tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82238114755604806732024-02-07T10:06:47.885-08:00ARTEPINAS MUSICARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-2732340951712191602012-03-01T00:00:00.000-08:002012-03-01T00:00:15.238-08:00DANSING: CHOREO IN CHORAL SINGING<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKICTy8GR8tL1CiZihS5Vh96n27XQhSG_DNduTtej5wqMzwlOuoo9aZqxxxayqnMk8gLh1oDXlKiqCNkAJdz2k6lGeTWIAkqEt_CBAMdWE6rcm7WttxB_uYdfBw-sKOuhAUmdTXuhvLB4/s1600/ATPS+DANSING.jpg"><span><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKICTy8GR8tL1CiZihS5Vh96n27XQhSG_DNduTtej5wqMzwlOuoo9aZqxxxayqnMk8gLh1oDXlKiqCNkAJdz2k6lGeTWIAkqEt_CBAMdWE6rcm7WttxB_uYdfBw-sKOuhAUmdTXuhvLB4/s400/ATPS+DANSING.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700323549130902018" /></span></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Dansing: Choreography in Chorale Singing</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>The Neo Nocturne, a non-sectarian mixed choir, believe that choral performance in the Philippines has already reached a level of maturity as evident in the generous harvest of accolade and recognition of choral groups in the archipelago and abroad. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>THE LECTURE: </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>The lecture will be delivered by either the conductor/choirmaster/ director of the choir. It will be devoted to the discussion that should last for 1 hour. Visual aids like photos, illustrations and tables will be used for the lecture. Freedom is given to the lecturer on styles and media to be used. An open forum may be requested after the lecture and performance. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>THE PERFORMANCE: </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>The performance of each choir should last for 1 hour , or approximately 12 songs with a maximum of 30 singing members. The songs are pertinent to the topic discussed by the conductor. There will be an encore performance at the end of the event. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>The CHORAL@TURO 2012: ”DANSING” Choreograhy in Chorale Singing will feature the one of the country's top choral conductor Anna Tabita Abeleda-Piquero is the conductor of one the country's best university choirs, The University of the East Chorale. The ensemble has joined countless competitions, both locally and abroad. It has brought the Philippines the distinct honor as the only choir to win the Grand Prix two years in a row in the Busan International Choral Festival in South Korea, in 2006 and 2007. Prior to that, the group, fresh from inception, had already captured the heart of Europe when they concertized and won top prizes in various competitions in 2003, most notable in Austria and Italy, where the group competed for the chance to represent the region in the European Grand Prix for Chorale Music. After this very successful concert tour, the group went back to Europe in 2004 to win the First prize in the Pop/Jazz Category in Concorso in Gorizia, Italy. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>This project aims to promote choral performance, educate enthusiasts/choristers and share the methodology, discipline and practice of music by the best choirs in the country. It is also an excellent avenue to expose students to music and parish choir groups and its appreciation especially that the guest conductors will give lectures about music and culture.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Choral@turo is supported by the Neo Nocturne. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Tickets are sold for P350 each. Special discounts are given to students and senior citizens. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Promos: </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Get a chance to win free tickets for you and 2 of your friends! Just "Like" and "Share" our FanPage to your friends. Please see this link link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Choralturo-DanSing/292894034088204.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Contact Details:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>For details and further inquiries, please call or text the Neo Nocturne Secretariat at (63 917) 576-0115, (63 922) 808-3529 or send an email at info@neonocturne.com/neo_nocturne@yahoo.com.p</span>h</div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-83291552955149198192012-02-09T00:00:00.000-08:002012-02-09T00:00:09.235-08:00A TRIBUTE TO ANGEL PEÑA<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLcICwJ7spF7sk1KiyUrEcCyysrw8VmvM9HrOWJrFygreX2wA_nGpGyzGRQ4wxJOxVAJNDNSgF1OalON7TZmz5uPdoLZzZVN0a8ugqgzzC5v9gIvkiddKlTspFsdsp6jdSBusF4j8d4E/s1600/ATPS+A+Tribute+to+Angel+Pe%25C3%25B1a.jpg"><span ><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLcICwJ7spF7sk1KiyUrEcCyysrw8VmvM9HrOWJrFygreX2wA_nGpGyzGRQ4wxJOxVAJNDNSgF1OalON7TZmz5uPdoLZzZVN0a8ugqgzzC5v9gIvkiddKlTspFsdsp6jdSBusF4j8d4E/s400/ATPS+A+Tribute+to+Angel+Pe%25C3%25B1a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700322725315255954" /></span></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >A Tribute to Angel Peña: Legendary Filipino Composer</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >The Filfest Cultural Foundation, in cooperation with its staunchest partners, Insular Life and BMW ushers in 2012, the 7th Philippine International Jazz Festival and its 5th season themed Southern Exposure with a special concert that honors the legendary classical and jazz composer and musician, Angel Matias Peña. