 2001. Yung sa Gorizia na nakita mo 1998 pa yun. Minsan kasi nag-iiba ng rules depende sa orientation ng city. Ngayon may konting minodify ang Debrecen sa rules katulad ng sa programming.

GUYS! Share lang namin sa inyo ang ng isang German conductor. PLS TAKE NOTE OF THE GENERAL IMPRESSION OF EUROPEAN CHORAL MUSIC AUTHORITIES ABOUT FILIPINO CHOIRS!!! GO PHILIPPINES!

"you were able to communicate the german piece very well. i know of a choir
who speaks german very well but they were not able to communicate the meaning
to the audience.

"it was not a surprise for your choir to sing at such a high level, philippine
choirs are known all over the world for that. but i was amayed at the level
you sang brahms (vineta), i know of only about 3 or 4 choirs in germany
who could sing at almost that level. that's why for me your performance
was a miracle. i'm coming with you now to hear you sing more miracles at
the mass.
ever since your performance yesterday i was your number 1 fan."

Wener Pfaff
Choir studio conductor ng Marktoberdorf Competitions
He is also the conductor of studio vocale karlsruhe and is one of the worlds foremost authorities in romantic music (well opinion niya iyon sayang di
siya judge, di nanalo ang vineta.)


Yun lang po!!!

ENTENG! Pumapasok na ba si Precy??? Kailan alis niyo???

:dance:
:bear:

[enteng.00]

Rantis
uy, dito ka pala - nauuwi ka pa ba sa province natin?(para naman ang layo no?) heheh! musta na? alis kami sa 25, hay nako, hindi pa kami prepared, as in! dapat nakasama ka dun no? *** lang ksi eh, inuuna ang pag-aaral - makakasira yan sa pagkanta! hehehe! si pres eh nakapag-enrol na yata. e di narin naman yata papayagang kumanta yun eh, kaya puro aral siya ngayon dapat. anyway, kung may time ka ha - ayain mo sila na manood sa 22 or 23 ng circus namin. hehehehe! gud day!

[Zack]

Wow! galing talaga ng Philippines! from 96 up to present may representative sa grand prix!

[Dina Sumising]

BOCCELLI:

Hello... Kamusta ka na?

Aba, umariba na naman ang ACGC. I just received my copy of their cd recordings (2cd) na may autograph pa ni Joel & Choirmother. Bigla akong nainggit dahil nung pumasok ako sa GC nung '89 eh kakatapos lang ng European tour so ang beauty ko eh hindi naka-experience ng European tour. I am sure it's so much fun. Kaya't magsosolo flight na lang ako next year at magiikot on my own! LOL. Kalowka!


Originally posted by Boccelli
Wala bang Webpage for the European Grand Prix? Gusto ko ring makita ang other info on it kasi eh... Ang nakita ko lang is webpage ng Gorizia.. eh medyo di ko pa masyadong maintindihan coz its in Italian(konting pages eh english)


Kung meron man sa inyong may alam kung saan ang webpage especially Arezzo...

May nanalo na ba na Philippine Choir sa Arezzo na nag represent sa Grand Prix?

Yun lang.. hihihihi.. hey Dina Sumising!

[choirmaster]

Sa lahat ng *****-hanga ng Ateneo de Manila (basurero ng San Beda... hehehehe!):

Maraming salamat sa inyong mga dasal at mga congratulatory ekk! We would not have made it without you. Talaga namang nakakalowka ang competishyen, lalong lalo na ang Nordic Chamber Choir. They sang perfectly! But no, umarya at umariba pa rin ang Pinoy tsarm, ika nga!

Wala silang bukang bibig kundi yung Brahms namin na kinanta in competition. MA! I also think it was good. Na ja, mal sehen. Ich habe die CD gekauft, aber leider ist mein Koffer noch in Dubai oder irgendwo (Emirates war schuld). Ang ibig sabihin lang mothers, ay binili ko yung CD, pero in the meantime winala ng Emirates ang bagahe ko! Tingnan natin, baka lumabas tomorrow.

Yun lang. Daming trabahong naiwan, with PCC's programmes in Singapore and Taipei, and my repertoire for Singapore, and my repertoire for the World Youth Choir in December, plus San Miguel of course. Kalowka!

Yun lang...

P.S. DINA SUMISING: Kumusta ka na? We miss you! Si mareng Robina Farms, may hala-hala sa TENT sa Marktoberdorf! Mama! mukhang hindi pa pumapalo ng diezisiete!! hahahahaha!!! We had fun the last night, at kung nandoon ka, nakita mo sana si Choirmuthrels dancing the night away, sa bangko at sa lamesa, na may hawak na beermug sa isang kamay! hahahaha!!!
Mother! ANG GUGUWAPO NG PRESENT BATCH NG RENNER ENSEMBLE!!! Hindi lang yon - GOES SILA SA PINAS NEXT YEAR!!!! EEEEEEEEEHHHH!!!!! (Hindi tayo bading ano?)

[choirmaster]

Ano ba yon, na-asterisk ang beauty ko! Ang gusto kong sabihin ay taga-hanga, kaya lang sumobra yata ng letrang N yung taga- hehehehe!!!

[Dina Sumising]

CHOIRMOTHER!!!

Nagbalik-ka-hirang ka na ba sa Pilipinas???? Does this mean na buong GC eh bumalik and then may they fly back for the Grand Prix or ikaw lang??? Sowee at di ko wala akong kaalam-alam sa european tour logistics ek.

Aba!!! Ang Robina Farms pala eh jumoin din sa GC this time! Ang bruha talaga eh matagal nang graduate ng ateneo at nag-UP na nga't nag-music eh jumoin ulit ng GC for the tour. Naintriga ako. Sino-sino bang mga kakilala kong alumni ng GC ang jumoin sa tour aside from Robina? Jumoin ba sila ang De Pano sisters??? Ang saya pala!!!

Naiinggit ako!!! I am sure sobrang fun nung celebration ek and I could actually picture you with that beermug... BUTCH NA BUTCH!!! LOL. Reminds me of the World Youth Choir when they were there in Manila nung 1998. Sobrang fun din non, diba??? Lalo na nung party ek sa CCP at wala akong kiber na nakipaglampuchingan sa lobby with that Swedish soloist. Kalowka!

Again, CONGRATS, CHOIRLOWLA and the ACGC.... Ikaw ba ang magcoconduct for the European Grand Prix???? Chika naman dyan.

At chismaks ka naman kung sinong nagwinnie santos sa San Miguel Professional Choir chuva. I heard na may mga Chopa na nagetch. Sino-sino pang mga kakantahan natin ang mga nagwin... at sino ang mga cumacrayola ngayon. LOL.




Originally posted by choirmaster
Sa lahat ng *****-hanga ng Ateneo de Manila (basurero ng San Beda... hehehehe!):

Maraming salamat sa inyong mga dasal at mga congratulatory ekk! We would not have made it without you. Talaga namang nakakalowka ang competishyen, lalong lalo na ang Nordic Chamber Choir. They sang perfectly! But no, umarya at umariba pa rin ang Pinoy tsarm, ika nga!

Wala silang bukang bibig kundi yung Brahms namin na kinanta in competition. MA! I also think it was good. Na ja, mal sehen. Ich habe die CD gekauft, aber leider ist mein Koffer noch in Dubai oder irgendwo (Emirates war schuld). Ang ibig sabihin lang mothers, ay binili ko yung CD, pero in the meantime winala ng Emirates ang bagahe ko! Tingnan natin, baka lumabas tomorrow.

Yun lang. Daming trabahong naiwan, with PCC's programmes in Singapore and Taipei, and my repertoire for Singapore, and my repertoire for the World Youth Choir in December, plus San Miguel of course. Kalowka!

Yun lang...

P.S. DINA SUMISING: Kumusta ka na? We miss you! Si mareng Robina Farms, may hala-hala sa TENT sa Marktoberdorf! Mama! mukhang hindi pa pumapalo ng diezisiete!! hahahahaha!!! We had fun the last night, at kung nandoon ka, nakita mo sana si Choirmuthrels dancing the night away, sa bangko at sa lamesa, na may hawak na beermug sa isang kamay! hahahaha!!!
Mother! ANG GUGUWAPO NG PRESENT BATCH NG RENNER ENSEMBLE!!! Hindi lang yon - GOES SILA SA PINAS NEXT YEAR!!!! EEEEEEEEEHHHH!!!!! (Hindi tayo bading ano?)

[choirmaster]

DINA SUMISING:

Lost talaga ang beauty mo mother. Glee Club continues with the tour; I think nasa Cologne or Paris na sila ngayon... at ang beauty ko lang ang umuwi ditrels sa Pinas. Joel is leaving for Paris on Thursday to join the group. Siyempre, kung gaano ka kabongga ang reception sa iyo sa Marktoberdorf, ganoon din naman ka-humble ang pagdating mo sa NAIA, with the matching lost luggage ekk! Mama, ininterview aketch ng ROMANIAN Radio, sa tabi ng tent sa Marktoberdorf, at say niya, alam mo ba na sikat ka sa Romania? Ako naman e: whaaaat? hello? ano'ng ginagawa ng pangalan ko sa Romania? Taga-hala ng mga Romanian boys chuva?! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

At merong isang Korean student na sinundan ang Ateneo Glee Club magmula last year pa! matooks! Conducting student siya sa Germany. At merong isang German, papasok ako ng makeshift CR sa tabi ng TENT, tinitigan niya ako at nerbiyosong nagsabi ng hello! Ako naman, pagkatapos tumungga ng tatlong mugs ng beer, KEBS! hello din aketch, tapos goes inside to make wiwi. Mama, sinundan ako, at habang umiihi kaming magkatabi, ay sabay kwento na conducting student siya sa Dusseldorf, at in AWE siya sa akin, etc etc... Napansin ko na ubos na ang wiwi niya, kwento pa rin siya! E ako naman, ubos na rin ihi ko, kwento din ako! Ayun, isang minuto kaming nakatayo doon, na nakalabas ang mga pututoy, at nagkukuwento! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Eventually, nilibre niya ako ng isa pang beer. Pangalan niya'y Martin something-or-other. MA!

Kasama din sa Ateneo si Jolegs at si Baste. Si Niner de Pano kasama din, pero si Dada naiwan, dahil jontis. Si Jay susunod, kasama ni Joel. Ako? Settle down na naman, work to death... gusto kong pumunta ng America, pero takot ako sa visa (this after a gazillion Schengen visas to Europe). Bahala na!

Choirmuthrels

[pyket]

tanong po para sa acgc...

siguro naman po maglalabas tayo ng recordings ulit di ba??? DI BA??? DIIIII BAAAAAAAAAAAAAH??? DI VAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH??? :D :D :D :D

[Rantis]

PYKET...

YUP!!!! Target release nya dapat this week pero di ko alam kung madedeliver sya sa Paris this thursday.

Choirmother...

kwento ka naman. isnabero ka naman sa text eh. :(

:sad:

[M_Lover]

Wala lang; para naman may bagong post. :D :p :bungi:

[enteng.00]

Zack, *** ba yung nag text? o yung friend mo?
di ako makapagreply kasi sira yung fone ko - newei, yung pinareserve mo ok na! dalawa di ba? sa first ba or sa second day?

[Zack]

enteng.00

ahh kaya naman pala di magreply eh. two tikets for the second day. teka what time ba yun? teng yung cd ano na nangyari dun? meron pa bang 2000? pati ibang years meron like 99 down? hanggang sa muling pagpost. baka maghintay ulit ako ng gazillion years ha. hehehe. joke lang. :)

[Zack]

enteng.00

ahh kaya naman pala di magreply eh. two tikets for the second day. yung nagtxt ng una, ako yun. tapos yung pangalawa, friend ko yun so the same lang din. teka what time ba yun? teng yung cd ano na nangyari dun? meron pa bang 2000? pati ibang years meron like 99 down? hanggang sa muling pagpost. baka maghintay ulit ako ng gazillion years ha. hehehe. joke lang. :)

[johnvianney]

Choirmother !
Bravi, bravi, molto bravi. You did it again.. I am so elated to know that you are now in the annals of the Marktoberdorf Chorfest Winners ekk..If you will recall, some
12 years back...you missed participating in this competition due to some bad stroke of chickenpox or measles
or whatever malignant disease you contracted..But now...you came back with a vengeance so to speak...not just as a chorister but as the choir director/choirmaster whatever you call it. I am so proud...Pa-hingi naman ng CD Competition recording..Napakataas mo na...mahirap nga abutin chuvah...My warmest congratulations to ACGC..you deserve it...

[k!d]

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don bosco ciempre

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what wud u do wen u donnette walkin around yah?
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truistr me its d bst thing to do
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[pyket]

sino po ang tunay na baliiiiiwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww???

(wala lang... ano'ng ka-ekekan yun? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!)

[enteng.00]

Originally posted by Zack
enteng.00

ahh kaya naman pala di magreply eh. two tikets for the second day. yung nagtxt ng una, ako yun. tapos yung pangalawa, friend ko yun so the same lang din. teka what time ba yun? teng yung cd ano na nangyari dun? meron pa bang 2000? pati ibang years meron like 99 down? hanggang sa muling pagpost. baka maghintay ulit ako ng gazillion years ha. hehehe. joke lang. :)

magbebenta daw ng 2000 hanggang 1998 daw. sorry ha, di na ako gaanong makapag log in kasi sobrang daming inaasikaso...oh my, pati thesis ko napapabayaan ko na! pero kaya pa naman...musta work? cge, c u nalang on the 23rd with ur date...hehe!

[Zack]

enteng.00

oist! pano ka namin makikita on the 23rd? tsaka best friend ko yung kasama ko eh. tulungan mo yung mga thesis mate mo. feelling ko kawawa na sila tas ikaw nagpapakasaya. hehehe... joke lang yun ha. oks naman work ko. masaya naman. sige hanggang sa susunod na post ha. gudluck s thesis niyo. ingatz....

[enteng.00]

hehe, zack, wala akong groupmates sa thesis ko - solo ko, tapos sa PNRI pa ako gumagawa...grabe nga yung mga sampale ko eh - imagine - p***c hair ng babaing may breast cancer at lalaking may prostate cancer...my God - hirap ngang maghanap nung pangalawa eh. anyway, tawagan mo ako on the 23rd pag andun ka na - nasakin na yung tickets mo - binaba na nga pala sa 150 yung price para naman can afford ng mga estu. c u nalang ha!

[Zack]

enteng.oo

Wow! pero parang ang hirap ata ng thesis mo. anyways, thanks in advance sa tikets ha. tawagan kita on the day itself para i confirm kung tuloy ako or hinde. hehehe. joke lang po. tuloy na tuloy kami dun. pakitago na lang yung tikets ha. gudluck sa thesis mo. thanks in advance! c u sa 23 kuya enteng!

[mimay]

ChoirMOTHER, este MASTER, we miss you already. We'll have two concerts tomorrow. Our first concert day with Joel.

Rantis, wassup? While singing "Anak" I remembered the time you were helping me out in Amsterdam. La lang, missed you na. Email me lang for any updates ha? Mwah!

Euns, hewow! Hope everything's fine with you.

[Rantis]

Musta na kayo dyan? May naipon na ba kayong pera dyan para pambayad sa mga utang? (hehe...mukhang pera na talaga!)

I hope Joel, Aying and Jay were able to arrive there safely. Okay naman kami dito. We had dinner in Kublai's last week. Get together nang mga naiwan: Dada, Daphine, Faye, Stella, Alex, Jay, and Mags. The day after that, Eunice, Alex, Stella and I had a serious talk with Joel regarding transitional problems. They also got their tickets during that meeting.

We just finished org presentations and it was so tiring. As usual walang tulugan the night before. It was fun naman...hay naku! ang intro ng beloved Euniche! 2 minutes and 20 seconds lang ang alloted per session. Almost 60 batches siguro yun!

il just email u para sa lahat ng details. ingat kayo dyan at gud lak sa Grand Prix!

Hi mo na lang ako sa lahat.


:dance:

ENTENG!

Nagdinner daw kayo ni Precy...Musta tour preparations? Libreng tickets naman dyan oh (Joke lang!)

[enteng.00]

Rantis,
nuod ka ba? sama ka kina prisi, nood daw sila ng friday eh, ako na bahala sayo...hehehe, nako oo, nag dinner kami sa isang carinderia dito, dun kasi ang kainan ng pgc eh, tapos ang lapad lapad ni prisi, hehehe, sabi ko nga sa kanya eh mag jog every morning and afternoon sa field para man lang mabawasan, hehe! musta na studies? nakakasagabal yan sa pagkanta ha! cge!

Zack,
ok! c u in sat! mag dala kalang ng panlibre sakin after ha! dba sumweldo ka na? ang repertiore namin, diyos ko - ang cute - parang circus!!! hehehe! mas madaming bagong mga kanta at surprise nalang yung iba...hehe! c u!

[Zack]

enteng.00

elo! kakatuwa naman yung repertoire niyo. basing from you eh nakakatuwa. hay naku, sana lang na magagandang selections yung mga pinili niyo noh. hehehe. cge c u na lang sa sat. gudluck in advance! :)

[mimay]

Hi Rantis! So far so good naman ang financial status. God is really on our side. Joel, Aying and Jay arrived safely. Napasabak na nga kaagad nung Sunday sa kangaragan.

Eniweiz, I'll just wait for your email. :) Ingat *** and pahinga when you can.

We're transferring to Orleans later at 3:00p.m. I'll update you na lang from time to time.