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Composer, arranger and double bassist Angel Peña was born in 1921 and began his musical career as a guitarist. Through hard work and discipline, he made his way to the forefront of the Philippine music scene from the 1930’s to the 1960’s associating with the likes of the Tirso Cruz Orchestra, Federico Elizalde, Lito Molina and The Executives Band to name a few. He jammed with His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >In the 1970’s, he was accepted as a double bassist of the prestigious Honolulu Symphony Orchestra where he performed until his retirement in the late 1990s. He is a most sought after arranger and an award winning composer whose works include Igorot Rhapsody, Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra, Bagbagtulambing Jazz Fantasy, and the immortal kundiman, Iyo Kailan Pa Man. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >“A Tribute to the Maestro” will showcase selected Peña compositions that include the premiere perfomances of Manalig Ka Sinta, with text by Bayani de Leon and A Piece for Cello and Piano and Arigato Guzaimasu, a quartet for violin, cello, piano and double bass. Aside from the classical compositions, also to be featured are his notable works for jazz orchestra such as Peace Beyond, RoTo, Café Espresso and GABE. Featured artists in this special concert are cellist Renato Lucas, violinist Gina Medina, tenor Jonathan Coo, pianist Sheryl Ann de Dios, bassist Rommel Cruz, the Kasilag Guitar Trio and Manila’s premiere jazz orchestra, the Asosasyon ng Musikong Pilipino Big Band led by its music director Mel Villena. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Tickets to this special concert are at P1000 and P500 with a 50% discount for students with a valid ID. Seniors and season subscribers get a 20% discount.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Contact Details:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >For ticket inquiries, please call (63 2) 585-3823 or (63 917) 817-7261</span>.</div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-39922927722282412062012-01-22T12:00:00.000-08:002012-01-22T20:39:05.318-08:00FIRST ASIAN GONG AND BAMBOO MUSIC FESTIVAL TO HIGHLIGHT PHILIPPINE ARTS FESTIVAL<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-E8zqoMZxvWaq0HRmdznOnOO1R0ynw4ykVhqIbf-lZzFfFYQWZeRBl29SR-ge2hosLA4t_p-gUyh9lwu1yRU7bJEfrLZXsD16hGcuXjUFDRJ16D7CJwPEsRLOiIyGpzj3fNxqNrrevpk/s1600/ATPS+NCCA+FIRST+ASIAN+GONG+AND+BAMBOO+MUSIC+FESTIVAL+TO+HIGHLIGHT+PHILIPPINE+ARTS+FESTIVAL.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 117px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-E8zqoMZxvWaq0HRmdznOnOO1R0ynw4ykVhqIbf-lZzFfFYQWZeRBl29SR-ge2hosLA4t_p-gUyh9lwu1yRU7bJEfrLZXsD16hGcuXjUFDRJ16D7CJwPEsRLOiIyGpzj3fNxqNrrevpk/s400/ATPS+NCCA+FIRST+ASIAN+GONG+AND+BAMBOO+MUSIC+FESTIVAL+TO+HIGHLIGHT+PHILIPPINE+ARTS+FESTIVAL.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700681011299290258" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">First Asian Gong and Bamboo Music Festival to Highlight Philippine Arts Festival </div><div style="text-align: justify;">11.23.2011</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This year’s Philippine Arts Festival (PAF) will boom — literally — as the music component of the month-long celebration is set to hold the First Asian Festival of Gongs and Bamboo Music, from February 20 to 24 in Cagayan de Oro City and from February 20 to 25 in Baguio City and Iloilo.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the wake of the tragedy that ravaged Cagayan de Oro in December last year, the music event aims to promote healing and inspire hope among the Cagayanons through music.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Baguio and Iloilo events, on the other hand, will be full festivals gathering local and foreign foreign gongs and bamboo ensembles for performances and worshops.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Musicology Society of the Philippines, the primary proponent of the event, will liewise incorporate a conference that would highlight the social and spiritual significance of the music produced by gongs and bamboo.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the theme, “Tradisyon at Inobasyon” (Tradition and Innovation), this year’s PAF will highlight both traditional and contemporary art forms.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The PAF is held every February in celebration of the National Arts Month in pursuant to the Presidential Proclamation No. 683 signed in 1991. It is spearheaded by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), led by Chairman Felipe de Leon, Jr. and OIC Executive Director Adelina Suemith with Marichu Tellano, head of the Planning, Policy Formulation, and Programming Division.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-ncca/press-releases/press-release.php?i=123"><span >http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-ncca/press-releases/press-release.php?i=123</span></a></div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-32588170726988937812011-11-09T00:00:00.000-08:002011-11-09T22:51:41.970-08:00RENOWNED KOREAN CONDUCTOR AND VIETNAM’S TOP VIOLINIST GRACE THE PPO CONCERT SERIES<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiY8hrBv9amas6RsSA8voR811xGClAuTBZBfYkd6UO9rClbERNx8pHVjxZmK6OUfm5YeDutdMeDaZczXab411MVvm7P0uuUmAncr_mW7SlGo2CDhEvydq7F1YLFvVecBnAZmLqguwCLA0/s1600/ATPS+RENOWNED+KOREAN+CONDUCTOR.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiY8hrBv9amas6RsSA8voR811xGClAuTBZBfYkd6UO9rClbERNx8pHVjxZmK6OUfm5YeDutdMeDaZczXab411MVvm7P0uuUmAncr_mW7SlGo2CDhEvydq7F1YLFvVecBnAZmLqguwCLA0/s400/ATPS+RENOWNED+KOREAN+CONDUCTOR.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673256055313878898" /></span></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Renowned Korean conductor Jae Joon Lee wields his baton with one of Vietnam’s top violinists Bùi Công Duy for the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s third concert series slated on November 11, 2011, 8:00 p.m. at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater). Bùi Công Duy will perform Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. The PPO will also perform Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Maestro Jae-Joon Lee obtained his Master of Music from Keimyung University majoring in instrumental music and Master’s Degree in choral conducting at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He also received a Master’s Degree of Orchestral and Opera Conducting in Novosibirsk National Music Conservatory, Russia. In 2000, he founded the Gala Orchestra in Korea. Maestro Lee led the Pilgrim Mission Choir to the “2nd World Choir Olympics” in 2002, as well as to the “3rd World Choir Olympics” held in Bremen, Germany, which earned for them two successive awards in the Musica Sacra Acapella Category, a feat unchallenged in the European Chorus world. In 2004, Maestro Lee was the Artistic Director of Daegu International Choir Festival. He was a visiting professor at the Cuba National Institute of Arts (ISA de Cuba) and served as International Music Director of the Cuban National Opera Company. He has conducted the Matanza Philharmonic Orchestra, Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra (NASO), the PPO, UST Symphony Orchestra, and Deagu Genius Youth Orchestra (DGYO), among others. At present, Maestro Lee is the Artistic Director of The Gala Orchestra, Deagu Genius Youth Orchestra, Pilgrim Mission Music Center, Yenoeul Music Center, Daegu Educational Institute for art-gifted students and a visiting professor at the UST Conservatory of Music in Manila.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Bùi Công Duy, started to play the violin at the age of four under the tutelage of his father, Prof. Dr. Bùi Công Thanh. He won several prizes in music competitions such as the Tai Nang Tre Music Contest (2nd prize), the Mua Thu National Music Contest (1st prize) and the Tchaikovski International Music Competition (gold medal). He also studied at the Glinka Music College, Novosibirsk City, Russia under Professors M. Kuzina and A. Gvozdev, as well as at the Tchaikovski National Music College in Mascowva, Russia, under the instruction of People’s Artist, Professor I. V. Bochkova. In 2006, he worked for Virtuose Moscow Chamber Orchestra under Prof. V. Spivakov. He has performed in Saint Petersburg, Hanoi, Samara Festival, Russia, Gala Concert in Bolshoi, Moscow, Asian Week Festival in Tokyo and Osaka, “Giai Dieu Mua Thu” Festival and the “Toyota Classics” concerts. He collaborated with famous chamber orchestras such as: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Kapella Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, London Festival Orchestra, Ho Chi Minh Symfonic Orchestra, Vietnam National Symfonic Orchestra, and Hanoi Symfonic Orchestra. He was awarded the Ministry of Culture and Information’s Certificate of Merit, Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet’s Certificate of Merit, and “Creative Youth” medal. Currently, Bùi Công Duy teaches at the Hanoi National Music College.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Ticket prices: Php1000, Php800, Php500, Php350, Php200, with discounts available to students, senior citizens and groups.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Subscription packages are also available. For inquiries and subscriptions, please call the CCP Marketing Department (02)832-1125 loc. 1806, the CCP Box Office (02)832-3704 or Ticketworld at National Bookstore (02) 891-9999.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >(Source: culturalcenter.gov.ph</span>)</div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-52773308976744727722011-11-08T00:00:00.000-08:002011-11-09T22:50:27.660-08:00KUNDIRANA KWARENTA NA<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipeoMSG32jKOGKYgeuh72oznyKmtEOd2ekfZ68pZz_b0cHsodYVqi7BNH0ak3ZxVA2z5njB9PQ95tty7JL8RbcjSXrclTIspnQgiJNLSHRODnhWFidoZnYfdYehcCLsfBVeWk6fTm7koo/s1600/ATPS+KUNDIRANAKWARENTANA.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipeoMSG32jKOGKYgeuh72oznyKmtEOd2ekfZ68pZz_b0cHsodYVqi7BNH0ak3ZxVA2z5njB9PQ95tty7JL8RbcjSXrclTIspnQgiJNLSHRODnhWFidoZnYfdYehcCLsfBVeWk6fTm7koo/s400/ATPS+KUNDIRANAKWARENTANA.