Choirmaster, did you get the forwarded message from Marktoberdorf? It's for you and it came from Stephanie of Singapore. Quite URGENT! Ingat po! :)

[todd_17]

Rantis,
i hope tama yung guess ko kung *** ka....

hi there, di ka pala sama ng tour? nyways, miss u guys.sana makabalik ako one day sa group. musta na, how u doin?

ACGC, guys no na nangyari sa tour? k ba? hows everyone especially the new faces?
hope u guys r havin' fun...

[tuningfork]

hi guys! labas na amin new album madz around the world. kuha kayo sa mga record bars kung gusto nyo. kung gusto nyo lang. hehehe. tnx

[Zack]

Originally posted by tuningfork
hi guys! labas na amin new album madz around the world. kuha kayo sa mga record bars kung gusto nyo. kung gusto nyo lang. hehehe. tnx

pls give us the title of the album. pls pls pls! congrats sa ust singers!

[Boccelli]

OO nga... congrats sa UST Singers... balita ko ay diyosa pa rin daw ang tunog niyo...

I didn't know na kinanta nyo pala yung O Magnun Mysterium by Lauridsen... ****... one of my favorite 6 minute-7 minute pieces... major emote kasi... actually nagparinig nun sakin former Fabolus tenor ng UST Singers.. :)
At in furness.. kinanta rin pala ang Ave Maria Bruckner na favorite ng Chorale.. :)... CONGRATS again!!!


tuningfork... oo nga daw... i heard.. bibili ako sa Tower Records mamaya... :)

May nanood ba nung UPCC Concert?

[980042]

Hello choir peeps!

Watched UST SINGERS last Friday and UPSA yesterday. Watch think?:cool:

[980042]

Hello choral peeps!

I watched UST SINGERS last riday and UPSA yesterday. What do you think?:cool:

[Zack]

yey! i got the cd of madz. sana madami pa kayong ilabas sa future. mabuhay kayo! :)

[enteng.00]

Aloha! from the land of the pineapples and active volcanoes...magandang umaga!

Maraming salamat sa mga nanuod ng Concert namin last friday and saturday, sana naman po ay nagustuhan nyo ang aming pagtatatanghal kahit medyo gipit kami sa oras dahil tatlong buwan lang po kami naghanda.

Paumanhin man po sa mga taong di na napapasok at di nakaupo dahil sa venue, ngunit tiyak naman na natuwa naman kayo sa hitsura ng Museum...sana'y maulit pang muli ang aming pagtatanghal doon.

Aking pinapangarap na bigyan naman ng pagkakataon ang ibang grupo na makapag-perform dun sa Museum dahil isa ito sa perpektong lugar na pwedeng pagtanghalan ng mga konsiyerto ng ibagng mga choir.

Sa susunod na panonood!

Sana'y sa pagdating namin sa mainland at sa Mexico, ay maiangat namin ang impresyon ng mga dayuhan sa atin sa pamamagitan ng aming mga awit, marahil na din sa mga di magagandang pangyayari sa ating bansa na nagbabahid ng dumi sa dangal ng mga Filipino.

Bocelli, why didn't you watch? tought ur w going to...anyway, our
Lauridsen was good, kanino mo naman nakuha ang news? *** kasi eh di nanood.

Zack, hoy, andito na kami sa honolulu, di mo pa ako nabayaran! ching! madami ka ng pera dba?

Rantis, maraming salamat sa panood, kala ko eh di na kayo matutuloy, lam mo ba, naiiyak pa ako nung umaga co'z ang lakas lakas ng ulan sa bulacan, kala ko wala ng manonood. anyway, thaks din kay alex ha!

[Boccelli]

Hey enteng.00

I heard nasa Honolulu na nga daw kayo.. sabi sakin nung isang tiga SF na may test this week. I-hi niyo na lang ako sa kanya pag nakita niyo...

Nabalitaan ko thru a friend of mine na friend ng isang dating diyos sa tenor(i think) hehehehehehehe... kaya ako di nakapanood kasi may harang pa sa Caleruega nung mga panahong iyon kaya wiz ang appearance ko sa Museo sa may UST.. :( kakainis... gusto ko pa namang marinig ang interpretation niyo ng mga pianissimos ng O Magnum Mysterium.. yun lang naman yung mahirap doon aside from the lengthynez of the piece... chaka nga daw yung Stabat Mater.. kanino nga bang Stabat Mater yun? Kay Penderecki ba? Sabi lang sa akin na vivo daw yung piece na yun kasi narinig na nung friend kong SFranciscoan nung nasa Europe daw sila... windang ever ang piyesa... Im sure na tira niyo ng vivo!

Sana mag enjoy kayo sa tour niyo sa states.. ano ba ang itinerary niyo?

Originally posted by enteng.00
Aloha! from the land of the pineapples and active volcanoes...magandang umaga!

Maraming salamat sa mga nanuod ng Concert namin last friday and saturday, sana naman po ay nagustuhan nyo ang aming pagtatatanghal kahit medyo gipit kami sa oras dahil tatlong buwan lang po kami naghanda.

Paumanhin man po sa mga taong di na napapasok at di nakaupo dahil sa venue, ngunit tiyak naman na natuwa naman kayo sa hitsura ng Museum...sana'y maulit pang muli ang aming pagtatanghal doon.

Aking pinapangarap na bigyan naman ng pagkakataon ang ibang grupo na makapag-perform dun sa Museum dahil isa ito sa perpektong lugar na pwedeng pagtanghalan ng mga konsiyerto ng ibagng mga choir.

Sa susunod na panonood!

Sana'y sa pagdating namin sa mainland at sa Mexico, ay maiangat namin ang impresyon ng mga dayuhan sa atin sa pamamagitan ng aming mga awit, marahil na din sa mga di magagandang pangyayari sa ating bansa na nagbabahid ng dumi sa dangal ng mga Filipino.

Bocelli, why didn't you watch? tought ur w going to...anyway, our
Lauridsen was good, kanino mo naman nakuha ang news? *** kasi eh di nanood.

Zack, hoy, andito na kami sa honolulu, di mo pa ako nabayaran! ching! madami ka ng pera dba?

Rantis, maraming salamat sa panood, kala ko eh di na kayo matutuloy, lam mo ba, naiiyak pa ako nung umaga co'z ang lakas lakas ng ulan sa bulacan, kala ko wala ng manonood. anyway, thaks din kay alex ha!

[enteng.00]

yup, we're here na sa hawaii, grabe po ang jet lag, after lang nung concert namin nung 23 eh nun palang kami nag impake, kaya la talaga 2log b4 umalis. anyway, - the O Magnun seem to be easy at the first glance but the interpretation and the phrasing-phasing really counts...plus the grandioso climatic alleluia-mysterium part is, easy to learn (the notes) but oh my, staggering in full is not. the pianissimo, well...sana pinanuod mo - anyway, mag re release naman yata kami nang live recording nung send off concert namin.

One week kami dito sa honolulu, then fly kami sa L.A. for 4 days - baka nga manuod si Morten Lauridsen sa concert namin eh - hehe, mangarap ba!? taga dun kasi siya dba? pero may possibility daw...

Stabat Mater was "created" by J.Barkauskas...at total weird-kaloko-pamatay piece na siyang kumain ng mahaba habang araw na rehearsal. U should have come talaga...narinig mo sana ang mala-pababang jet from the sky. at serena ng bumbero...

Anyway, mag i stay kami sa Mexico for the World Choral Festival for 9 days, di ko lang alam kung anong date..anyway c u nalang next time...gud day!

[Zack]

hi enteng!

hay naku, ang rating ko lang sa concert ng ust singers, A+. hay.. ang favorite ko as of now are stabat mater and el guayaboso. galing galing! gudluck sa performance niyo sa amerika at mejico. mabuhay! :)

[GadoGado]

hoy rantis.
kamusta ka na. txt ka naman kahit di ako nakakasagot. were in switzerland today. mahal ang mga bilihin dito parang bridge over troubled water.

pyket
anong ginagawa mo sa pilipinas. supposed to be eh nagkakangaroo back riding ka na diba? well gusto mo siguro manood ng homecoming. dumaitng na ang bagong cd ng gc at grab... monteverdi choir sings rosas pandan ang tunog niya. nirecord namin ang fav mong ilay kaya abang ka na lang. and since nasa pinas ka pa eh bilhin mo na lang ang cd pag uwi namin mabuti naman at di na ko gagastos para sa shipping costs papuntang australia. kamusta mo ko sa mga kablock natin.

alex anong sino ka ba dito nagpepex ka ba? well kamusta na rin sa iyo. mamimili na ako ng swiss chocolates, swiss clocks, swiss knife, swiss miss, swiss air, swiss chairs, swiss condom, swiss elephants, swiss sampayan at kung ano-ano pang swiss. sige bye. paki sabi naman sa coa eh huwag na kong kulitin. hindi ko nachecheck email ko parati kaya di ko kasalanan kung wala akong balita sa kanila. i txtd them rantis' txt pero sabi niya di daw nila natanggap. sige bye. ulit

[sopranina]

Mothers! Hallo! Katulad nga ng sabi ni Gado Gado kami ay nasa Switzerland na. Mama sabi sampung oras papunta dun from Bergerac sa France... shempre inabot kami ng 14 hours sa bus naming nag-conk out ang aircon with only two 15 minute stops for jingle break.... ang killer dun may concert kami pagdating. Ganda! Hay... salamat sa mga nag-congratulate sa amin nung mabalitaan yung Marktoberdorf... sana po ay ipagdasal niyo po kami nang mas grabe para sa EGP. Osha. Nababaliw na ako sa paggamit nitong German made keypad na ito. Ciao one and all!!

[pyket]

gadogado, sopranina, beverage, chris ong: FYI, sa January na po ako papailanlang sa Sydney. Bwisit kasi eh. AH basta!!! kwento ko na lang pag nanood ako ng homecoming ninyo. Bwisit. Shempre pa-drama effect pa ako nung post ko tungkol sa farewell concerts ninyo. Wit rin pala aalis for the July term!!! Ngyek...

so may CD na kayo na i-re-release? isa lang? so kunyari nanalo kayo sa EGP, may additional CD pa ba??? (pwera usog) :D :D competishyen cd ba or tipong german orange 2000 cd na sobrang better naman??? hehehehehehe... pero sana may kompetishyen CDs pa rin kayo. para alam ko kung sino'ng chachakahin ko pag may mali. CHINGKY!!!! :D :D :D

gadogado: pasabi lang. nasabi ko na sa barkada ang aking lihim (na nasa homepage ko, na malamang nakita mo na!!!) BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! pero naglolost yung dalawa nating kabarkada sa groupings. wala na tayo eh. hahahahahaha...

ACGC: congratulations ulit at more power!!! pinagdarasal ko kayooooooooooooooooo!!!

[GadoGado]

Originally posted by pyket

gadogado: pasabi lang. nasabi ko na sa barkada ang aking lihim (na nasa homepage ko, na malamang nakita mo na!!!) BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! pero naglolost yung dalawa nating kabarkada sa groupings. wala na tayo eh. hahahahahaha...

ACGC: congratulations ulit at more power!!! pinagdarasal ko kayooooooooooooooooo!!! [/B]

WA KO GET ANG MESSAGE NA ITO. sinong dalawang tao na naglolost? aniweyz if you want recordings of d kompetisyens meron ako. hi tech kasi ang marktoberdorf. pagkatapos ng competitions, benta agad ng cd recordings. nawawala nga lang yung ibang binili ko ewan ko ba kung sinong humiram. sayang, now i only have ateneo male choir, ang mixed choir with the san jose choraliers na friendly friends namin dahil may mga pinoy members sila. nawawala yung aking portland male choir na sobrang linis kumanta pero sobrang yabang din (imagine pati yung organista ng marktoberdorf kino choreo). nawawala rin yung aking renner ensemble with the japanese choir recording. sayang ang pera ko.

sige bye

[Ogie]

Galing talaga ng ACGC!
Rina, im so proud to be ur friend.. :glee: nax! congrats sa inyo!

Sana nasa mabuti kang kalagayan diyan sa europa...ingatz palagi a!

Heard there's a new CD...itago mo na sa baol ang isang kopya para sa akin...bago ako maubusan! :walkman:

Good luck sa EGP!

[pyket]

Originally posted by GadoGado


WA KO GET ANG MESSAGE NA ITO. sinong dalawang tao na naglolost? aniweyz if you want recordings of d kompetisyens meron ako. hi tech kasi ang marktoberdorf. pagkatapos ng competitions, benta agad ng cd recordings. nawawala nga lang yung ibang binili ko ewan ko ba kung sinong humiram. sayang, now i only have ateneo male choir, ang mixed choir with the san jose choraliers na friendly friends namin dahil may mga pinoy members sila. nawawala yung aking portland male choir na sobrang linis kumanta pero sobrang yabang din (imagine pati yung organista ng marktoberdorf kino choreo). nawawala rin yung aking renner ensemble with the japanese choir recording. sayang ang pera ko.

sige bye


*taas ang kilay*

"Hiniram" talaga ang ginamit nating verb. How trusting naman. Bwahahahahahahaha!!!! Kung Renner Ensemble at yung Japanese Choir (**** nakalimutan ko yung name) CDs yung nawawala, NAKAW na ang tawag don!!! hahahahahaha...

Pero sige, pag-uwi mo, since pareho tayong OSY for the Semester, mag-sunog tayo ng mga CDs... (shhhhhhhhhh!!!!) In other words, burn, baby, burn!!!!

[GadoGado]

Originally posted by pyket



*taas ang kilay*

"Hiniram" talaga ang ginamit nating verb. How trusting naman. Bwahahahahahahaha!!!! Kung Renner Ensemble at yung Japanese Choir (**** nakalimutan ko yung name) CDs yung nawawala, NAKAW na ang tawag don!!! hahahahahaha...

Pero sige, pag-uwi mo, since pareho tayong OSY for the Semester, mag-sunog tayo ng mga CDs... (shhhhhhhhhh!!!!) In other words, burn, baby, burn!!!!

oo nga no, ang lakas ng loob kong tawagin kang osy, eh pareho naman pala tayo. ayan gimick to death tayo. sit-in tayo sa kanila o kaya wave while they're having a class para mainggit sila.http://

[pyket]

gadogado: pakisabi sa dalawang mega-bass na kaibigan ko (sina chris at beverly beverage) na nawala ko na yung mga CD nila... wala na silang daratnan pagbalik nila sa Pilipinas. Sabihin mo kay Chris na nascratch ko yung RIAS KAMMERCHOR niya :) (biro lang. pero sabihin mo pa rin...) pahiram ng mga CDs ha!!! mag-CD session ulit tayo pagbalik ninyo!!! grabe ang boring ng buhay ko ngayon. ingat kayo lahat diyan ha... 'matitindi' raw ang mga europeo (in EVERY SINGLE aspect of the word 'MATINDI' --- mind you, i'm not just talking about singing. hehehehehehe) ang boring ng buhay ko dito, if i may say so myself. as in, NOTHING. just totally bumming around. grabe na.

[Dina Sumising]

TO CHOIRMOTHER, ACGC, JOHNNYBBAD:

Kailan ba ang European Grand Prix chuva?
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Update naman dyan o....

Johnnybbad: Pakihello na lang ako kay Robin, Aying, Niner and Vivian B. Sino pa bang alumni ang jumoin na kakilala ko?

Goodluck, goodluck GC!!! Ika nga ni Serena Williams kay Venus, "Bring the title home".

[choirmaster]

Dina Sumising:

Sa pagkaalam ko, ang European Grand Prix chuva ay sa last days of July. Uuwi ang ACGC sa August 2, or thereabouts. Of course, mas masasagot ng mga taga-ACGC ang tanong mo. Ako kasi, medyo busy with San Miguel Master Chorale. Siyanga pala, na-move ang inaugural concert ng SMMC to December of this year.

Ma'm OA is celebrating her 73rd birthday this Wednesday, kung saan ang simbahan ng della Strada ay pupunuin ng choirs for the 7 p.m. mass. Oo nga pala, surprise itetch, so sana hindi siya nagbabasa ng Pex! hehehehe... Tapos meron din kaming dinner para sa kanya sa Via Mare Tektite... sa Thursday. All Madz affair itetch. Balita ko uuwi si Johnvianney... Si Sal Malaki nandito na, at si Kit Viguilla pauwi rin, pati si Jonathan Zaens.

Yon palang ang chisms ko sa yo. Oo nga pala, Philippine Chamber Choir will have a concert sa Philamlife on August 9, Thursday at 7:30. This is our farewell concert before departing on August 13 for Singapore for the Asia South Pacific Symposium on Choral Music. Ang lowla mo ay may seminar on rehearsal techniques, tapos may I conduct the Symposium choir chuva. Sa mga nagbabasa sa PEx, tickets are 300 and 200 pesoseses. Title ng concert ay Made in the Philippines, kasi lahat ng kanta, although Philippine at Asian, ay gawa sa Pilipinas. Di va vong?

Ayos. Sige pare, tulog na ko. Marami pa akong kamachohang gagawin bukas. CHENKEEEE!!!

Choirmuthrels

[take_kyle_home]

hI GADOGADO!

ako nga ito... ang isa sa naiwanan dito sa land of always negative GDP growths... unlike dyan sa Zheurope!

Basta, ingatz kayo lagi dyan...

We're always praying for you!

[980042]

Schucks!

Kaninong username yun!

Gadogado, this is still me... hindi ko alam kung bakit yun ang lumabas na username!

Eto pa rin,
980042

[Boccelli]

Hmmm mukhang natahimik ang mga lowla ko sa PEx ah..

Anyways,
nanood ako ng concerts nung Friday(Sal Malaki, Kit and Maryjo) at nung Saturday (Madz)...

windang ever yung Friday.. as in.. nakakaiyak ang emotions na na eexude ni Maryjo... grabe.. the best yung Madama Butterfly at yung isa pang song na nakalimutan ko yung name.. para kong narinig si Callas.. :)

Lalo na ang diyos ng lahat na si Sir Sal Malaki.. exag ang kagalingan.... wala na akong masabi.. im speechless...

yung saturday... wag na lang nating pagusapan.. hehehehehehehehe
pero aminado naman daw ang mga ate kuya natin sa Madz.. :)

enjoy naman ang weekend ko....

sana yung show sa July 29 matuloy.. at sana mas maraming manood!....

:)

Have a great weekend... to sir boyong... gagawin ko na po yung CD ng WSCM 99.... :D

[GadoGado]

Originally posted by 980042
Schucks!

Kaninong username yun!

Gadogado, this is still me... hindi ko alam kung bakit yun ang lumabas na username!

Eto pa rin,
980042

[GadoGado]

Originally posted by 980042
Schucks!

Kaninong username yun!

Gadogado, this is still me... hindi ko alam kung bakit yun ang lumabas na username!

Eto pa rin,
980042

hoy kamusta na kayo diyan. anong ginagawa mo? wer here in vienna. ano nga bang babalita ko? i forgot na. less than two weeks na lang egp na. worldwide na ang kalituhan namin sa pag decide kung papalitan pa ang rep pero natapos din sa final decision na wag na lang. ang ganda ng prague. namakyaw ako ng Sto. Niño kaya lahat ng dapat pasalubungan pati yung di dapat pasalubungan eh mapapasalubungan ko na.

pyket, sige cd session tayo pag uwi since when mo last nakita sina patrick? balitaan mo naman ako ulit.

congrats nga pala sa UPSA they one first priye sa folkloric at mixed choir ng johannes brahms competition sa germany pati na rin special prize safor "eli eli" at conductors prize. at eto pa, nanalo din sila sa slovakia. go philippines

[GadoGado]

hello,

bakit ilang araw nang walang nag popost dito. anyway, ilang araw na lang (tatlo ata) egp na. ipagdasal niyo kami please. especially on saturday 12 midnight sa pilipinas. sasabak na kami.

bye

[Zack]

gudluck sa ateneo glee club! god will make a way. mabuhay ang pilipinas! btw, wala bang magpopost ng mga concerts nila dito? balita naman jan. . . .

[heyderguy]

nag concert yung DLSU Chorale nung saturday sa DLSZ....
may concert ang MADZ sa sunday....CCP ata......

God bless!

[Boccelli]

Hi Everyone,

I would just like to extend my sincerest apologies to the members of the Philippine Madrigal Singers for an earlier comment I posted regarding their July 14 performance. I do feel that my posted comment was highly unprofessional and definitely uncalled for. I am sorry for that immature action. I don't really expect to gain forgiveness, I just pray that you accept my apologies. Once again, I'm sorry.

This is Boccelli signing off.......

[Zack]

huwaw! Madz on July 29? CCP? what time? Tuloy ba yun? if it is, its something to look forward to. . . ;)

[funny_me8]

UP MADRIGAL SINGERS AND UP SINGING AMBASSADORS

[Boccelli]

Let us all catch the concert of the Philippine Madrigal Singers
this Sunday at the CCP.

I just don't know if there are still tickets. I've heard that their repertoire for this concert is really going to be something!!!

See all of you there!

[980042]

Ilang oras na lang, sasabak na ang ACGC sa Hungary!

Guys, we believe in you whatever the juries' decisions are. Please show to the world what the Glee Club stand for: the FIlipino faith and culture through excellence in music.

Mga peeps, let's all pray for the Ateneo Glee CLub. As we sleep tonight, they will be singing in one of the most important halls in choral history. Let's support them!

Go Glee CLub!:)

[pyket]

congrats acgc whatever the outcome!!!! **** kinakabahan na rin ako para sa inyo...

[papabur]

:D to the ACGC: Asahan nyong ipapanalangin namin ang inyong tagumpay! Anuman ang mangyari...GO FOR GOLD!!! kaya nyo po yan!

[Zack]

Congrats to the Philippine Madrigal Singers for an SRO concert sa CCP. Goodluck sa inyong bagong choirmaster. Go Madz! :)

[TM]

UP MADRIGAL SINGERS AND UP SINGING AMBASSADORS


:spinstar: :spinstar: :spinstar: :spinstar: :spinstar: :spinstar:

[Boccelli]

CONGRATULATIONS to the Philippine Madrigal Singers!!!!!!!!!!

The evening was indeed colorful for everybody who witnessed the passing of the baton. Nakakaiyak siya actually.

To Sir Mark, more power to you and may you lead the group to future successes.


Side note, ano na ang nangyari sa Glee Club... nagkakalat na ang balitang di daw nagwagi ang mga ate kuya natin? Totoo ba ito? Pa confirm sana..... SOPRANINA, JohnnyBBad... ano ang kinahinatnan ng competition?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[Zack]

come to think of it, ano na nga ba nangyari sa acgc? update us please.

[Boccelli]

Hey Zack.. sa wakas may nag post naman dito!

Well.. ang nasagap ko na gossip nung Sunday regarding who won the grand prix is the children's choir who won sa Bela Bartok Competition(Debercen). So parang may bias na rin siguro kahit papaano kasi mas kilala na sila nung audience and all that hoola baloo...
Pero I do wish though(sincere to) na maganda ang performance ng ACGC nung Competition itself.

Sana masabihan na talaga tayo ng mga ate kuya kung ano na talaga ang nangyari...

Please... maawa na kayo sa amin at excited na kaming malaman kung ano na nga ang kinahinatnan ng third Filipino choir to get into the Grand Prix finals!!!!!

I'm sure you guys made us proud just by being there and representing our country... sana other choirs will also follow....
sino pa ba ang di nakakapag grand prix na magandang choir....

Side note again... Sana marinig ko na yung Himig Singers ng Davao kasi nakaka intriga ang tunog nila... I've been hearing such great things about them... ano na ang ginagawa nila ngayon?

Yun lang po.. ingat sa lahat!!!

[shulien]

Bocelli, parang narinig ko rin yung parehong balita about the Gran Prix. I guess totoo nga. Still, congrats to the Ateneo Glee Club - I'm sure they did their best!

Ang winner nung turnover concert ng Madz 'no? Plus the surprise numbers by the GREAT Jonathan Zaens AND III of a Kind - nakakakilabot yung "Anak" nila!

More to power to Kuya Mark! We believe in you! :)

[Zack]

whew! buti na lang at merong konting news na nasagap. :) thanks kuya Bocelli. nakakaiyak nga yung turn over part sa show ng Madz last sunday. anyway, goodluck sa future endeavors ng Madz under Sir Marc. :)

[Boccelli]

KEREK!!!!... Sobrang kilabot yung show lalo na yung Alleluiah Thompson (UNIFIED batches) Ganda nung kanta ni Zaens first time ko siya narinig... saan nga pala ako makakabili nung bagong CD (Black)... di na ako nakabili kasi ala akong moolah that night.


O, heto nanaman... promote ever!

De La Salle University Chorale 14th Year Anniversary concert

August 18, 2001 at the Philam Life.

[shulien]

hmm... di kaya available sa bookmark 'yung CD? sana nga ...
fyi, balita ko may homecoming concert ang acgc sometime next week :)

sana may mag-post tungkol sa Filipino Artists Series ng CCP - I heard Kit Navarro will have a concert pero kelan? Na-miss ko na nga yung concert ni Jonathan Zaens nung Tuesday eh :(

[Zack]

huwaw! thanks kuya shulien and kuya Bocelli for keeping us posted sa mga concerts! :)

[M_Lover]

Ba't ganun parang life story naman nung Alfred Samonte yung libro ng madz. parang siya lang ata *** ininterbiyu. Sino ba sha? :D

[Boccelli]

M_Lover...
si Alfred Samonte kasi ang Production Supervisor ngayon ng Madz... he's a Tenor 1 of the current batch at nasa second quartet(left) ng semi circle(in other words, yung nagsosolo ng Circle of Life). Actually yung book seemed like a collage of different experiences by different Madz Alumni and those who are still with the group. Nakakatuwa yung mga stories. Very interesting talaga yung book.


Shulien.... pa organize naman ng list of concerts... wait.. ang alam ko heto.. dagdagan mo na lang ha.. :

August Concert Month-

August 10 - Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club
UP (don't know which theater)

August 11 - Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club
Philamlife Auditorium

August 18 - De La Salle Univeristy Chorale
Philamlife Auditorium

Please support all the Philippine choral groups...

side note:
watch niyo yung Chorale concert... i heard some bits of their repertoire and mukhang interesting... bihira ata mag sobrang heavy galore ang chorale... they're coming into a newer age...
good luck to the ACGC and the Chorale!

[M_Lover]

Aaaaaah that explains it. Siya yung medyo may kalusugan ano? :o :D :D Siya pala yun. Medyo kaiba ang quality niya for tenor 1 no? Wala lang, observation lang. :D Wala yata si Kris Borella sa concert...:D

[johnvianney]

Hi Boccelli,
Ganda Uganda naman nung CD na ibinigay mo sa akin. I will cherish it forever. Akala ko World Symposium 99 lang, nun pala marami ka pang idinagdag.. Thanks a million..ulit...I will make you the 96 CD...may I include na rin my other CD's of other choirs of w/c I sang with here in Bay Area. Take Care...JV

[Boccelli]

JV... hey... nakauwa ka na pala... sarap naman... anyways, naalala ko na yung face mo from the 89 batch na napanood ko sa CCP Library... :) i'm glad nagustohan mo yung mga files na nilagay ko sa cd... kasi nasayangan naman ako sa cd space kung di ko lagyan ng other songs... sige... i want to hear the choirs you joined... hey... sobrang hirap bang sumali sa chanticleer... parang dream choir ko ata yun... parang ang galing kasi eh... sige... update me kung ano na ang nangyayari sayo jan... nga pala... watch out for the upcoming CD ng Chorale... mala Life Shaped by Music.. pero di ganun ka comprehensive ang selections... siguro from the Chorale's 95 - 99 batch lang... :)

M_Lover... hey... its good na nalaman mo na kung sino si Alfred... actually, if I'm not mistaken bass ata siya sa dati niyang choir tapos ngayon Tenor 1 na... oh diba... ibang klase... actually yung tunog ni alfred sobrang compliments the other voices of the group.. kasi kung hindi ganun tumunog ang isang member malalaman mo naman na parang iba na yung kabuoang tunog ng group.

Hi to the others!

[980042]

Ateneo Glee Club Concerts:

August 10, 2001 7pm Church of the Risen Lord UP Diliman

August 11, 2001 7pm Philam Life UN Ave Manila
-also a tribute and a despedida for Joel Navarro.

Conducting are Joel Navarro and Jonathan Velasco.

Let's all watch their concert!

[lactoserum]

Congratulations to the UST Singers for being chosen as the Best Choir among the 13 participants of the World Choral Festival that was held in Puebla, Mexico last month. They're back for a homecoming concert sometime in the third week of August.

from, The Varsitarian

[Boccelli]

What a good showing for UST... I congratulate them... I believe the festival ended a couple of weeks ago. Anyways... what a great season this is/will be...

Aptly started by the Madz with a successful concert last July 29, then followed by the Ateneo College Glee Club this Aug 10 and 11, and then the De La Salle University Chorale this Aug 18 and soon the UST Singers on the third week of August.... fabulous fabulous...

QUESTION: I wonder who the La Salle Glee Club and UST Chorale is in the list of the nominees for AWIT Awards best choral group. Good luck to all the nominees:

Kundirana, Ateneo Glee Club, UP Singing Ambassadors, La Salle Glee Club?, UST Chorale?, and the Malaybalay Children's Choir


Watch out for the show tonight...

[shulien]

Boccelli, mukhang di ko na kailangan sabihin dates and venues ng ACGC concert! (di ko rin alam actually kaya salamat kay 98042) :D

Ang pagkaalam ko, the reason why Cris Borela wasn't at the concert ay dahil siya ang kinatawan ng Pilipinas sa World Youth Choir. And he truly deserves to be there, I might add :)

Question, ang UPSA ba ay magco-compete abroad? (tour sila ngayon diba?)

[Dina Sumising]

BOCELLI:

Kamusta ka na? Naku, if I only knew na magkikita kayo ni Johnvianney dyan when he visited last month eh sana eh binilin ko na yung beadies na hanggang ngayon eh hindi ko pa naibigay sa yo. Naku, mukhang pagbalik mo na lang yata sa Amerika ito ah. Baka next time eh kajoin ka na namin sa Big Easy.

Anyway, Johnvianney and myself (along with 2 other guys na singers din) will rendezvous in New Orleans for the Southern Decadence this coming Labor Day weekend. Naku, badingan na naman to death! I can't wait!

Meron pa ngang gay camping dito sa East Coast chuva (PA) this weekend pero sobrang init this time so nagbackout ako. Besides, over na ako sa mga gimmick ek lately.

At oo nga pala, may balita ako. Malapit na akong magpalit ng nick dahil ang iyong abang lingkod eh jumoin na sa St. Patrick's Cathedral Mixed Choir and Gregorian Chant Choir ek. Next time na ang kwento... kay choirmother ko ichichika ek dito rin sa PEX.

Ingat and till next chuva.

DINA SUMISING (malapit nang magchange ng nick).

[Boccelli]

shulien,

hey there... actually the UPSA competed sa 2nd Brahms Competition in Wernigrode where the DLSU Chorale competed nung 1999(2 silvers, Category Winner in Folkloric). Maganda ang showing the UPSA coz they won the Category Prize for the A1 Category - Mixed Choir with Compulsary Piece(chose one from the Drei Gessange list of Brahms... I believe they used Vineta) I believe they also received a Special Prize for their performance of Eli by Bardos(Competition piece nung 1995 Cantonigros), they also won the Category Prize for the Folkloric Category. This made gave them the priviledge of competing for the Grand Prix of that Competition which they sadly lost.

Dina Sumising... havery naman ang mga sinasalihan natin... huy.. ayaw mo bang mag Chanticleer? Heniway, pag nagka career ka jan balitaan mo akich ha... sayang nga yung beadies... oh well... sige... kita kits na lang tayo when i go back there... saya ng Decadence.. i heard... good luck sa mga chuva dun... pictures ha!!! Go nanaman ang beauty ko sa Ireland.. ayoko na!!! gusto ko nang bumalik sa chicago!!!

[twisted2]

Hooray to the University of Santo Tomas Singers!!! I heard may nakasama pa kayo na nanalo na ng Grand Prix (Slovenian Choir ba?)...galeng galeng nyo talaga! At long last, bumalik ulit kayo sa circulation!!! Wala ba kayong sasalihang competition next year? Grabe daw ang tunog nyo ngayon eh, considering the fact na 3 months lang daw kayo nag rehearse...?

Congrats din to UPSA! Hi tintin!

[Zack]

hmmmm. . . 11 - Ateneo Glee Club, 18 - DLSU Chorale, 25 - UST singers... mukhang busy na ang sabado ko ah. :)

[980042]

Go Philippine choirs!

Marami pa yatang ibang nagto-tour. Ang saya! Worldwide na tayo!;)

[Boccelli]

We must not fail to thank the Philippine Madrigal Singers and all the other pioneers of the Choral World here in the Philippines for giving us the encouragement that we Filipinos have the talent and that we can be the best coz we are the best!

[Zack]

i agree with you Kuya Bocelli. by the way, may balita ba kayo about up concert chorus? sana may concert din sila if ever na wala silang tour. . . ;)

[Palestrain]

Congratulations to PCC for a wonderful concert! Congratulations to Sir Jojo. Goodluck po sa Singapore! :up:

Sayang, Zack, you missed UPCC's concert last week sa UP. They dedicated it to the freshmen. Abelardo Hall was full. See you all on Saturday. (Bring handkerchiefs, just in case.)

[980042]

Manonood na ako mamayang gabi!

Sino sama?;)

[jazzycat]

DLSU dahil nandun si Ariel Moleno. peace pare

[tuningfork]

yup UPSA won awards in the J. Brahms competition in Germany. They also won first prize in a competition in slovakia, won first prize in the folkloric category in cantonigros, spain and 5th place in the mixed choir category.

In case you don't know, the PWU chorale is also on tour under Robert Delgado. I believe they also competed with UPSA in cantonigros and won 3rd place in the mixed choir category.;) :)

[Boccelli]

Hey tuningfork... long time no hear... mukhang sobrang busy ang preparations ... kamusta naman yung trip mo nun sa Chicago? Sorry at di na kita naasikaso kasi busy ako nun with work and deadlines were marking my calendar everyday... maybe next time... I'm actually off to Ireland this weekend...bad trip nga eh...
yung sa UPSA daw, nanalo daw sila ng 3 First Places sa Slovakia... narinig ko sa ASYM... Mixed, Free at Folkloric ata yung Categories... galing naman.

Nood ka nang Chorale Concert ha... sana lahat kayo manood!! hehehehehehehe...


to everybody... plug nanaman akich...

DLSU Chorale Concert
PHILAMLIFE Auditorium
August 18, 2001
Tickets are available there...

See you guys sa concert!!!!