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673255710103370418" /></span></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >The Kundirana celebrates its 40th year with a special fund raising concert entitled Kundirana Kwarenta Na: The Men, Music and Mission. To be held at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater) on November 12 at 8pm. Featuring Ogie Alcasid, Gian Magdangal, Dingdong Eduque plus members of Kundirana Batches 1971 to 2012. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Catch this rare gathering of former Kundirana members as they celebrate 40 years in music! Musical Director: Mon Faustino. Directed by: Roxanne Lapus. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >For tickets call Ticketworld at (02)891-9999, or through any Kundirana Alumni.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Tickets are at:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >- Orchestra: Php3,500</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >- Lower Box: Php3,000</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >- Upper Box: Php2,000 </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >- Balcony 1 Sides: Php1,000 </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >- Balcony 1 Center: Php1,500 </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >- Balcony 2: Php50</span>0</div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-10753330209833225972011-10-03T00:00:00.002-07:002011-10-03T10:32:30.840-07:00RACHELLE ON YEARS AND SONGS<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUuTFTjayIZU7khfkS1pVkjZNWHXhJBU116-JejLSZ_lP5EvbrrS3ZgjGPYddGqI5M2HtLBnmWUeHFb97v8e3tnBuuLYWbrKWgDGT_3gkfbRKyOpQnIeT5yt5zot-4BARxjk7L1R2z5w/s1600/ATPS+RACHELLE+ON+YEARS+AND+SONGS.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 271px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659319989604265362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUuTFTjayIZU7khfkS1pVkjZNWHXhJBU116-JejLSZ_lP5EvbrrS3ZgjGPYddGqI5M2HtLBnmWUeHFb97v8e3tnBuuLYWbrKWgDGT_3gkfbRKyOpQnIeT5yt5zot-4BARxjk7L1R2z5w/s400/ATPS+RACHELLE+ON+YEARS+AND+SONGS.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />RACHELLE ON YEARS AND SONGS<br />The country’s leading soprano Rachelle Gerodias in concert.<br /><br />8 October 2011; 8pm<br />Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)<br /><br />For tickets and inquiries, please contact: CCP Box Office (02)832-3704, (02)832-1125 loc. 1409 & 1406; Ticketworld (02)891-9999</div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-27577303722339965862011-10-03T00:00:00.001-07:002011-10-03T10:31:16.421-07:002011-2012 PPO CONCERT SERIES 2: MUSICAL LANDSCAPES<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtO7eskfHPEAg1zZ-iioNrVf0GESlelLXzO_LBakfcSwkCCy0ipavCsVm3vZZbG6YnCbau-kgWV2slHy-XXqiT0-8FCit-Uv3XBwfKQan0CjchFTZbLZsIq8ermlOvt_VTo8PUiCjPfUY/s1600/ATPS+2011-2012+PPO+CONCERT+SERIES+2+MUSICAL+LANDSCAPES.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 291px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659319674929250402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtO7eskfHPEAg1zZ-iioNrVf0GESlelLXzO_LBakfcSwkCCy0ipavCsVm3vZZbG6YnCbau-kgWV2slHy-XXqiT0-8FCit-Uv3XBwfKQan0CjchFTZbLZsIq8ermlOvt_VTo8PUiCjPfUY/s400/ATPS+2011-2012+PPO+CONCERT+SERIES+2+MUSICAL+LANDSCAPES.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra<br />29th Season<br />2011-2012 PPO CONCERT SERIES 2: MUSICAL LANDSCAPES<br />Olivier Ochanine, Conductor<br />Ariel Sta. Ana, Clarinet<br />Category: music<br /><br />Programme:<br />Revueltas, Silvestre – Sensemaya<br />Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Clarinet Concerto<br />Pena, Angel – Igorot Rhapsody<br />Respighi, Ottorino – Feste Romane<br /><br />07 October 2011; 8pm<br />Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)<br />Tickets: Php1000 Php800 Php500 Php350 Php200<br />For tickets and inquiries, please contact: CCP Box Office (02)832-3704, (02)832-1125 loc. 1409 & 1406; Ticketworld (02)891-9999</div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-63197249671414485122011-10-03T00:00:00.000-07:002011-10-03T10:30:14.162-07:00ARIEL STA. ANA PERFORMS AT PPO II<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghXzVGz12ZyRiRyhyKD8ynPuYQtTHFCmc0K_UFhpVbf81KqEkeUMjFB9oKC9ruPOTyjd9AbDlTzyTWLdTRbk_IJIOWfQpDqDTWUxmRrhFsaAmtF31IuGU1RmhgUfBtyfHdQUapF6iS_ak/s1600/ATPS+ARIEL+STA.+ANA+PERFORMS+AT+PPO+II.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 273px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659319334249928914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghXzVGz12ZyRiRyhyKD8ynPuYQtTHFCmc0K_UFhpVbf81KqEkeUMjFB9oKC9ruPOTyjd9AbDlTzyTWLdTRbk_IJIOWfQpDqDTWUxmRrhFsaAmtF31IuGU1RmhgUfBtyfHdQUapF6iS_ak/s400/ATPS+ARIEL+STA.+ANA+PERFORMS+AT+PPO+II.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) second concert of the season will present noted clarinetist Ariel Sta. Ana on October 7, 2011 at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater) at 8:00 p.m. Maestro Olivier Ochanine conducts.<br /><br />Program includes musical landscapes of Revueltas’ Sensemayá, Mozart Clarinet Concerto, Respighi’s Feste Romane and Peña’s Igorot Rhapsody.<br /><br />Ariel Sta. Ana is a two time winner of the National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA)-second prize (1988) and first prize (1992). He received his musical training at the UST Conservatory of Music under Prof. Dalmacio Cruz. He earned two Master of Music degrees at the Elisabeth University of Music in Hiroshima, Japan for Clarinet Performance in 1996 under Prof. Tadayoshi Takeda and Orchestra Conducting in 1999 under the tutelage of Prof. Kazukiyo Inoue.