[Monteverdi]

Congratulations to the Ateneo College Glee Club for the wonderful concert last Saturday. Ang ganda ng tunog ninyo. Amazing yung pagkanta ninyo ng Awit ni Solomon at Pamugun. Ah pati yung Brahms na motet...yung 'Schaffe In Mir, Gott, Ein Rein Herz'...nice yung fugal part!

Goodluck to Professor Joel Navarro!

TO ACGC members, sino ba pwedeng ma contact if I want to buy your new CD? Please post na lang here or email me. I'd like to get one...

(kung pwede, sana palista nung tracks from the new disc. thnx)

[Boccelli]

Buhay ka na naman... nood ka ba sa Saturday?
Anyways, for your request, heto na ang list ng songs ng CD nilang bago..

Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein reines Herz (Johannes Brahms)
Salmo 150
S'io esca vivo (Orlando di Lasso)
Vineta (Johannes Brahms)
Rosas Pandan (Filipino Folksong)
Pamulinawen (Filipino Folksong)
Inday Sa Balitaw (Filipino Folksong)
Ilay Gandangan (Filipino Folksong)
You
When I Fall in Love
Someone Like You
Anak

Bonus Tracks
Mendekoste phestetan
O Vos Omnes
Si chio vorrei morire
Ted-em


Baka kasi busy pa rin ang ACGC with catching up sa mga classes ayan na yung tracks.. :)

Sana makapanood ka sa Saturday... mukhang may surprise eh... hehehehehehehe


Hey Sopranina and Andrei... sorry po at di ako nakanood nung Saburday... may practice kasi ang group ko eh... I'm sure ganda ng performance niyo as always.. :) Gusto ko sanang makita yung Trophies niyo from Marktoberdorf...
CONGRATS!

Originally posted by Monteverdi
Congratulations to the Ateneo College Glee Club for the wonderful concert last Saturday. Ang ganda ng tunog ninyo. Amazing yung pagkanta ninyo ng Awit ni Solomon at Pamugun. Ah pati yung Brahms na motet...yung 'Schaffe In Mir, Gott, Ein Rein Herz'...nice yung fugal part!

Goodluck to Professor Joel Navarro!

TO ACGC members, sino ba pwedeng ma contact if I want to buy your new CD? Please post na lang here or email me. I'd like to get one...

(kung pwede, sana palista nung tracks from the new disc. thnx)

[Monteverdi]

Thanks Boccelli...

Yes I'm looking forward to the Chorale concert this Saturday. The repertoire is indeed interesting...may Lauridsen!

Uy lam mo, diba gusto mo yung O Magnum Mysterium ni Lauridsen? Do you have a piece? I was able to get one, baka gusto mo just tell me.

Grabe, within the past month I was able to watch UST Singers (yung farewell), Philippine Chamber Choir (farewell concert last thurs), and of course yung ACGC. Ang galing lahat!!! Tapos sa Saturday Chorale naman.

Galing talaga ni Choirmother. Totoo nga yung sinabi ni Prof Joel Navarro na you're the best choral mind in the country today. :) I've watched the PCC quite a few times na at lagi akong naiimpress...sana maulit yung Zadok the Priest...

Please ACGC, tell me where I can get your CD (bago maubos ulit pera ko...)

[Monteverdi]

Can anyone please post information about the Swedish Radio Choir and its conductor Eric Ericson ...

...better if its not information one can already read on the net :)

Thanks.

[JohnnyBBad]

Hiya PExer peeps!

Thanks for those who watched our concerts last Friday and Saturday. We really appreciate your support that you've been giving our choir, and that of others, too.

Email me if anybody likes to buy the latest CD we did in Europe.

Ang dami ko pang kwento but I'm still tamad to write it down :)

Will post our whole adventure in Europe soon

Monteverdi: my good friend is really nuts over Eric Ericsson and his various ensembles. He bought a whole ton (and I'm not exaggerating!) of Ericsson recordings while we were in Europe. Perhaps you'd like to get in touch with him :)

[Monteverdi]

Originally posted by JohnnyBBad
Hiya PExer peeps!

Monteverdi: my good friend is really nuts over Eric Ericsson and his various ensembles. He bought a whole ton (and I'm not exaggerating!) of Ericsson recordings while we were in Europe. Perhaps you'd like to get in touch with him :)

Sino sya? What's he's email? send mo na lang sa kin.

Is he your bass section head? The one Joel said is "a voracious collector of choral cds?"...what's his name?

Uy saan ako makabili ng bagong CD?

[Dina Sumising]

Originally posted by Monteverdi
Can anyone please post information about the Swedish Radio Choir and its conductor Eric Ericson ...

...better if its not information one can already read on the net :)

Thanks.

MONTEVERDI:

ERIC ERICSON handles the ERIC ERICSON CHAMBER CHOIR and for some time handled the SWEDISH RADIO CHOIR. From the little I know of the SWEDISH RADIO CHOIR and thru one of its former members/soloists (Choirmother, do I write more??? LOL), pabago-bago ng conductor itong SWEDISH RADIO CHOIR. One time the choir worked under TONI KALJUSTE for Rachmaninoff's Vespers na hindi feel ni Choirmother ang interpreteyshen.

I don't know who handles the present group of the Swedish Radio Choir but during their most recent North American tour earlier this year, the SWEDISH RADIO CHOIR joined forces with THE ERIC ERICSON CHAMBER CHOIR and napanood ko nga ang kanilang performance dito sa NYC. Nalowka ako sa tunog dahil totoo nga ang description ni Choirmother about their sound when I inquired about it 3 years ago - rich texture and over sa pagkaprecise ang mga notes at kalowka ang repertoire nila..... 20th century chuva.... And for their encore eh narinig ko rin ang authentic interpreteyshen of Och Jung Frun.....

Also, I remember asking Choirmother 3 years ago kung sikat itong SWEDISH RADIO CHOIR na ito dahil nga itong aking nakilalang friend (ek!) eh part of the group. (Ano ba naman ang alam ko sa mga radio radio choir na ito! Tunog Radio veritas parang gospel choir ang dating sa akin kaya!) . Eh pinandilatan lang naman ako ni Choirmother at tinilian ng: "Hello!!!! Sila lang naman ang pinakamagaling na professional choir sa buong mundo!"..... and choirmother talked about watching the group in concert where he was literally covering his ears dahil nga sa sobrang gandang sound na narinig nya. Well, choirmother, I agree. Pero now, I wonder how the Swedish Radio Choir compares with the PCC and the SMC na hinahandle mo. O, diba???? Charing.

MONTEVERDI, The Swedish Radio Choir's latest CD is entitled Psalm of Repentance by Schnittke. Isa pang nakakalokang CD na puro dissonant chords ek na parang magugunaw na ang mundo or lalabas and devil ek. Since wala akong piyesa eh hindi ko matake (kahit pa soloista dun yung aking swedish frieind) so I gave my copy to Choirmother. Kung close ka kay Choirmother eh hiramin mo na lang. Kung type mo ang mga 20th century music ek eh baka maappreciate mo ito.

Hope this helps. If you got any specific question, eh post mo rito and I can call my Swedish friend and personally ask him. Come to think about it, I haven't spoken to that guy in a few months. Time to stay in touch.

O, sya. write ka na lang uli.

DINA SUMISING (malapit nang suming uli... yehey!!)

[littlegirl_1982]

HOLA *pinkcheer*

Hmmm.. di ko sure kung na-post siya, nag-sara kasi eh :mad:

Anyway :redsmile: Invite ko lang kayo.

A Tribute to Music
De La Salle University Chorale's 14th Anniversary Concert
August 18, 2001 (Saturday)
PhilamLife Auditorium
7:00 pm

Yun lang po, I hope to see you guys there :)

Mishu na Kuya Bocelli and thank you sa pag-announce, first time ko mag-post dito ever!

Sige, babush :wave:

[jeff_21]

hi pipol!...just dropping by to post a comment...i believe that one of the best singing group in the country is the San Beda High School Glee Club...i mean this group of young men produces music almost comparable if not similar to all the other university choral groups you mentioned...in fact, some of its alumni are members of DLSU chorale, UST Singers...moreover, some also were trainees fro MADZ...proud of this group considering that am also an alumnus of it...regards :-)

[JohnnyBBad]

Congratulations to the De La Salle Chorale for their concert last night :)

Next weekend, UST Singers naman! Why don't we all catch it and support the Philippine choral scene?

[Dina Sumising]

Originally posted by JohnnyBBad
Congratulations to the De La Salle Chorale for their concert last night :)

Next weekend, UST Singers naman! Why don't we all catch it and support the Philippine choral scene?


Johnny BBad:

Ganyan??? Support support ang drama natin ngayon? Chika!

Hoy, padalhan mo naman ako ng cds nyo o. I heard maganda raw yung Maktoberdorf chuchu cd ninyo. Givesung mo naman ang ate mo.

Ano nang balita ngayong tapos na ang mga competitions niyo? Meron ba kayong North American tour? Baka naman dadaan ka ng NY, timbrehan mo naman ako.

Yun lang ateng.

Dina Chuva (malapit nang sumingaloo uli).

[lactoserum]

kelan po ba ang concert ng UST Singers? Yehey, i bet this will be the last choir to completely bring the house down. kung sino man po ang mabait dito, paki post naman po...thank you.

[Zack]

ayon sa aking nasagap, baka sa sept 1 or 2 ata ang concert ng ust singers. di ko lang alam kung saan. yun lang po. ;)

[spicnspan]

finally, am in ! balita ko kasi super sa pagka-hot ang topic na ito so join na ako!

i have read the last two pages only, i will reply soon kasi pinag-iisipan ko pa ang gusto kong sabihin sa ilang mga bagay.

pero mr. bocelli, i am proud na super humble kang to admit about what you said about the madz. you are truly professional and sensitiv

[Pajee]

Magandang araw po.... ok rin pala dito sa "thread" na ito.... dami kang matututunan lalo na sa mga nangyayari sa ibat ibang choral activities sa bansa.... isa rin akong masugid na choir enthusiast....
nageenjoy sa pagkanta at sa pagnuod ng mga konsyerto ng ibat-ibang grupo.... dun sa mga naunang page.... langya,... puro ata tarayan ang nangyari dun.... pero natural lang naman na may gantong mga reaksyon dAHIL na rin dun sa pinost na topic.... eh di kung hindi nailagay yun.... wala tayong lahat dito.... magagaling ang mga choir ng bansa natin.... eh yung mga "conductor" nitong mga grupong ito ay tinubuan na ng ugat at inialay ang kanilang buhay sa pagkumpas at pagha-habi ng mga boses..... yun nga lang, may ibat-ibang pamamaraan ng pagpapatunog,..ikanga ng mga boses ng myembro....

May mga choir na napaka-nasal.... para bagang nakikinig ka ng AM station sa radyo..... siguro, yun ang pinaka madaling remedyo para parepareho ang maging quality.... yun nga lang,.... para silang may sipon lahat.... nung minsan ngang nakapakinig ako ng CD.... para kang nasa kapanahunan ng LVN piktyurs.... bigla ko ngang tinignan yung component at baka nakalagay sa mono.... hindi naman pala.... akala ko rin, sa mixing ng sound engr.... hindi rin...... ganun pala talaga ang istilo nila sa pagawit.... kahit sa Live performance medyo AM mode padin........ sori po ah.... nagsasabi lang naman ako ng kung ano ang narining ko....

Hapi singing to ol....

[Z*E*U*S]

Congratulations La Salle for a nice concert last saturday! Sana madami pa kayong anniv. na dumating!!!

Same with the Ateneo sa UP-Chapel last Aug. 10 (ten nga ba?). I really agree with what Sir Joel said...Good luck to your new conductor!

Hello din po kay Sir Mark and congrats! I was there sa Tektite pero im sure di nyo knows kung *** me, basta friend ko yung isang guest nyo na sinabit ako nung b-day ni seniora OA. Good luck sa grupo and sana mas maging active kayo ngayong year nato!

Anyway, I can't wait for the concert of the UST Singers, sana sa mas malaking venue ha! maganda sana dun sa Museum nyo pero medyo maliit dahil sa dami ng tao. (kung sino man ang may kilala dun pakisabi naman puleeez!) I hope that we can all watch the new batch of this choir kasi iba talaga, with 3 months training daw (accdg. to the host nung farewell nila) and 3/4 daw ng members eh bago, kakabaliw! Congrats for being chosen as the best choir in the festival that you've just joined.

[Boccelli]

Originally posted by spicnspan
finally, am in ! balita ko kasi super sa pagka-hot ang topic na ito so join na ako!

i have read the last two pages only, i will reply soon kasi pinag-iisipan ko pa ang gusto kong sabihin sa ilang mga bagay.

pero mr. bocelli, i am proud na super humble kang to admit about what you said about the madz. you are truly professional and sensitiv

Hi there,
Thank you for the kind words... are you from the group(MADZ)... sorry talaga.. i didn't know I would end up offending anybody...
Sobrang I ended up eating my words naman after the July 29 concert... :) I hope things are going well with them... good luck sa recording at hoping to see the outcome soon pag uwi ko sa Philippines :)

[enteng.00]

There has been some minor changes re. our concert.

The tickets would be P150.00 each and the show will start at Seven in the evening.

again,


The University of Santo Tomas Singers
presents


"Per Sempre..."
...a homecoming concert of the UST Singers.


Ninth of September, Sunday
Seven in the Evening
Philamlife Auditorium, U.N. Ave., Mla.


Tickets are avilable at the venue or you can contact us for reservations: Viola - 09179118011; Jojie - 09179169192; Nice - 09196622047

See you there!

[Zack]

Haay salamat at may nagpost din. Nga pala, may concert din pala ang Philippine Madrigal Singers entitled "Aba, Naiiba!" on the 16th of September CCP at 8 pm. :)

[lactoserum]

oo nga zack, salamat at may nag post din ng info about the concert of UST Singers. sana lahat tayo makapanood. it seems that everybody is busy this pastfew days so we need to unwind by watching and listening to this very good choir. im soooooooo excited! makikita ko na rin yung dalawa kong crush dun! :blushing:

tuloy na tuloy na talaga ha! so kitakits tayo on the 9th. im sure we'll not regret buying the ticket because this group is worth watching.

[Genius101]

Nakakainis naman di kami pwede manood ng homecoming ng UST ng Sept. 9. May performance kasi kami. Sayang talaga, tagal ko na gusto marinig ulit ang UST.

Anyway I keep hearing news about UPSA winning in Arezzo... any news about that? :)

[papabur]

kongrachuleyshuns to the UP SINGING AMBASSADORS!!!

i think confirmed na ang mga balita na that they placed 1st in the Mixed Choir category (tied with a hungarian choir) and also placed 1st in the Folkloric category!!! :D

They would be also the choir to represent Arezzo for the Grand Prix next year, that's the latest news i've heard.

Thank you for making the Philippines proud!!! Taun-taon may representative tayo!!! yipeee!!!! Matakot ang lahat ng ibang choirs ng mundo sa FILIPINO CHOIRS!

Mabuhay kayong lahat!

[enteng.00]

There has been some minor changes re. our concert.

The tickets would be P150.00 each and the show will start at Seven in the evening.

again,


The University of Santo Tomas Singers
presents


"Per Sempre..."
...a homecoming concert of the UST Singers.


Ninth of September, Sunday
Seven in the Evening
Philamlife Auditorium, U.N. Ave., Mla.


Tickets are avilable at the venue or you can contact us for reservations: Viola - 09179118011; Jojie - 09179169192; Nice - 09196622047

See you there!

[Zack]

huwaw! Congrats to UPSA! hmmm.... mukha ngang every year may pinoy choir no? Galing talaga.

enteng! Buti di mo na tinuloy yung 50 pesos na kickback mo ha at naging 150 na lang yung tickets. hehehehe. Joke lang po. Congrats in advance to the UST Singers!

[Jerusalem]

Ang galing naman ng UPSA (paano ba sumali sa kanila, ha?)!

I heard na the Arezzo competition is one of the most prestigious and difficult competitions in the world. And they got the Grand Prize pa! Tama ba ako?

If ever they win in the European Grand Prix next year (another achievement that Filipinos can be proud of), UPSA could only be the 2nd Filipino choir after the Madz to snag the top choral award of the world....! They now have a shot at being called the BEST, so good luck to the group!

MABUHAY ANG MGA PILIPINONG MANG-AAWIT! :D

[GadoGado]

at malaki ang chance ng upsa na manalo next year dahil homecourt sila (sa arezzo din gagawin ang egp) tapos 50th anniversary pa ng arezzo competition

[rAindyAyni]

yahoo! sa linggo na ang concert ng Action Singers! excited na ako...wala bang discount sa group reservation?magtitinda ba kayo ng cd?

[Monteverdi]

Congratulations to the UST Singers

I had a great time watching your concert...I guess ganun din si Ate Glo and the rest of the audience :) I pray for your continued success!

Hi to the ACGC guys I met sa concert...

MADZ will have a concert this sunday at the CCP...7pm... that should be another thing to look forward to.

[Zack]

yup! congrats to the ust singers for a knock-down concert last night. superb! galing galing!

oo nga pala, dont fail to watch the Phil. Madrigal Singers this sunday with their concert entitled "Aba, Naiiba" See you!

[Jerusalem]

Here is my (personal) list of the TOP UNIVERSITY CHOIRS in the Philippines (regardless of batch or time):

1. Philippine Madrigal Singers - Still the only Philippine choir to bag the most prestigious choral award in the world-- the European Grand Prix. The most 'original' and 'classy' choir I've ever heard and seen. Here's hoping the Madz's new conductor would be able to equal (if not surpass) the triumphs of the group under National Artist Andrea Veneracion.