<br /><br />Sta. Ana was a member of the Manila Symphony Orchestra in 1988 and became the concertmaster of the ASEAN Youth Symphonic Band held in Singapore in 1992. He also attended the master classes of Andrew Marriner, principal clarinet of the London Symphony Orchestra, Jost Michaels, a German clarinet virtuoso, Karl Theo Adler of the Aulos Woodwind Quintet and renowned French clarinetist, Michael Arrignon. In Japan, he has been a member of the Hiroshima Wind Orchestra for two years and founding member of the Hiroshima International Music Friendship Club.<br /><br />He has performed at the Paco Park Presents, Concert at the Park, “French Spring in Manila”, Las Pinas Bamboo Organ Music Festival, CCP “Virtuosos” concert, CCP Filipino Artists Series, San Agustin International Music Festival, among others. He participated in a recital with “Ensemble Europa” with flutist Teruki Ishibashi and pianist Eri Nakagawa. He also performed at the Poulenc Clarinet Sonata with pianist Eric Ruple and the Brahms Trio with cellist Sung Won Yang and pianist Chi-Ying Hung in the OPUSTFEST’s International Piano Festival. At present, he is in collaboration with American flutist David Johnson, and Korean pianist Hyun Joo Lee who formed the group “The Clarion Chamber Ensemble,” a group specializing in performing chamber music.<br /><br />At present, Sta. Ana is the principal clarinet player of the PPO and faculty member at the UST Conservatory of Music.<br /><br />The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra is the country’s leading orchestra, and is widely regarded as one of the top musical ensembles in the Asia-Pacific Region. It has performed with many of the world’s conductors and artists, as well as world premieres of Filipino compositions and international composers. Last August 13, the PPO performed at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (more popularly known as the “Egg”), in Beijing, China to mark the 35th year anniversary celebration of the Philippines-China Diplomatic Relations. The Beijing concert was supported by the Rustia Tantoco Foundation spearheaded by Zenaida “Nedy” Tantoco.<br /><br />Ticket prices: Php1000/Php800/Php500/Php350/Php200, with discounts available to students, senior citizens and groups. Subscription packages are also available.<br /><br />For inquiries and subscriptions, please call the CCP Marketing Department (02)832-1125 loc. 1806, the CCP Box Office (02)832-3704 or Ticketworld at National Bookstore (02)891-9999. </div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-12885116755615546102011-09-30T00:00:00.000-07:002011-10-01T09:29:34.649-07:00POLITICAL MUSIC: AS EXPLAINED<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY71D00rhvMHgS8ycYIuQyvFNVjWryuUHUvzOPw2sLUcd-JB4EwkU4-lU9-J4Sa4WuSybMGyb0DFpO2Si-ubX0E8QAw1BqD-7mb6KiRx5x79xVY-lmrlPSKPzXJNLOY1vmr-_S7ZnfDGs/s1600/ATPS+POLITICALMUSIC.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 273px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658561446595541586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY71D00rhvMHgS8ycYIuQyvFNVjWryuUHUvzOPw2sLUcd-JB4EwkU4-lU9-J4Sa4WuSybMGyb0DFpO2Si-ubX0E8QAw1BqD-7mb6KiRx5x79xVY-lmrlPSKPzXJNLOY1vmr-_S7ZnfDGs/s400/ATPS+POLITICALMUSIC.jpg" /></a>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-80811671424175130902011-09-21T00:00:00.000-07:002011-09-22T22:10:35.350-07:00MEN WITH GUITARS AT CCP<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmgpjbEb4oz91qETqlSIKnp4ab0cd1Zx0pqiB1cOh8JIeAHDeP48GuyWZdpbCHofwgfeSLA5RCLQqaDN2XLIPa23sJsJFU5QZBEXjkExz979bnlLdQMo_abzx0J7ORpRNpl9HfPlRjus/s1600/ATPS+MEN+WITH+GUITARS+AT+CCP.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655417677816869746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmgpjbEb4oz91qETqlSIKnp4ab0cd1Zx0pqiB1cOh8JIeAHDeP48GuyWZdpbCHofwgfeSLA5RCLQqaDN2XLIPa23sJsJFU5QZBEXjkExz979bnlLdQMo_abzx0J7ORpRNpl9HfPlRjus/s400/ATPS+MEN+WITH+GUITARS+AT+CCP.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />TOP prize winners of the 2011 Philippine International Guitar Competition, Fiipino guitarists Arthur Erskine M. Basilio and Ramoncito B. Carpio perform in a concert billed as Men With Guitars on September 28, 2011; 7:30pm at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater).<br /><br />Program includes Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco’s Capricco Diabolico, William Walton’s Bagatelle No.3 (alla Cubana) and Bagatelle No. 1 (Allegro), Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Etude No. 7, 3 Jazz Pieces (featuring Chick Corea’s Spain, Pat Metheny’s Letter from Home, Antonio Carlos Jobim’s One Note Samba), Francis Kleynjans’ Dawn of the final day (A L’aube du dernier jour), Francisco Tarrega’s Fantasia on themes from “La Traviata”, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Allegro Assai from Violin Sonata No.3, Johann Kaspar Mertz’s Variation Mignonnes, Maximo Pujol’s Elegia por la Muerte de un Tanguero, Philip Houghton’s Stele, and Manuel de Falla’s La Vida Breve, among other pieces.<br /><br />Monching Carpio won the top prize in the 2011 Philippine International Guitar Competition, 3rd Prize in the 2011 Singapore International Guitar Competition, 3rd Prize in the 2010 Bangkok International Guitar Competition and 2nd Prize at the 2009 NAMCYA (National Music Competitions for Young Artists) Guitar Category C. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree, major in Guitar at the University of the Philippines College of Music, under the tutelage of Prof. Lester Demetillo. He has concertized around the Philippines and in Thailand, both as soloist and chamber musician. Monching is a member of the Philippine Guitar Ensemble (PGE). Besides writing music for the guitar, he also writes music for stage plays, short films and websites. He is currently taking his Master of Music degree at the Philippine Women’s University under Prof. Benchito Carino.<br /><br />Arthur Erskine M. Basilio received the “Best Filipino Guitarist” award at the 2011 Philippine International Guitar Festival and Competition. He also participated and won the UST Guitar competition in Year 2000, and competed in the 2006 NAMCYA Guitar Competition Category C which garnered him the 3rd place. Performance credits include “Concierto de Aranjuez” at the UST museum and a number of performances at the CCP with the UST Guitar Ensemble. Adventurous at heart, he explored different genres of music which led him to new places and experiences - jazz recording, rock and theater music, to name a few. He has fairly become a participant in the local music industry. Erskine is currently a guitar faculty member at the UST Conservatory of Music.<br /><br />For ticket inquiries, contact the CCP Box Office at (02)832-3704 or Ticketworld at (02)891-9999, or call the CCP Music Division at (02)832-1125 loc. 1604-1605.<br />(Source: <a href="http://www.culturalcenter.gov.ph/page.php?page_id=564">culturalcenter.gov.ph</a>)</div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-52188465574346510282011-08-23T00:00:00.000-07:002011-08-25T03:25:47.677-07:00SOUNDSCAPES: THE PPO 29TH CONCERT SEASON 2011-2012 OPENS IN SEPTEMBER<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpE7cqSuAPnUAZqtQE8y5Aj8QIBxmglvWS9BsJBP64W0hCFf0ZqXIC9_jQa4bTOQHTbSvHFJdpKrfiRdQqaOQbq6N-c5Li8XMZl8DIl9sIhHhNIx27QbeUMu7TPLs9NB4e6sNPmo84WE/s1600/ATPS+THE+STORY+OF+JAZZ+1ST+CCP+INTERNATIONAL+JAZZ+FESTIVAL.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 353px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644737694229628450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpE7cqSuAPnUAZqtQE8y5Aj8QIBxmglvWS9BsJBP64W0hCFf0ZqXIC9_jQa4bTOQHTbSvHFJdpKrfiRdQqaOQbq6N-c5Li8XMZl8DIl9sIhHhNIx27QbeUMu7TPLs9NB4e6sNPmo84WE/s400/ATPS+THE+STORY+OF+JAZZ+1ST+CCP+INTERNATIONAL+JAZZ+FESTIVAL.jpg" /></a>
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<br />The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) proudly announces the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s (PPO) 29th Concert Season 2011-2012 under the baton of its Music Director, Olivier Ochanine.
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<br />In a master classics season entitled Epic Evenings, Maestro Ochanine and the PPO open the season with “A Hero’s Life” on September 9. Noted Filipino cellist Renato Lucas performs Elgar’s Cello Concerto. The concert will also feature the Saint-Saens’ Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah, and Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben.
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<br />Clarinetist Ariel Sta. Ana performs with the PPO on October 7 with Musical Landscapes of Revueltas’ Sensemayá, Mozart Clarinet Concerto, Respighi’s Feste Romane and Peña’s Igorot Rhapsody.
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<br />On November 11, renowned Korean conductor Jae Joon Lee returns to the CCP stage with one of Vietnam’s top violinists Bui Cong Duy to perform Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. The PPO will also perform Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture.
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<br />Maestro Olivier Ochanine once again wields the baton in a Christmas concert with the return of eminent Filipino pianist Ariel Dechosa on December 16, featuring Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2, along with Christmas medleys and songs.
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<br />Japan’s prominent trombonist Takahiro Ono ushers in the New Year with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Trombone Concerto on January 20, 2012. The PPO will also perform Dvŏrák’s Czech Suite, and one of the signature works of Denmark’s most celebrated composer, Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4 “Inextinguishable”.
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<br />Distinguished British born conductor James Judd conducts the PPO on February 17 in Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 “Italian” and Bernstein’s Overture to Candide. Finnish violinist and concertmaster of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Vesa-Matti Leppänen, performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. The concert will be presented at the Philamlife Theater at 7:30 p.m.
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<br />Anton Bruckner Symphony No.4 “Romantic” will highlight the March 16 PPO concert under the baton of Maestro Olivier Ochanine. The concert also features one of the country’s top sopranos, Rachelle Gerodias in arias, kundimans and more.