2. (All tied for 2nd place)

UST Singers - Their meteoric rise to the creme de la creme of the choral community is amazing. Their detail to tone and musical timing is magical.

Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club - An A1 conductor (Joel Navarro), their determination to succeed, and their faith in God's power are their strengths. They have also shown themselves to be true survivors in the industry (they wouldn't be the oldest choir in the Philippines for nothing...!).

UP Singing Ambassadors - The most underrated choir among the best. Hey, these guys are total performers--they not only sing well (and boy, do they sing with HEART) but they also dance well (just watch their rendition of folk dances of the Philippines, a feast for the eyes!). Their latest triumphs in Europe only prove that they have what it takes to stay on TOP. Kudos for making the world sit up, watch and listen again to our unique but undeniably infecting music!

3. UP Concert Chorus - Considered to be one of the sturdiest vanguards of Philippine choral music. Also one of the most well-travelled. Their brand of choral music may somewhat be seen as traditional in some aspects (think broadway medleys, think piano accompaniment, think "A Chorus Line" type of choreography) but on the whole, their style is what makes them what they are--a CLASSIC! (The late great Rey Paguio would have been proud.)

De La Salle Chorale, while not on my list YET, is slowly inching their way up to the top spots with the other great choirs. Their 1995 success in the international arena ( I think that tour was still their best yet) has shown how promising they are. What they need is focus and consistency to gain my vote.

To the other aspiring university choirs: I hope that the success of these venerable choirs would be your inspiration to strive for excellence in the choral field. Work hard, have faith in yourselves and in God, keep humble (this is a necessity), and learn, learn, LEARN in life! I'm sure you'll also do our country proud someday.

[danielle18]

Grabe na itich!!! sus my got!!!
ang galing ng ust singers kagabi...i really like the first part - and the second part is so relaxing and so pleasing to the eye! ang galing ng mga pakulo nyo ha!
with matching walk ala miss universe sa back ng auditorium while singing - ganda ng entrance ha! hindi ba kayo nahirapang kumanta while walking with grace? haha!
and with Tita Gloria Diaz este Tita President Gloria Arroyo there - it was a very complete concert for them, dba? Madz palang at kayo yata ang pinuntahan nya sa lahat ng invitation. big time ang mga lola nyo!
i saw her nga when she was leaving and she was very happy and so awed - and thankful sa citation nyo na best choir sa Mexico. no doubt about it.
grabe ang stabat at o magnum ni lauridsen...i never imagined na ganun ang tunog nyo with 3 months of training and a month of touring and 3/4's yata eh puro fresh-new-hired...juice ko!!! pano pa kaya pag 1 year ang preparation nyo?
heniway, long way to go mga kafatid! buti naman napanuod ko kayo ngayon kc di ko kayo na-watch nung farewell eh.

good luck and thank you for a superd performance last night!

[lactoserum]

We were also there last night, galing nga eh!!! I really like the song This is the Moment, kakabilib, kakakilabot. Kelan kaya magkakaroon ng bagong cd recording ang AS? Ano ba yung song ulit na parang may bumababang eroplano? grabe talaga ha! Shucks, nakita ko pa yung dalawa kong crush, magkalapit pa nga sila ng pwesto eh bandang audience's left. :blushing:

Pero kinabahan talaga ako nung pagdating ko, kala ko may bomb threat or something, kasi ang daming Canine na umaaligid at mga de-Barong na secu, yun pala dadating si 'little gurl'! Ang cute pala nya sa personal.

Galing nyo talaga! Mabuhay kayo!

[enteng.00]

Mula sa aming lahat, maraming salamat po sa inyong panunuod!

Sa susunod na pagkikitang muli.

[cyndy]

Congratulations UST - Action Singers for a wonderful enchanting night last Sunday.

[Buchocoi]

Grabe na to!!!

After 2 days ng pagbabasa ng lahat ng msgs dito...good luck na lang sa mata ko. Nakakatuwa naman at pag-awayan ba ang kagalingan. E di syempre lahat yan magagaling. Lalabas ba naman ng bansa yang mga yan at lalaban and eventually e WINnie Monsod sa competitions at festivals kung hindi. Tsaka teka, importante pa ba kung magaling ang ganitong choir at ganun??? Dapat masiyahan kayo dahil may outlet ng artistic chuva ang mga nini at dudung na members nila no. Not to mention na nagiging jetsetters ang mga footah!:) Basta watch lang kayo ng concerts nila para may funds sila pang-tour.

Heniweyz, bago lang ako dito at super nag-enjoy ako magbasa ng ka-commentan at chikahan ever! With matching intriga pa on the side. Pero teka...parang dead yata ngayon ang thread na to ha. Wala na bang ibang konsyerto dyan??? O kaya naman e intriga??? CHARITY!!!!:) :D :)

O sya sya sya...si Letty Ramos sya, baka mabuking pa kung cynthia alexanders aketch. E mano naman ngayon di ba??!?! E wiz naman ako sa pagka-known sa choral-chuva-dimension...isa lamang akong hamak na mang-aawit.;)

Sana madami pang magsalita dyan ha!!!

BABUSHKA DOLLS!

[Zack]

Congrats sa Madz last nyt. Ang galing at kwela niyo talaga. :)

[danielle18]

Yeah, congrats sa madz!

[pRettyLusH]

congrats madz

[M_Lover]

Hey Guyz were you able to listen to the San Miguel Master Chorale? Grabeeeeeeeeee! :D :D :D

[freebie]

:) Hi to all choral enthusiasts. I'm part of the DLSU chorale 1995. I would like to invite you to our forthcoming concert this coming December. I'll give you all the details if everything is set. Our group is composed mostly of the 95 batch that toured Europe. Details to follow. :)

God bless you all.

[Zack]

Originally posted by freebie
:) Hi to all choral enthusiasts. I'm part of the DLSU chorale 1995. I would like to invite you to our forthcoming concert this coming December. I'll give you all the details if everything is set. Our group is composed mostly of the 95 batch that toured Europe. Details to follow. :)

God bless you all.

E di maganda yung concert na yan. . . may cds ba? Teka sa second week ng December di ba? may kakilala ako sa batch 95 ng DLSU Chorale ;) Congrats in advance!

[Boccelli]

Wow.. .buhay pala ang thread... I can't believe I haven't posted in like the longest time.. Got back from Dublin almost a month ago.
Hope all of you that I know on this thread are doing ok.

First and foremost... Congrats to the UP Singing Ambassadors for winning sa Arezzo... (pati na rin sa Brahms - Wernigrode, I saw your repertoire... kewl !)

Congrats sa Madz sa concert nung 16 galing daw talaga.. sorry I wasn't able to catch it(sayang ever) coz I was still jet lagged then.

UST Singers din.. I want to hear your version of "This is the Moment".. fave song ko kasi siya lately eh after hearing Andrew Warlow's version from Jekyll and Hyde...

Yun lang muna..

I guess we should all watch out for that DLSU Chorale Alumni concert huh... sana makapanood kayo!!! :)

[lactoserum]

hay, sobrang ganda ng This is the Moment ng UST. as the way it should sound - it was grandioso and so profound as only the AS can deliver (considering that individual voices nila eh katumbas ng tatlong tao).

boccelli, give me more information about ur concert.

[dagobert]

freebie, sino ka?

our concert: 15 december at the philamlife auditorium. it's a concert for a cause and a quasi-reunion concert na rin. we hope to see you there

last: music people, i need your help. would you know where i can get either a minus-one or piano accompaniment of steve green's "proclaim the glory of the lord"?

maraming salamat!



Originally posted by freebie
:) Hi to all choral enthusiasts. I'm part of the DLSU chorale 1995. I would like to invite you to our forthcoming concert this coming December. I'll give you all the details if everything is set. Our group is composed mostly of the 95 batch that toured Europe. Details to follow. :)

God bless you all. :)

[Monteverdi]

Originally posted by dagobert
freebie, sino ka?

our concert: 15 december at the philamlife auditorium. it's a concert for a cause and a quasi-reunion concert na rin. we hope to see you there

last: music people, i need your help. would you know where i can get either a minus-one or piano accompaniment of steve green's "proclaim the glory of the lord"?

maraming salamat!



:)

Kilala mo si AJ diba? Paggawa mo na lang sa kanya as a last resort kung wala kang makitang minus one...

[dagobert]

Originally posted by Monteverdi


Kilala mo si AJ diba? Paggawa mo na lang sa kanya as a last resort kung wala kang makitang minus one...


Thanks, Monteverdi.

Actually, kung may mahanap ako, siya ang tutugtog. Kakahiya naman kung ipa-cifra ko sa kanya.

[choirmaster]

Mga muthrels!

Tingnan natin kung makapasok na ang aking message na ititch... kasi naman for the longest time e wa ako enter... parang nagha-hang na hindi ko maintindihan.

San Miguel PHilharmonic and San miguel Master Chorale just finished a 3-day recording session at Philamlife... Cayabyab to death... Misa 2000 and Te Deum... to die for ang sound! Abangan na lang natin ang recording na lumabas! Magreserba na ng ticket para sa inaugural concert sa January 12 sa Meralco, at sa Bamboo Organ Festival sa Las PiNas ekk...

Choirmuthrels

[johnvianney]

Boccelli,
Finally parating na rin much-awaited CD ng WCS 96 thru the
courtesy of Edward Granadosin who came from U.S. (his father incidentally passed away kaya napabilis ang pag-uwi niya...nag-to-tour ang III of A Kind dito sa U.S.) He will give it to Mark Carpio,
then Mark will give to Leo...then Leo will give to you..haba ng
chain ano??? Enjoy it and best regards... Johnvianney

[Boccelli]

Danke vahry mucho Johnvianney...

Ngayon naman ay excitement akich sa Missa 2000 CD... as in...
Sana makakuha ako ng tickets for that show...
GRABE LANG!!!

[Zack]

Ala bang may Concert? :uh:

[Z*E*U*S]

hiraya men's choral's CONCERT

October 21, 2001
sunday, 5PM
Philam Auditorium

[ardi]

choirmother,

salamat sa iyong advice tungkol sa tempo ng mga piyesa. Cabanatuan city na kasi ang lola mo. Kaya ako sumulat dahil nais iparating ng host namin sa oberhausen ang pangungumusta kina Raffy -- sa kapatid mo. Regards daw. Bertday ni Tito Lutz Ruhloff kahapon -- October 14. Doon daw tumira ang choir ng brotheret mo. pati na rin ang san beda chorale. (kumusta na kayo -- email naman kayo sa akin). O yun lang! nandito kami sa munich at super rehearsal kami. malapit na ang contest.

Kumusta naman ba ang concert nyo sa taipei, nakitá mo ba ang lola chi lin mo? nagkita kami sa padova at super miss congeniality talaga ang lola chi lin mo -- natalo kami ng mga lola mo sa gift giving sa mga organizers ng festivals.

O siya babu.

[Boccelli]

Hi Ardi...

Next week na pala ang Tolosa niyo... good luck sa competition...

Pabalita na lang po on when the group will be having their homecoming concert... Danke!

[ardi]

boccelli:
Nov. 29 ata ang homecoming namin. sa philam gagawin. but don´t expect a ust singers, acgc or madz homecoming. alam mo naman ang lola mo -- lagi lang low profile. kaya naman kami sumali sa tolosa dahil reject ang aming grant from ncca doon sa cantonigros kaya nag baka sakali kami na baka mabigyan kami ng grant kung sa tolosa kami sasali. marami daw na magaling ang sasali sa tolosa this year. meron daw na taga switzerland na super ganda ng tunog. well, bahala na at this time cabanatuan na ako ngayon dahil, ngayon pa lang namin na-memorize lahat ng contest repertoire namin. Well, since first time ko sa international competition, i don't expect anything. masuwerte na kami kung maka place pa kami. o siya -- mura lang kasi ang internet dito sa munich kaya nakakasagot ako. kumusta nalang sa lahat.

[zion]

Bumalik na ang Singing Ambassadors from their highly successful tour around Europe! Congrats sa inyong lahat! Galing-galing n'yo naman! :beam:

Anyways, I heard from a reliable source na may homecoming concert sila this late October, at sa CCP Main Theater pa daw! Bongga! Sikat sila, ha! Totoo ba 'to? Mga UPSAns diyan, paki-confirm naman. I'm sure marami ang gustong manood ng concert n'yo, ngayon pa't wagi kayo sa AREZZO!:grinroll:

Basta ako, very curious to death talaga ako sa tunog n'yo ngayon. Kaya 100% na manonood ako kahit na bubong na lang ang bakanteng espasyo sa homecoming n'yo. :nuts:

Congrats again and I'm sure proud din sa inyo ang mga kapatid n'yong mang-aawit dito sa Pinas (Madz, UST, La Salle, etc.).:bonkself:

Cheers! :cheers:

[Zack]

HuWaw!!! :wow2: Congrats sa UPSA at pakiconfirm naman ang Concert pls! pls! pls! :walkman2:

[jason_s]

1. UP Singing Ambasadors
2. UP madrigals
3. UP Concert Chorus

[Boccelli]

Wow... salamat at nalaman ko na rin kung ano na ang nangyari sa UPSA... sana ay ipamalita nila kung saan at kelan ang concert nila... please... maawa na kayo sa aming mga sabik na sabik... este... inip na inip nang marinig kayong muli...

See you all soon... :)

[Zack]

QUESTION!!!

San po ako pwede makabili ulit ng CD ng MADZ ng "A LIFE SHAPED BY MUSIC"? Thank You Po. :)

[Monteverdi]

Hello!

The University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors will be having their homecoming concert this Friday 27 October at the CCP 7pm. Ticket prices range from P150-P500.

Thats all the details I got.

Knut Nystedt! Grabe ka!

[Zack]

Friday? Oct. 26 and friday ah. :) pero anyway, siempre manunuod ako ng concert ng UPSA. See you!

[ChinoR]

Hi to all! Sa friday and concert ng UPSA? Wow! Congrats! Can't wait to see and hear them sing. See you too!

San nga ba nakakabili ng "A life Shaped by Music" na CD ng MADZ? Pls inform us naman o. thanks!

[wolverine_1014]

taga- FEU institute of physical therapy pero sa tingin ko the best and USTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WALA NANG TATALO PA!!!:)

[Boccelli]

Congratulations to the PWU Chorale for winning 3rd Place in the Mixed Choir Category from the Festival Internacional de Musica Cantonigros(mali ata.. basta alam ko FIMC yun eh.. ) and to UPSA for their 1st Place in the Folkloric Category from the same competition.

See you all tonight!

[zion]

10 minutes na lang out na ako sa office. UPSA concert na! Grabe! Can't wait to hear UPSA sing!:D

[zion]

Originally posted by wolverine_1014
taga- FEU institute of physical therapy pero sa tingin ko the best and USTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WALA NANG TATALO PA!!!:)

BakeeeeeeeeeT?????????????????????? Narinig mo na ba yung iba? :rolleyes:

[fujitsu]

as much as i dont want to react but, ganda naman ng reaction mo zion! i have seen all the top choirs in the country, though im not from ust, but in fairness to them, they have the most distinct sound plus the tangible consitency of quality and good vocal capabilities for individual members, clean singing will always be with them. the madz will always be remembered for their heart-speaking language of singing and the infamous chair that made them disctict to others. these 2 groups wouldn't be cut out of the list i bet you.

we really can not say who is the best or who's better, but we can really see who's doing good and who's doing a mess...who's feeling magaling and who's humble.

i can hand pick a few chosen choir in the land, whom i can really say at par with that of the europe's. though some are still budding and has the potential, they still need a lot of sweat,
tears and years to be equal with the known choirs. but one thing for sure, filipinos are great singers. needless to say, has the monopoly of great groups in asia.

i will always have a respect to the madz and ust singers, plus the ateneo (recently) for a very neat sound and clean singing.

congrats to the singing ambassadors from up! and goodluck on ur egp next year! t'was a nice refreshing show last night, t'was very upsa!

[980042]

Di ako nakapanood ng UPSA! Anong mga highlights?:)

[tuningfork]

:rolleyes:

you may get a life shaped by music cd from madz's business manager alfred samonte. cant give you his number over the pex so just ask around. better yet, watch the madz concert with lani misalucha on oct 30 and 31 at CCP main theater. they might sell some cds there.

[Boccelli]

tuningfork;

shucks... i wasn't able to see you on S.O.P. sayang... oh well, im really hoping i could watch the Lani M. show tomorrow... sana sweldo na!!!!!

to the people who watched the UPSA concert, pa lagay naman ng list ng songs na kinanta nila sa concert nung friday... I wasn't able to watch it as well kasi may practice ako...

fujitsu;

i think what zion meant by his post was why does the other guy think UST is the best, could he compare the sound with the other groups? yun lang.... :)

I miss hearing the UST Singers... *sigh*... obviously my heart still goes out for the Chorale and Madz... pero nakakamiss lang talaga yung USTe... I wish they come up with a concert soon...

to Choirmaster:
if ever you get a chance to read this, i have been hearing different choirs lately and it seems like nagkakaroon ng pagbabago sa tunog ng mga groups. parang may transformation na naman. hindi ko ma explain kung ano... i just feel and notice the difference. not saying that its not good, its just.... hmmm... different and intriguing. whatcha think?