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<br />On April 20, Leeds International Piano Competition winner renowned Russian pianist Sofya Gulyak ends the PPO season with Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” and Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1.
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<br />The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra is the country’s leading orchestra, and is widely regarded as one of the top musical ensembles in the Asia-Pacific Region. It has performed with many of the world’s conductors and artists, as well as world premieres of Filipino compositions and international composers. Last August 13, the PPO performed at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (more popularly known as the “Egg”), in Beijing, China to mark the 35th year anniversary celebration of the Philippines-China Diplomatic Relations. The Beijing concert was supported by the Rustia Tantoco Foundation spearheaded by Zenaida “Nedy” Tantoco.
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<br />All concerts (except Feb. 17 concert) will be staged at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater) at 8:00 pm.
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<br />Ticket prices: Php1000/Php800/Php500/Php350/Php200, with discounts available to students, senior citizens and groups. Subscription packages are also available for eight (8) or four (4) shows. For inquiries and subscriptions, please call the CCP Marketing Department at (02)832-1125 loc. 1806, the CCP Box Office at (02)832-3704 or Ticketworld at National Bookstore at (02)891-9999. </div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-63417679130011821922011-08-21T00:00:00.000-07:002011-08-25T03:21:17.249-07:00UP ORCHESTRA PLAYS AT THE CCP<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6yLA-WvV-W2Ft8iRLXe1ty3IuKNUuoR2ECeMA7sN9kdr6Fm9BXvjvw8aFJv04Oq2z-qyIbJEmNaAe7zFAFgOQjli7EFbQOlx0dHKa7D2MlsF6za9pRMl45U5wy1sgYX8DeHK19jYfNM/s1600/ATPS+UP+ORCHESTRA+PLAYS+AT+THE+CCP.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644736388566013282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6yLA-WvV-W2Ft8iRLXe1ty3IuKNUuoR2ECeMA7sN9kdr6Fm9BXvjvw8aFJv04Oq2z-qyIbJEmNaAe7zFAFgOQjli7EFbQOlx0dHKa7D2MlsF6za9pRMl45U5wy1sgYX8DeHK19jYfNM/s400/ATPS+UP+ORCHESTRA+PLAYS+AT+THE+CCP.jpg" /></a>
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<br />The University of the Philippines Orchestra heralds the start of celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the UP College of Music in 1916 with a concert at 8pm, September 1, 2011 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo. Billed Countdown to a Century, the concert will feature pianist Nina Abrogar-Quinto with the UP Orchestra with conductors Michi Martinez and Rodney Ambat.
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<br />The UP Orchestra was revitalized in 2003 by Dean Ramon Acoymo at the UP College of Music. It serves two purposes, that of a laboratory class for string and wind majors and as one of the University’s performing groups. The UP Orchestra has made significant contribution to the university by the uplifting the standard of training that students receive in orchestral performance studies. It gears itself towards developing more symphonic programs while striving to be the best training venue of the future professional orchestral musicians of the country. It has had many successful performances, some which have featured the country’s most distinguished artists.
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<br />The 65-strong UP Orchestra is under the shared directorship of Prof. Edna Marcil “Michi” Martinez and Prof. Rodney Ambat.
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<br />For the concert at the CCP, the UP Orchestra will perform two works by Beethoven, namely the Coriolan Overture and Symphony No. 1, under the baton of Prof. Rodney Ambat, in the first half of the program. Prof. Edna Marcil Martinez leads the Orchestra in the second half of the program feature Britten’s Simple Symphony for Strings, Abelardo’s Piano Concerto with Nina Abrogar-Quinto as soloist, and Antonino Buenaventura’s By the Hillside.
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<br />Countdown to a Century will raise funds for the UP College of Music Alumni Association (UPCMuAA) which promotes the development and training of young Filipino musicians. In particular, the concert is a fundraising effort for the UPCMuAA Students’ recital fund and the development of the UP Orchestra.
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<br />For tickets and information, please call the CCP Box Office at 832-3704 or the CCP Music Division at (02)832-2314.</div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-424627541104173392011-08-05T00:00:00.000-07:002011-08-25T03:19:33.546-07:00THE STORY OF JAZZ: 1ST CCP INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GIa93lmmUEi3yqKHdlC-ywBWbfURGp3eVD_N8HmBFwEbyaM3jwiKSybcz48Mbg9TfAvdyR_svFNgxeVzsCvOdsjw96v9r-Hv_pCoQzaLTQACUjk_WeupKP97fGqDBBgqv4SrP2Cdwbk/s1600/ATPS+THE+STORY+OF+JAZZ+1ST+CCP+INTERNATIONAL+JAZZ+FESTIVAL.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 353px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644735941982448386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GIa93lmmUEi3yqKHdlC-ywBWbfURGp3eVD_N8HmBFwEbyaM3jwiKSybcz48Mbg9TfAvdyR_svFNgxeVzsCvOdsjw96v9r-Hv_pCoQzaLTQACUjk_WeupKP97fGqDBBgqv4SrP2Cdwbk/s400/ATPS+THE+STORY+OF+JAZZ+1ST+CCP+INTERNATIONAL+JAZZ+FESTIVAL.jpg" /></a>
<br />The Cultural Center of the Philippines will be a-thumping with the sound and beat of jazz music when it holds The Story of Jazz: 1St CCP International Jazz Festival 2011 on August 23-28, 2011.