[Zack]

Originally posted by tuningfork
:rolleyes:

you may get a life shaped by music cd from madz's business manager alfred samonte. cant give you his number over the pex so just ask around. better yet, watch the madz concert with lani misalucha on oct 30 and 31 at CCP main theater. they might sell some cds there.


Thanks for the info! :)

[fujitsu]

yeah boccelli, i know what zion meant, but for me, his post was kind of offensive to the ust people. i notice while im scanning thorugh the pages of this topic, sila lang yata at ang madz, ang hindi nagrerespond dito. kaya medyo delikado yung statement ni zion na baka ma-mis-understood.

i realy like those two choirs, they know the value of humilty and professionalism.

as i have said, hindi natin masasabi kung sino ang magaling, makikita lang natin kung sino ang nag-fi-feeling magaling na chaka naman, and kung sino ang tahimik at "let-my/our-achievements-say-it" ang drama. i prefer the latter, because an overhyped-group is irritating as i have seen in here.

anyway, sana mapanuod natin ang madz later sa ccp.

[Boccelli]

fujitsu...
actually i know of people from UST and Madz who do post here.. hehehehehe.... now i'm wondering kung sino yung nirerefer mo na nagfifilengesh pero chaka naman... hmmmmm....
anywho... u watching the madz conzert later? mayaman ka!! :) purita kasi ako ngayon ang walang moolah for their concert later...
bad trip nga eh..
ingats!

[zion]

Originally posted by fujitsu
yeah boccelli, i know what zion meant, but for me, his post was kind of offensive to the ust people. i notice while im scanning thorugh the pages of this topic, sila lang yata at ang madz, ang hindi nagrerespond dito. kaya medyo delikado yung statement ni zion na baka ma-mis-understood.

i realy like those two choirs, they know the value of humilty and professionalism.

as i have said, hindi natin masasabi kung sino ang magaling, makikita lang natin kung sino ang nag-fi-feeling magaling na chaka naman, and kung sino ang tahimik at "let-my/our-achievements-say-it" ang drama. i prefer the latter, because an overhyped-group is irritating as i have seen in here.

anyway, sana mapanuod natin ang madz later sa ccp.

fujutsu, i never meant anything when i said that "infamous remark" except maybe that for one to be credible in saying that a certain choir is the best, he should have at least a CONSIDERABLE amount of comparison with other choirs. in short, magkaroon naman ng basehan ang statements mo and listen to the others before you give your verdict. for all you know, you might be missing a lot. may ipapakita rin namang galing ang iba and i know it. i never even expected that my simple remark would create such SPIRITED reactions from others (happy halloween!!! :D )

anyways, narinig ko naman and UST at bilib din naman ako sa kanila. dapat nga magsaya tayo at talaga namang madami tayong magagaling na choirs that really made us proud to be Noypis. andyan ang madz, ateneo, upsa, la salle, at siyempre uste rin.

so to all my musical brods out there, PEACE. :)

P.S.
kongrats sa UPSA. galing nyo at cute din ang "kalesa" nyo. gud luck next year.
:D

[Jerusalem]

Originally posted by 980042
Di ako nakapanood ng UPSA! Anong mga highlights?:)
It has been a while since I last visited the thread. I'm amazed that it still keeps on growing. Keep it coming, guys.

To my friend who has missed UPSA's homecoming concert at the CCP, here is my (hopefully...) objective, impartial observations on the group:

1. The sacred and international songs they sang were very European sounding--clean, refined, and flowing. They're musical skills have impressively developed in such a short time and evolved into a higher level of choral singing. No wonder they are the toast of Europe this year. Ed (their conductor) has done a good job in training his singers to be well-focused and disciplined musicians.

2. The latter part of the concert was more visual as it featured the group's knack for dancing. While their medley of Filipino folkdances was colorful and visually delightful, it still lacked the energy that professional dancers would be known for. The women were pretty and spritely but the men need more attention to "terpsichorian details." Their "Kalesa" was infectious but the men's rendition of "maglalatik" is negligible.

Generally, UPSA's homecoming concert is, quoting their conductor Ed Manguiat's closing remark, "...not perfect but it comes from the heart." Such humility is admirable.

Indeed, the group is undergoing a transformation of sorts: becoming more mature, stronger, and more potent singers. And yet, UPSA still has that enigmatic kind vulnerability that quite endears them to their audience.

I watched the concert. I was entertained and was touched.

Again, congratulations to the group.

[Monteverdi]

Someone just commented a few postings back that choirs in the country are changing their sound...

Indeed! Well, not just here but in other places as well. Some famous choirs, like in their newer recordings, have gone a long way from their recordings just 20 years ago! (RIAS Kammerchor for example...comparing their Bach recordings...)

If you have heard that black Madz cd (A life shaped by music), you would also notice that their sound has evolved from the very rich, vibrato laden sound circa 1970s to the refined, "straighter," purer toned ensemble that won the EGP in 97. Albeit, the lines and unique phrasing/charisma hasn't really changed at all! (I like the Madz in Tolosa 1996, that was really special!)

UST 1995 sounds quite differerent from the UST of 2001, notwithstanding the change in members. It all reflects the new learnings, techniques, experiences of our conductors. Especially with UST. The performance of Chua-ay for the 1995 Tolosa competition was WAY KNOCK OUT as compared to when they recorded it back in 1993. So proud to hear all the applause...the audience must have been spell binded to hear that performance!

ACGC...ah! Now here's a choir that has really worked hard! All their efforts have really produced a special sound. I just wish that more of their competition cds be heard (Marktoberdorf, Tolosa, etc). I have to close my mouth whenever I listen to their competitions performances....

I guess, reading my postings from almost a year ago, I guess I know must say a true fan cannot pick a favorite choir, local or foreign. You can never know what a particular group will teach/show you...

To a budding choral fan, my unsolicited advice: Dont close your mind...just listen and listen and listen. No one will stop you from criticizing a certain choir, sound, interpretation, conductor or performance. Have favorites, but never ever let that prevent you from listening to new choirs or new repertoire! Be sure that you enjoy the music!

Hahaha...eto na naman ako nagruruminate...bored eh...and almost unemployed (again!).

Im gonna start naming my "must listen and get a copy list" of choral cd recordings...wala lang, this will be ongoing. para maiba rin atmosphere ng thread na ito...share din kayo...

1. MADZ 1989 CD...

This is a prized cd...rare among non madz members. Has the GLORIA of Cayabyab, TINIG NG LUPA by Federizon, PRAYER OF ST FRANCIS Not by Allan Pote, ELI! ELI! of Bardos, ITALIAN SALAD, and other Gems. The quissential Filipino choir at its best! The sheer virtuosity, force, heart...everything that is NOT FROM THE EUROPEAN SCHOOL of choral performance (well not entirely :) ). Basta! Im running out of superlatives...so just take my word for it. If you dont have it, borrow at all cost!

2. MADZ Christmas CD (circa 1987-89?)

Not the yellow cd released by BMG, this one is for me a lot better kasi very loose and "rustic" ang pagkanta. As in again, quissentially Filipino sound...lalo na yung PASKO NA NAMAN at NOCHE BUENA. Maraming carolers ang naimpluwensya ng guitarista sa cd na to... The ROMMEL PET is amazing, not perfect, but who cares? ITS AN AMAZING CD. Not commercially available na, but at all cost, try to listen to it.

3. RIAS Kammerchor Poulenc motets

THE EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL CHOIR. Difficult repertoire but sung with much panache yet very tight and secured intonation and attacks. Choirmasters everywhere will indeed envy the dead on attacks of this choir's sopranos...those B flats! (I read that somewhere, sorry, pero totoo talaga). CDs are still available in tower...get this kahit di nyo pa dig yung songs...it's a great thing!

The Netherlands Chamber Choir under Eric Ericson is also fine. But its another story...I'l continue na lang in my next post...

Grabe, Cris...if you read all this im sure sabihin mo ang daldal ko talaga! Hehehehe :D

Goodluck to all!

[fujitsu]

anyone here who can post informations regarding the PWU Choir? as i know, robert is here, if he happen to read this..could you post anything about your group...(this choir is really promising)

UPSA with their acquired confidence (beacuse of arrezo) and a little more training will complement their natural "european" thingie sound that will definitely help them in the coming EGP in Debrecen, i think. Pero i heard from my friends (residing in gorizia) that EGP daw will be at Arrezo, if that is the case, its an advantage for our UPSA.

Boccelli, yah, nakapanuod ako. di ako mayaman, bigay lang sakin yung ng isang papulet na kasamahan ko sa office. ok naman.

r.e. albums of MADZ, mein gott, di ko na alam kung alin ang mga albums nila sa dami ng mga ito sa cabinet ko! may mga tapes pa nga ako eh, at very recent nalang yung mga cd collections ko nila.

sino naman kaya ang kukuha ng spotlight next year? would it be a rigodon of the more-famous choirs or will it be the year of a new-in-the-circle choir!?

any christmas concerts kahit chakalin?

[ibelieve]

Ciempre Ateneo no! D lang to pang Pinas pagworld class pa...;) Gusto mo ill give you an update kc bka magkaroon ng FEST sa min next few months...

[Monteverdi]

Somehow, I dont know...im kinda losing faith in choir competions, especially as a benchmark for choral performances. There just seems to be damn so many intangibles that really skews the real meaning and beauty of choral singing...

Sometimes even, a mediocre choir will win a major prize and the results can be disadvantageous....either nagiging sobrang feeling at walang bukang bibig kundi nanalo sa ganito or much worst, they stop improving na....

im not saying this with a particular group in mind...I heard a recording of certain "famous" filipino choir...much praised here in the pages of PEx...but i cant believe their competion performance in Europe just a few years back...they won several accolades in this particular competition...anyhow, if you had the chance to hear that disc, you'd be laughing out loud. German diction between sections were butchered...i.e. yung german ng soprano vastly different sa german ng basses...yup may puso ang kanta. pero ma heart attack naman yung listener kasi lahat ng piyesa ginawang sobrang bilis, especially yung ethnic set, para maging exciting...and that federizon tinig ng lupa...for crying out loud, the soprano at the end...what the hell was she doing? I swear walang ganun sa piyesa??? I felt they had to take her to the hospital after the performance...it was unbelievable!

They'll email me and say "so what?? we won best (mixed) choir in that competition!"...see?? competitions can vastly mislead even the best choirs into false beliefs...

Flame me for being honest...I just cant take it!

I'm a fan of this choir and I listen well to all their concerts. I dont agree with all their interpretations as much as I applaud all the wonderful things they bring to their music making. But that CD was plain Friday the 13th!

And some really good choirs can lose in competitions that they really deserve to win...especially heart breaking when we follow the rules and our european adversaries dont...and we still lose... ah such is the dynamics of any competitive event....

In sum: WINNING IN COMPETITIONS IS NOT THE BEST BENCHMARK OF EXCELLENCE IN CHORAL SINGING. Bad choirs win and good choirs lose...for the dumbest of reasons.... (sinabi na nga ata ito ni Choirmaster ages back)

I feel very much like a witch! Forgive me for my now! Ngayon lang araw na ito talaga! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[M_Lover]

Very true! No matter what judges tell you, competitions, not just choral ones are prone to bias/prejudice. All the more if the participants and the judges belong to the same circle or company (u know what I mean). Buti pa nga siguro kung wa ka kakilala sa competition. Actually, same with auditions. But that's just how it is. And most of the time, the praises if you do get them, are just chika, to feed our egotism. All artists have this in one form or another I believe; otherwise, you're not a true artist. Wag magdeny! However, the upside to competitions is that it developes character. :D :D :D

[zion]

Originally posted by Monteverdi
Somehow, I dont know...im kinda losing faith in choir competions, especially as a benchmark for choral performances. There just seems to be damn so many intangibles that really skews the real meaning and beauty of choral singing...

Sometimes even, a mediocre choir will win a major prize and the results can be disadvantageous....either nagiging sobrang feeling at walang bukang bibig kundi nanalo sa ganito or much worst, they stop improving na....

im not saying this with a particular group in mind...I heard a recording of certain "famous" filipino choir...much praised here in the pages of PEx...but i cant believe their competion performance in Europe just a few years back...they won several accolades in this particular competition...anyhow, if you had the chance to hear that disc, you'd be laughing out loud. German diction between sections were butchered...i.e. yung german ng soprano vastly different sa german ng basses...yup may puso ang kanta. pero ma heart attack naman yung listener kasi lahat ng piyesa ginawang sobrang bilis, especially yung ethnic set, para maging exciting...and that federizon tinig ng lupa...for crying out loud, the soprano at the end...what the hell was she doing? I swear walang ganun sa piyesa??? I felt they had to take her to the hospital after the performance...it was unbelievable!

They'll email me and say "so what?? we won best (mixed) choir in that competition!"...see?? competitions can vastly mislead even the best choirs into false beliefs...

Flame me for being honest...I just cant take it!

I'm a fan of this choir and I listen well to all their concerts. I dont agree with all their interpretations as much as I applaud all the wonderful things they bring to their music making. But that CD was plain Friday the 13th!

And some really good choirs can lose in competitions that they really deserve to win...especially heart breaking when we follow the rules and our european adversaries dont...and we still lose... ah such is the dynamics of any competitive event....

In sum: WINNING IN COMPETITIONS IS NOT THE BEST BENCHMARK OF EXCELLENCE IN CHORAL SINGING. Bad choirs win and good choirs lose...for the dumbest of reasons.... (sinabi na nga ata ito ni Choirmaster ages back)

I feel very much like a witch! Forgive me for my now! Ngayon lang araw na ito talaga! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

And you sound like a witch, really! Hahaha! Pero seriously kapatid, if you lose faith in choir competitions, you'd just be negating, like, the efforts of some choirs who REALLY DESERVED their winnings. I personally believe that ALL competitions have a certain level of bias. Simply because the judges are HUMANS and not some kind of invented measuring instruments. Siyempre, dear, its very difficult to quantify excellent singing. Sure, may standards. Pero choral singing demands much more than technical excellence. It demands HEART. EMOTIONS. And the ability to move listeners; in the case of competitions, the judges. Kaya nga food for da soul, dibala? Kung yung soul nga mahirap i-prove, yung pagkain pa kaya nya (corny ko talaga!)? :p

Also, what is being judged in choral competitions is the PARTICULAR PERFORMANCE of the competing choir DURING the contest proper and NOT the ability of the choir to be consistent with their singing throughout their choral life. Di ba kaya nga may kasabihan tayo na one is only as good as his LAST performance? Malas na lang nung choir kung wagi ang sound nila abroad pero pagdating sa Pinas, chumaka. Maraming rason din ito, kapatid. Pero hahaba na naman ang usapan, so next time na ito.

Pero kung member ka ng choir na nag-compete din abroad, alam mo kung gaano kahirap mag-prepare ang isang choir para lang maka-join sa competitions abroad. I also know this for a fact kasi napagdaanan ko rin yan. And if only for this, we should appreciate their efforts. Por Ejemplo, pag wagi ang Madrigal Singing Action Singers Glee Club Chorale, di naman sila kikilalanin abroad by their name. Ang didikit sa mga utak ng mga dayuhan, e, MAGALING ANG PINOY!

Besides, anong choral competition ang di mo feel? Debrecen? Tolosa? Arezzo? Tours? Kung di established siguro pa, pero naman... ;)

Basta ako, Isa lang ang masasabi ko. BOW ako sa LAHAT NG CHOIRS na sumali sa international competions, especially sa mga wagi. YOU BRING HONOR TO THE FILIPINO and for that i'm grateful. Whether established ang contest or not. THANK YOU MADZ, ACGC, UST SINGERS, UPSA, CC, DE LA SALLE, PWU, at kung sino pa diyan na na-forget ko. REGARDLESS OF THE CRITICISMS, BILIB AKO SA GALING NYONG LAHAT. I know how it is to compete, to win, and to be criticized. Been there, done that.

Andami ko nang nasabi (siguro kasi inis lang ako ngayon at wala pang kuryente sa amin, hehe.)

To Monteverdi, peace, man. You are a living example that freedom of expression still exists in this country. Mabuhay ka kapatid. :)

[ChinoR]

Paki post naman kung sino may concert. :)

[fujitsu]

monteverdi,

you can not keep out bias judging in competitions and others, same is true on what you have just posted...really biased.(dont be surprised if you'd get some bad reactions) interpretations are in the conductors hand, that's why we have a term re-interpretations. if you feel that you dont like one's inter (or i should say) re-interpretation, then that's your feeling, not everyones'.

choral singing is a relative term. the relativity of it stretches towards the longest, weirdest, best possible idea you'd ever think of in this discipline. so YOU CAN NOT really assume some things or deny some things.

i do not agree with the idea of ' bad choir win competitions, good choir doesn't.'

i just agree with the fact that there's a group, who made a mess on their concert, and it happened to be thier special one. a group who is trying to fit-in the winning-choir's circle but just end up trailing at the end of the tail of some new-budding group. that's a fact. tsk tsk! bumping.

[Monteverdi]

Originally posted by fujitsu
monteverdi,

you can not keep out bias judging in competitions and others, same is true on what you have just posted...really biased.(dont be surprised if you'd get some bad reactions) interpretations are in the conductors hand, that's why we have a term re-interpretations. if you feel that you dont like one's inter (or i should say) re-interpretation, then that's your feeling, not everyones'.

choral singing is a relative term. the relativity of it stretches towards the longest, weirdest, best possible idea you'd ever think of in this discipline. so YOU CAN NOT really assume some things or deny some things.

i do not agree with the idea of ' bad choir win competitions, good choir doesn't.'

i just agree with the fact that there's a group, who made a mess on their concert, and it happened to be thier special one. a group who is trying to fit-in the winning-choir's circle but just end up trailing at the end of the tail of some new-budding group. that's a fact. tsk tsk! bumping.


first of all, i want say i appreciate your comments. its a discussion forum talaga! :)

Interpretation is an age old debate. Especially in music, maraming disagreements on tempo, tone, mood, etc.ect. Some famous conductors, choral and orchestral, became famous for their inter- or reinterpretation of classical works....

My point is minsan naman talaga, out of good taste yung pagkanta sa work. It really would disappoint the composer especially if his intentions (which are written down in the score) are not followed. If he wanted a certain passage to be sung by an octet, eh di dapat solo octet, not the ripieno of 30 singers! diba? And really, my post concerned my views which I am sharing with all of you guys, and I'm ready to accept the fact na most of you wont agree (there are posts here na di rin ako agree). Its really my own opinion. And, if such is the case...I cannot help but really be biased, because at the opposite end of my spectrum is someone who totally disagrees with my points. Well, the good thing is may space din dito for their views which all of us can read...

Anyhow, some of our choirs are 'misguided' kasi it seems iba nga ang understanding ng conductors nila sa mga works na kinakanta nila. OK yun on one hand kasi it promotes artistry, resourcefulness, creativity, and just plain breaths new life into the repertoire. But the downside is that in the pursuit of something new and something that would make his choir standout, maraming dinadagdag sa score ang conductor (or omittions of a composer's instructions). Have you heard this famous choir that added animal sounds to Federizon's Tinig ng Lupa? (Competition yun ha!) Or this choir that executed an accelerando in the fugue part of this Brahms work, na sa score wala namang ganun?? Baket? What was the purpose of that? The discerning listener tuloy can't appreciate the beauty of the counterpoint kasi ang labo na sa sobrang bilis, it became soupy. Or yung group na naglalagay ng obliggato sa mga kanta nila (dirait on??). I mean, Im a conductor too, and somehow I feel the need to give the composer some measure of respect and I wont 'rework' his composition to make my choir will stand out. I hope you also consider my point.

Im the first one to be really excited pag maganda ang interpretation ng director. There are choir conductors who have a feel for shading and dynamics...na in their hands gumaganda at lumalabas talaga ang meaning ng text...sadly, the hits are less than the misses.

E.G. si John Eliot Gardiner, maraming galit sa kanya kasi daw ang Bach niya masyadong 'dancy' at nawawala ang comtemplative spirit ni JS Bach. Others naman, like me, think ok lang kasi Bach naman was inspired in one part by the French and all their famous dance tunes during that time...see?? Even famous conductors are subject to criticism... I say art is really a RELATIVE thing...and I agree with you on that!

Well, that's all...peace Fujitsu...just write down your reply. Have no time na to edit my thoughts, much more to reply to the other posts...to Zion and M_lover...next time.

Good luck...sa Friday recital ng DLSU Chorale members...Boccelli, ikaw na lang ang mag bigay ng details at baka magkamali na naman ako...hehehe

P.S.

Pahabol lang since I am on the issue. Sana tigilan na ng mag arrangers dyan ang pag-a-adapt ng choral works na may accompaniment (especially orchestral) into a cappella. Lagi na lang biktima si John Rutter! Hindi a cappella ang Magnificat niya! at please...meron ng a cappella na 'The Lord Bless and Keep You', yung kay Lutkin...bakit yung kay Rutter, merong accompaniment, ginawan ng a cappella arrangement...please! stop the insanity....hahahaha

[zion]

Monteverdi, agree ako sa yo na some works are better left alone as they are. Tinig ng Lupa na may animal sounds?!?! Totoo ba itich? Over yung kumanta nun, ha?!?

May alam din akong VERY WELL PRAISED CHOIR here at Pex. Magaling naman talaga sila, especially sa dynamics. Pero minsan talagang super-duper-OVER ang interpretation nila sa ibang songs, particularly folk at ethnic.

I have their 1995 or 1996 tape at ang ilay gandangan nila, SOBRA SA BILIS! Ang ending tuloy, parang ni-rape ang mga sopranos while they shout their final notes. At ang descant ng ili-ili nila, naku tita! Parang nananakot ng bata! Banshee ang dating!

Trulili talaga ang nagsabi once dito sa thread na ito na may kanya-kanyang strengths at weaknesses ang lahat ng choirs. TARGET POINT: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT CHOIR.

Yun lang po mga kapatid. (Bato-bato sa langit...) :teehee:

[markus_creed]

To Monteverdi it may concern chuvalis,

Hoy Monteverdi, a.k.a Boy Abunda, magtago ka na BAKLA, I’ve been trying to research for your identity, now I know kung sino ka, alam mo lola, buking ka na. Masyado kang maganda at sufer peeling!

Tanong? Ano ba muna ang boses mo ha Inday Garutay? Maganda ba? Maganda ka ba? Ya right, you’re such a witch to the tenth power. Ang daming nananahimik sa amin but you’re way down below the belt.

Ano ba munang ipinagmamalaki mo, yang sang tambak mong CD collections? Bakit, ganyan ka ba kumanta, is that how your choir sings? May choir ka ba? Ano naman ang sound ng choir mo? Can you apply everything you know about choral music? Ano bang sound ng choir mo muna sa Imus, aber? Oo, alam kong sobrang galing ng YOUTH CHOIR kung saan ka kumakanta.

Sasabihin mo na winning in the competitions abroad is not a benchmark that a particular choir is excellent. Sino ka ba? Ang galing naman ng opinion mo, dinaig mo pa si Werner Pfaff, Andrea Veneracion, Joel Navarro, Eric Ericsson, Gary Graden, Jerry Jordan, Vaclovas Augustinus, Fidel Calalang, Stojan Kuret, Oscar Boada, Gene Brooks, Jonathan Velasco, Lim Yau, Vytaustas Miskinis, Ed Manguiat, Ingemar Mansson, Nestor Zadoff, Elizabeth Ramsey, Matutina, Tya Pusit, Bella Flores etc. etc. etc., echetherah!

Why the heck do you think these choirs under these conductors have to compete? Of course you wouldn’t know why ‘cos you don’t belong to any of those that compete abroad.

Masyado ka lang bilib sa sarili mo at sa choir mo! Bakit, consistent din ba yang choir mo? You see, we all are striving to be excellent in our own humble ways, to become real artists pero kung may isang kagaya mo in any of these choirs, tama nga lang na nandyan ka sa grupo mo ngayon.

Get real mama! You want perfection? Sige, show us that your group sings perfectly. Show us that you sing perfectly as well. Hindi rin porket isang bodega ang CDs mo na hinihiram mo kung kani-kanino and in the end ay iba-back bite mo rin yong hiniram mo dito sa PEX ay maganda ka na, excuse me! Kung ako sayo lola Boy, join ka na lang ng amateur singing contest o kaya ng ms gay beauty pageants jan tutal maganda ka naman diva vlu vlack sheef? At pag Winnie Tyson ka, e di bongga, may datung si bakla. Ha mo sa next town fiesta sa inyo, sagot ko long gown mo na tube, parang kay Miriam Quiambao. Ganda mo non! Excited na ko talaga!

Hwag ka ilusyonada, yan ang ibig kong sabihin.! Hoy lola RIAS, alam ko mestisa ka, pero maligo ka muna dahil ang dumi mo rin daw kumanta sabi ng katabi mo……kung sino man sya…….ewan ko na lang. Bato-bato chuvalis.

Mabuhay ang Ateneo Glee Club, Philippine Madrigal Singers, UP Singing Ambassadors and UST Singers for a job well done.

Hahahahahhahaha, do I sound like a witch? Witch daw sabi nitong katabi ko….hahahahahahahahahahahahahha! Ay 5/8 pala! May ina-arrange kasi ako na dating may orchestra, ang title ay………tadan……..”Witch You like Crazy”, 50 voices, ewan ko na lang kung makakanta ng YOUTH CHOIR mo kasi may obligato doon na kailangan may nakasaksak sa bunganga ng soprano na isang malaking espada habang kakantahin ang hi F ng 1,000,000 counts. Laban ka sa arrangement ko! Baka gawin mong 10 counts kundi ipakukulong kita! Kamusta na nga pala ang show mong The BUZZZZZZ!

Keep singing mga kafathid!

BOW!

Yours truly,

Nora Aunor

[ChinoR]

Originally posted by zion
. . . . Basta ako, Isa lang ang masasabi ko. BOW ako sa LAHAT NG CHOIRS na sumali sa international competions, especially sa mga wagi. YOU BRING HONOR TO THE FILIPINO and for that i'm grateful. Whether established ang contest or not. THANK YOU MADZ, ACGC, UST SINGERS, UPSA, CC, DE LA SALLE, PWU, at kung sino pa diyan na na-forget ko. REGARDLESS OF THE CRITICISMS, BILIB AKO SA GALING NYONG LAHAT. I know how it is to compete, to win, and to be criticized. Been there, done that.


Originally posted by zion
Monteverdi, agree ako sa yo na some works are better left alone as they are. Tinig ng Lupa na may animal sounds?!?! Totoo ba itich? Over yung kumanta nun, ha?!?

May alam din akong VERY WELL PRAISED CHOIR here at Pex. Magaling naman talaga sila, especially sa dynamics. Pero minsan talagang super-duper-OVER ang interpretation nila sa ibang songs, particularly folk at ethnic.

I have their 1995 or 1996 tape at ang ilay gandangan nila, SOBRA SA BILIS! Ang ending tuloy, parang ni-rape ang mga sopranos while they shout their final notes. At ang descant ng ili-ili nila, naku tita! Parang nananakot ng bata! Banshee ang dating!

Trulili talaga ang nagsabi once dito sa thread na ito na may kanya-kanyang strengths at weaknesses ang lahat ng choirs. TARGET POINT: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT CHOIR.

Yun lang po mga kapatid. (Bato-bato sa langit...) :teehee:


Here's an example of a contradicting post. :rolleyes: Anyway, you made a point: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT CHOIR. :)

[North_Halsted]

Originally posted by zion

May alam din akong VERY WELL PRAISED CHOIR here at Pex. Magaling naman talaga sila, especially sa dynamics. Pero minsan talagang super-duper-OVER ang interpretation nila sa ibang songs, particularly folk at ethnic.

I have their 1995 or 1996 tape at ang ilay gandangan nila, SOBRA SA BILIS! Ang ending tuloy, parang ni-rape ang mga sopranos while they shout their final notes. At ang descant ng ili-ili nila, naku tita! Parang nananakot ng bata! Banshee ang dating!

Yun lang po mga kapatid. (Bato-bato sa langit...) :teehee:

HI ZION:

HMMMM... I only know of one choir that has a recording from 95 but I'm not sure we are talking about the same choir :) I wouldn't think so coz the choir I know with the recordings of Ili Ili and Ilay Gandangan used those songs in almost all of their competitions in Europe in 1995 for the Folkloric Category. I know that in all the Folkloric Categories they participated in, they ended up being First. So I don't think we are talking about the same group.

Another thing, if we are thinking of the same group, it would be weird to actually mistake their Ilay Gandangan in the recording(LIVE) since their conductor arranged that Ethnic piece which gives their interpretation all the more credible don't you think. I actually have never hear Ilay Gandangan performed any better than this conductor's group can. You should listen to the World Symposium on Choral Music 1999 CD where this choir hit the pinnacle of the Ilay Gandangan piece.. adding a variation to the piece as specified by the arranger(their conductor).

Ili Ili on the other hand can be interpreted differently in this case. I heard their interpretation and it actually made me feel sad. It evoked not a simple lullabye but a dramatic lullabye... images of a mother singing to her "dead" child came into mind as i listened to the groups interpretation. So you see, its all about taste. Just because the piece was started with the descant in pp doesn't mean it can't be altered(i just don't know if it was clearly specified in the piece that the obligato part is suppose to be pianissimo)

No pissed just stating a point. :D

[fujitsu]

ayan, kasi ang daming nafifiling at nagmamaganda dito, chakalin naman!

montiverdi, what can you say about a choir who sang a famous 'oyayi' (which was arranged by g.hernandez for acapella singing) and sang it with a grandioso PIANO accompaniment when in fact that it must be sung in piano mode!? baka na mis-interpret nila na pag [p gagamitan ng piano! baka naman himatayin ang pinapatulog na bata! chakalin!

i believe about the saying 'choir is as good as their last performance', and i got to saw this group during their last over-hyped concert and it was a pure chakalin show.

you started it all, now you suffer.

[North_Halsted]

Originally posted by markus_creed

Mabuhay ang Ateneo Glee Club, Philippine Madrigal Singers, UP Singing Ambassadors and UST Singers for a job well done.



I would've wished you hadn't excluded other notable choirs who kicked a*s in Europe i.e. Himig Singers ng Davao, De La Salle University Chorale and the PWU Chorale who I heard got 3rd Place in the Mixed Category in Cantonigros this year. Correct me if I'm wrong, did they beat the UPSA in this Category? or did UPSA fail to join or chose not to join the Mixed Choir Category(which I find highly unlikely)...

I actually noticed one thing when I saw the winnings of the UPSA this year. It seemed like they were after another group by joining the competitions the other group joined as well(in 1995 - Cantonigros [where it was spread that UPSA sadly lost to the other] and 1999 - the J. Brahms Competition). I just find that a bit too coincidental knowing that UPSA and the other group has something to .. er... resolve.

[ChinoR]

Originally posted by fujitsu
ayan, kasi ang daming nafifiling at nagmamaganda dito, chakalin naman!

montiverdi, what can you say about a choir who sang a famous 'oyayi' (which was arranged by g.hernandez for acapella singing) and sang it with a grandioso PIANO accompaniment when in fact that it must be sung in piano mode!? baka na mis-interpret nila na pag [p gagamitan ng piano! baka naman himatayin ang pinapatulog na bata! chakalin!

i believe about the saying 'choir is as good as their last performance', and i got to saw this group during their last over-hyped concert and it was a pure chakalin show.

you started it all, now you suffer.

Yeah and I've watched that concert too. My friends and I just can't help it and we were really laughing when this certain choir sang this "oyayi" in a GRANDIOSO MODE. But in fairness, the last song was good. Oh well...

[North_Halsted]

Originally posted by fujitsu
ayan, kasi ang daming nafifiling at nagmamaganda dito, chakalin naman!

montiverdi, what can you say about a choir who sang a famous 'oyayi' (which was arranged by g.hernandez for acapella singing) and sang it with a grandioso PIANO accompaniment when in fact that it must be sung in piano mode!? baka na mis-interpret nila na pag [p gagamitan ng piano! baka naman himatayin ang pinapatulog na bata! chakalin!

i believe about the saying 'choir is as good as their last performance', and i got to saw this group during their last over-hyped concert and it was a pure chakalin show.

you started it all, now you suffer.

I wonder if this was the show/concert that also featured a fabulous arrangement of a Prince of Egypt tune.... (hint hint).. because as far as i can remember that got me to my feet. Was this the show that showcased an awesome interpretation of Shenandoah and a very soothing Dirait On... ???

[Boccelli]

HI All...
ano itong nangyayari dito sa PEx.... ba't parang nagkakagulo.

sana walang awayan. To fujitsu, ChinoR and zion ... sana walang ganyanan, i was from the choir na ini-insulto niyo. wag sana tayong maging taklesa. kung manchacharos kayo sana constructive hindi yung nakakainsulto.

to North_Halsted... thanks for what seems like defending the Chorale pero ok lang sila (im not part of the choir anymore)... they know where they stand... the group is NOT composed by a bunch of amateurs...

*sigh*.... :(

[fujitsu]

my gosh, yes, i saw a very soothing-clean sound of the UST Singers when they sang Shenandoah, and the very beautiful- tranquil interpretation of the Ateneo Glee Club of Dirait-on.

these 2 great choirs sang that famous OYAYI of Hernandez and they gave different but very good RE-interpretations, BUT they never inculcated a PIANO accompaniment (with a grandioso mode) into a quiet lullaby for babies.

ironically, some choirs out there still have guts to re-interpret something and dared to sing some songs (that the more-capable-elite choirs have sung) but never gave justice to the songs. comparing can not be cut out.

in anyway, UPSA has the spotlight now, don't spoil their glorious moments right now coz they deserve it. don't go back to the past
to remember those infamous [i]duelo[/b] but be jelous of what they have proven! har har! cause they have just proven they are more worth it...

mediocrity is greening.

[North_Halsted]

Originally posted by fujitsu
my gosh, yes, i saw a very soothing-clean sound of the UST Singers when they sang Shenandoah, and the very beautiful- tranquil interpretation of the Ateneo Glee Club of Dirait-on.

these 2 great choirs sang that famous OYAYI of Hernandez and they gave different but very good RE-interpretations, BUT they never inculcated a PIANO accompaniment (with a grandioso mode) into a quiet lullaby for babies.

ironically, some choirs out there still have guts to re-interpret something and dared to sing some songs (that the more-capable-elite choirs have sung) but never gave justice to the songs. comparing can not be cut out.

in anyway, UPSA has the spotlight now, don't spoil their glorious moments right now coz they deserve it. don't go back to the past
to remember those infamous [i]duelo[/b] but be jelous of what they have proven! har har! cause they have just proven they are more worth it...

mediocrity is greening.

Competitions are fate driven and luck determined. For instances where Philippine choirs have placed well in competitions it definitely shows how well the batch of that group is at the time they competed. I commend UPSA for their winnings this year, no doubt about it. I wasn't spoiling their glorious moments, just getting info and getting opinions.

I can't be jealous because I am not part of a choir. So that leaves jealousy out of the picture. I just believe, however, that until a Filipino group reaches the pinnacle of success that the Philippine Madrigal Singers has reached they are still part of the pool of aspirants(even if they have been qualified to compete at the EGP).

[Genius101]

I can't believe what this thread has degenerated into again...

Anyway, it's just sad that there are still choristers out there who bring other choirs down instead of raising all Filipino choirs.

I am a member of the DLSU Chorale, and of course it hurts to read such comments... but I always look forward to hearing comments about not just our own performances but on others as well, so that we can all learn. I just wish they're said more constructively.

Anyway, in defense to the "oyayi" issue, it was sung in a grandioso mode because it was meant that way by the arranger. If I am not mistaken, I think he wanted it to be a sort of tribute to his mother, not really an interpretation of a mother putting a child to sleep (I agree that such a grandioso interpretation would have sent the baby crying all night).

And another thing, I didn't find anything wrong with what Monteverdi said (that supposedly ignited this whole tirade of negative comments all over again) to warrant such a negative reaction. I don't think he was generalizing when he said that "bad choirs win and good choirs lose"... Of course that's not always the case, siguro may exceptions lang. Naaalala ko tuloy yung case ng ACGC when they lost in this year's grand prix. I absolutely loved their sound, and I was almost sure they were going to win, pero instead a children's choir won daw. I asked one of them if they were really really good... hindi naman daw, tapos over time pa sila. Baka it just so happened that the choir was Hungarian, and the Grand Prix was held in Debrecen.

Personally, I never tried "inserting" our choir into the so-called "winners circle". I guess what some of us was trying to do was to make people stop belittling our own achievements. True, we may have never won a Grand Prix or such, unlike the others, but it doesn't mean that other people can just push us around. I respect the other choirs' achievements, and I am totally proud of them, and I still wish all Filipino choirs continuous excellence in the craft, with or without competitions.

[dagobert]

Originally posted by zion
Monteverdi, agree ako sa yo na some works are better left alone as they are. Tinig ng Lupa na may animal sounds?!?! Totoo ba itich? Over yung kumanta nun, ha?!?

May alam din akong VERY WELL PRAISED CHOIR here at Pex. Magaling naman talaga sila, especially sa dynamics. Pero minsan talagang super-duper-OVER ang interpretation nila sa ibang songs, particularly folk at ethnic.

I have their 1995 or 1996 tape at ang ilay gandangan nila, SOBRA SA BILIS! Ang ending tuloy, parang ni-rape ang mga sopranos while they shout their final notes. At ang descant ng ili-ili nila, naku tita! Parang nananakot ng bata! Banshee ang dating!

Trulili talaga ang nagsabi once dito sa thread na ito na may kanya-kanyang strengths at weaknesses ang lahat ng choirs. TARGET POINT: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT CHOIR.

Yun lang po mga kapatid. (Bato-bato sa langit...) :teehee:


ilay gandangan: if it's a tape, it's not ours. but if it's a cd, then you should hear the tape. actually, i have heard choirs rendering ilay gandangan in supersonic mode, both live and recorded. but, as most of us would think, it is a matter of interpretation (e kung time-pressed na pala talaga).

ili-ili: if you read calvin and hobbes, you will see that scaring a child is the best way to put him/her to sleep


:) :)

[Zack]

Yaiks! What happened to this thread? Hmm. . . Anyway, here's my personal outlook...

Choirs may perhaps be said to exist to enhance the supremacy or degree of sung music, let the strengths and weaknesses of individual singers to be melded into an acceptable homogenous sound, present an idiosyncratic harmonic or tonal character that cannot be provided by solo voices and provide a vehicle for singers that allows them to produce pleasant music as a cluster. But, NOT all these objectives are at hand in every choir or in every choral performance. However, they all contribute to the importance of choirs as musical entities. Some of us may have difficulty accepting with the interpretations done by some of the finest Philippine choral groups. Why? This is because all these misapprehensions, that some of us have, take place from the actuality that people will, and for all time, insist upon looking in choral music for something that is not there. I think the most imperative thing for us is to be acquainted with what the choral group has something for us, what the piece expresses, and what the composer had in mind when he composed it. And as ThË Zëá|öT, I’m at this juncture to be contented about choral music for the grounds that it has an entity of its own apart from anything that it may advocate to some things.

Kudos to ALL great Philippine choirs who have won and represented and who will be representing our country in any global competition. May you serve as stimulating groups to others to achieve their reverie.

[Zack]

Pahabol. . .

And please stop the flare. :)

[ChinoR]

Originally posted by Zack
Yaiks! What happened to this thread? Hmm. . . Anyway, here's my personal outlook...

Choirs may perhaps be said to exist to enhance the supremacy or degree of sung music, let the strengths and weaknesses of individual singers to be melded into an acceptable homogenous sound, present an idiosyncratic harmonic or tonal character that cannot be provided by solo voices and provide a vehicle for singers that allows them to produce pleasant music as a cluster. But, NOT all these objectives are at hand in every choir or in every choral performance. However, they all contribute to the importance of choirs as musical entities. Some of us may have difficulty accepting with the interpretations done by some of the finest Philippine choral groups. Why? This is because all these misapprehensions, that some of us have, take place from the actuality that people will, and for all time, insist upon looking in choral music for something that is not there. I think the most imperative thing for us is to be acquainted with what the choral group has something for us, what the piece expresses, and what the composer had in mind when he composed it. And as ThË Zëá|öT, I’m at this juncture to be contented about choral music for the grounds that it has an entity of its own apart from anything that it may advocate to some things.

Kudos to ALL great Philippine choirs who have won and represented and who will be representing our country in any global competition. May you serve as stimulating groups to others to achieve their reverie.

Glad to know that this type of an individual at a standstill exists. :handsdown: *okay*

Boccelli: My apologies. Thanks for reminding me that I’m into insulting part rather than the opposite. Peace. :tinyangel:

[markus_creed]

Am sorry, masyado lang akong nadala ng aking emosyens!!!! Of course there are other Philippine choirs other than those four that i've mentioned in my first post. Anjan ang Himig Singers from Davao. I've seen them in 1990 and 1993 when they won sa NAMCYA. I was so proud of them when they made it sa Cantonigros a few years ago sa Europe. They're really good. PWU is also making raves in Europe this year. What happened nga pala sa Tolosa nila? UP Concert Chorus, well they have proven their worth for almost 40 years, mabuhay kayo! And of course, the DLSU who has consistently won top prizes in Europe, well, what do you expect, they're under the "King of Competitions"! Let's all watch out and support for other choirs who are just in our midst waiting for their turn to make it big, they're world class too in evey sense of the word; like the Pansol Choir, Chorus Paulinus, PNU Chorale, Montserrat Choir (San Beda High School Glee Club Alumni), choirs from Bacolod and Iloilo, at marami pang iba. Hay nakuna matata, PEACE to ALL and keep singing!

[Genius101]

Naisip ko lang... someone might mistake my post before for some reason... sabi ko kasi yung arranger ng Caturog meant it in a grandioso mode... siyempre yung arranger na sinasabi ko hindi si Fernandez... it was an entirely different arrangement. :)

[Boccelli]

Salamat ChinoR...
PEACE NA TAYONG LAHAT PLEASE.... :D

[Monteverdi]

Nagulat naman ako sa reactions...long live democracy and freedom of speech!

To those who gave very personal (i.e unfair) comments...you are entitled to those...

There are two people who use the monteverdi log-in. One is the real witch...

I didnt say competitions invalidates the efforts of our choirs. In fairness to all the conductors and choraliers out there, of course, all yours fans and supporters laud your efforts...

Maam Veneracion once said that she wanted to join competitions in Europe to see if her group (the Madz) was progressing in the right direction...

take that quote and think about it.

Ano pa ba??

The quote "Bad choirs win and good choirs lose" ekk...that came from one very famous english conductor...may ari rin siya ng collegium records...i cant remember the interview...goldberg magazine....

This forum does not degenerate into anything. In defense naman, when I discuss or point out things, I always strive to be OBJECTIVE and not personal/below the belt. I never name groups or conductors because I am not in the habit of insulting others. One famous conductor I know, I tell him straight all my comments, especially what I dislike, and he really appreciates them. Sport lang...everyone wants to improve their craft and they highly value objective criticism.

People who have read the pex in its 30+ page history would see that i've always been high praises and supportive of all our choirs. Some newcomers seem to take me out of context...well, ok lang...

Just point out your views and let everyone read. I dont post here just to support my favorite choir (meron ba?) and to put down another...im not paid advertisement...just expressing MY views as a fan...

otherwise...

[zion]

NAKAKALOKAH!!! :bonkself:

To MONTEVERDI, FUJITSU, CHINOr, MARKUS_CREED (ang sexy naman ng pangalan mo...), NORTH_HALSTED, BOCCELLI, DAGOBERT, and last but not the least--GENIUS 101:

PEACE! PEACE! PEACE! :D

Alam n'yo mga kapatid, ewan ko kung ano ang nararamdaman ko ngayon. On one side, I'm happy that the thread is evolving into a more dynamic, FREER venue where birds of the same feather (choir-lovers all!) could exchange views without worrying about "choral discrimination" (you know, parang MADZ singers as better critics than the others, pero EXAMPLE lang ito!).

I believe everybody HAS A POINT THAT IS WORTHY TO BE HEARD, regardless of race, class, or creed (and school!). And I thank everybody in this thread for actively participating in the fora, whether volatile or not. You see, I also LEARN from what others have to say. And for that, THANK YOU.

So sorry if I ever "hurt" some pipol with that one particular remark I made about a certain choir's taped performance. I still stand by what I said (because I think I wrote it without stating it as a fact but as my own opinion). Although it made me realize that writing blind items (as a significant number of us in this thread have been doing for as long as I can remember) is greatly at risk of being misunderstood. Siguro mas cute dapat ang pagkasabi ko next time, hehe. North_Halsted, I think we're not thinking about the same choir, and Genius 101, it's not yours I'm talking about. ChinoR, yes, I believe in the greatness of the "best" choirs in our country. But that doesn't mean that I don't have to "comment" on them anymore. Alam mo tita, sa bawat papuri, may kasamang "comment." dibala, wala ngang perfect choir?

But even if you ever "discover" the choir I was talking about, I believe it wouldn't make them less of a choir than they think they are. Mine is just my opinion and it is, well, an OPINION. Some might agree with me and some won't. But this is precisely the BEAUTY of this thread: its HONESTY and its FREEDOM. And I stand by the sincerity of all others who bravely expressed their points here.

Siguro lang, some pipol here want more DIPLOMACY and TACT in this thread, and I FULLY RESPECT THEM.

Nevertheless, for all that's been said and done, I still love this exciting, and thought-provoking thread and ALL who participate in it! The advertisers, the critics, the "teachers", the "students", the "warriors", and "the peacemakers". Mabuhay tayong lahat!

Darkness cannot exist without Light. And life won't be life as we know it if we only hear the good, safe stuff.

PEACE MGA KAPATID! :)

[Monteverdi]

Originally posted by markus_creed
To Monteverdi it may concern chuvalis,

Hoy Monteverdi, a.k.a Boy Abunda, magtago ka na BAKLA, I’ve been trying to research for your identity, now I know kung sino ka, alam mo lola, buking ka na. Masyado kang maganda at sufer peeling!

Tanong? Ano ba muna ang boses mo ha Inday Garutay? Maganda ba? Maganda ka ba? Ya right, you’re such a witch to the tenth power. Ang daming nananahimik sa amin but you’re way down below the belt.

Ano ba munang ipinagmamalaki mo, yang sang tambak mong CD collections? Bakit, ganyan ka ba kumanta, is that how your choir sings? May choir ka ba? Ano naman ang sound ng choir mo? Can you apply everything you know about choral music? Ano bang sound ng choir mo muna sa Imus, aber? Oo, alam kong sobrang galing ng YOUTH CHOIR kung saan ka kumakanta.

Sasabihin mo na winning in the competitions abroad is not a benchmark that a particular choir is excellent. Sino ka ba? Ang galing naman ng opinion mo, dinaig mo pa si Werner Pfaff, Andrea Veneracion, Joel Navarro, Eric Ericsson, Gary Graden, Jerry Jordan, Vaclovas Augustinus, Fidel Calalang, Stojan Kuret, Oscar Boada, Gene Brooks, Jonathan Velasco, Lim Yau, Vytaustas Miskinis, Ed Manguiat, Ingemar Mansson, Nestor Zadoff, Elizabeth Ramsey, Matutina, Tya Pusit, Bella Flores etc. etc. etc., echetherah!

Why the heck do you think these choirs under these conductors have to compete? Of course you wouldn’t know why ‘cos you don’t belong to any of those that compete abroad.

Masyado ka lang bilib sa sarili mo at sa choir mo! Bakit, consistent din ba yang choir mo? You see, we all are striving to be excellent in our own humble ways, to become real artists pero kung may isang kagaya mo in any of these choirs, tama nga lang na nandyan ka sa grupo mo ngayon.

Get real mama! You want perfection? Sige, show us that your group sings perfectly. Show us that you sing perfectly as well. Hindi rin porket isang bodega ang CDs mo na hinihiram mo kung kani-kanino and in the end ay iba-back bite mo rin yong hiniram mo dito sa PEX ay maganda ka na, excuse me! Kung ako sayo lola Boy, join ka na lang ng amateur singing contest o kaya ng ms gay beauty pageants jan tutal maganda ka naman diva vlu vlack sheef? At pag Winnie Tyson ka, e di bongga, may datung si bakla. Ha mo sa next town fiesta sa inyo, sagot ko long gown mo na tube, parang kay Miriam Quiambao. Ganda mo non! Excited na ko talaga!

Hwag ka ilusyonada, yan ang ibig kong sabihin.! Hoy lola RIAS, alam ko mestisa ka, pero maligo ka muna dahil ang dumi mo rin daw kumanta sabi ng katabi mo……kung sino man sya…….ewan ko na lang. Bato-bato chuvalis.

Mabuhay ang Ateneo Glee Club, Philippine Madrigal Singers, UP Singing Ambassadors and UST Singers for a job well done.

Hahahahahhahaha, do I sound like a witch? Witch daw sabi nitong katabi ko….hahahahahahahahahahahahahha! Ay 5/8 pala! May ina-arrange kasi ako na dating may orchestra, ang title ay………tadan……..”Witch You like Crazy”, 50 voices, ewan ko na lang kung makakanta ng YOUTH CHOIR mo kasi may obligato doon na kailangan may nakasaksak sa bunganga ng soprano na isang malaking espada habang kakantahin ang hi F ng 1,000,000 counts. Laban ka sa arrangement ko! Baka gawin mong 10 counts kundi ipakukulong kita! Kamusta na nga pala ang show mong The BUZZZZZZ!

Keep singing mga kafathid!

BOW!

Yours truly,

Nora Aunor


When I read your post...sabi ko wag ko na lang pansinin...sabagay medyo emotional ka nga nung time na sinulat mo ito...

pero funny talaga eh! hahaha!

1. Im not the one who looks like Boy Abunda...iba yun! Im not from IMUS! Your description totally doesnt fit me.

2. BAKLA?? please...you really have the wrong person. hahaha. No offense to my gay friends, but these guy/girl/? totally got it wrong eh...

3. You're obviously a greenhorn to these discussions noh? I dont have a tambak of cds. Kasi, if you were reading all the past pages, I mentioned nasunog sila lahat...kasi witch nga ako eh... hahaha! Besides, kung may natira...binigay ko na.

4. Hiniram kung kanino-nino? May masama ba dun? I'm so generous to all who approach me to borrow cds...Eh I've lost so many cds nga kc pinaharam ko at di na ibinabalik...

5. YOUTH CHOIR? what YOUTH CHOIR are you saying?? In Imus? Eh taga Metro Manila ako!

6. Marcus Creed...not Markus Creed. Get your facts straight. Besides, he's not the conductor of RIAS KAMMERCHOR na. He stepped down early this year. Why use that as your login name?

7. I dont remember borrowing anything from anyone here in PEx...much less backbite somebody...

8. Magaling? As fujistsu said...it's a relative term...

Wag kang mapikon ha! I know peace naman eh. Syempre Im also entitled to refute your comments. You have the wrong person talaga.

Peace :)

ps...dont get angry at the "wrong guy"...he is not the owner of the Monteverdi login...ok? Besides, dont get angry! We are just in here to share our views...peace ulit :)

[Monteverdi]

Originally posted by fujitsu
ayan, kasi ang daming nafifiling at nagmamaganda dito, chakalin naman!

montiverdi, what can you say about a choir who sang a famous 'oyayi' (which was arranged by g.hernandez for acapella singing) and sang it with a grandioso PIANO accompaniment when in fact that it must be sung in piano mode!? baka na mis-interpret nila na pag [p gagamitan ng piano! baka naman himatayin ang pinapatulog na bata! chakalin!

i believe about the saying 'choir is as good as their last performance', and i got to saw this group during their last over-hyped concert and it was a pure chakalin show.

you started it all, now you suffer.

what can i say? hmmm...

Yung kinanta nila, hindi arrangement ni hernandez. I guess it was written down in the program notes kung sino arranger. I know the arrangement and talagang intended with piano accompaniment yon....and was a tribute to the arranger's mother (as stated before).

as for your other opinions...well, ok!

ok? :)