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<br />More than 150 jazz musicians from different jazz groups will converge at the CCP to jive and jam in various venues of the CCP that will be transformed into one big jazz club with intimate music lounges. Jazz players and singers from the Philippines and abroad will tell the story of jazz through talk and music. Lectures on and performances of jazz in all its variety of styles—-bebop, blues, ragtime, modal, experimental, big band and fusion will be held.
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<br />Leading the roster of performers is the world renowned royal hartigan and blood drum spirit from the USA. Percussionist and pianist royal hartigan and his blood drum spirit ensemble have performed all over the world, exploring the great music traditions of the world through live jazz performances. The group has been described by music reviewers as “the confluence of different musical traditions, combining non-Western rhythms with a standard jazz quartet to create a series of impressive originals”
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<br />Other performers include the Korean Soul and Beat Project Group from Korea, Stelzhamma from Austria, Shun Kikuta from Japan, Neris Gonzalez from Spain, Charito, Michael Bourne and the Bleu Rascals, Lowcal, Blue Rats, Faith Gospel Singers, the UP Jazz Ensemble, UST Jazz Ensemble, Cooky Chua and her band, Majam and Emi Munji and the AMP Band.
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<br />A video documentary on the Story of Jazz in the Philippines produced by Richie Quirino and Collis Davis Jr. will also be shown. Performance venues include the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater), Tanghalang Huseng Batute (Studio Theater), and the Silangan Hall. The MKP Multi-Purpose Hall will serve as the venue for all the lectures.
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<br />On August 28 at the CCP Main Theater, the Festival will come to a swinging finish in a concert headlined by the UP Jazz Ensemble, Charito with the AMP Band.
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<br />“The event will not only see the largest gathering of local and foreign jazz artists at the CCP for the first time. It will also be a time for these foreign and local artists bond together and collaborate, in this enjoyable language of musical expression.”, CCP Music Division head Menchi Mantaring said.
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<br />Tickets prices to the events at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater) are Php800, Php600, Php400 and Php200. Ticket price to all concerts at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute and the Silangan Hall are at Php300. All lectures and workshops at the MKP Multi-Purpose Hall are at Php100. The standard 50% discount for students and 20% for senior citizens apply.
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<br />LIMITED Festival passes will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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<br />Festival pass* - Php1,200
<br />*Access to all shows at the Main Theater (TNA), TNA Stage, Silangan and Tanghalang Huseng Batute, and to all the lectures and workshops at MKP
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<br />Flexi pass* - Php 500
<br />*Access to one (1) performance at the Main Theater (TNA) or Main Theater (TNA) Stage, one (1) performance at Tanghalang Huseng Batute, and one (1) access to a lecture or workshop at MKP
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<br />One day pass* - Php500
<br />*Access to all shows in one day
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<br />To avail of the passes, contact at (02)832-3706.</div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-45942867784774821232010-03-13T00:00:00.000-08:002010-03-13T23:41:02.317-08:00CECILE LICAD IN CHOPIN BICENTENARY CONCERTS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-gH0Zuzql1wpR2rSPH8FG-dhpxFg1Mg9xvfsRIvFR49wp2roF1hmd7pLTgDnKgPAcJrAm_OaZRfhHRWDJ14K4NyUm4g0corrl_LGRaO-D0ekL2d_nRmSRxa4JSR_sqvA5mXW_TmMgA8/s1600-h/ATPS+CECILELICAD.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448391114244609666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-gH0Zuzql1wpR2rSPH8FG-dhpxFg1Mg9xvfsRIvFR49wp2roF1hmd7pLTgDnKgPAcJrAm_OaZRfhHRWDJ14K4NyUm4g0corrl_LGRaO-D0ekL2d_nRmSRxa4JSR_sqvA5mXW_TmMgA8/s400/ATPS+CECILELICAD.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">CECILE LICAD IN CHOPIN BICENTENARY CONCERTS. In observance of Frederic Chopin’s bicentenary, pianist Cecile Licad performs in an all-Chopin recital on Saturday, March 27, 8 p.m. Philamlife Theater, UN Avenue, Manila. Program: Chopin’s 4 Scherzos and 24 Preludes. She is soloist of the Manila Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Molina on Monday, March 29, 8 p.m. also at Philamlife Theater playing Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 i F minor. She will go on an outrech concert with MSO in Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija on March 23 and another solo concert at the Atheneum School of Noveleta, Cavite on March 30, 6 p.m.. Call 7484152 or 09065104270.<br /><br /><br /><br />CECILE LICAD DEBUTS WITH RUSSIAN STATE ORCHESTRA. Cecile Licad, the country’s most celebrated pianist, makes history when she debuts in Russia with the Russian State Orchestra at the famous Tchaikovsky Hall as soloist in Brahms No. 1 in April next year.<br /><br />Her first Russian engagement came after she appeared with a touring Russian orchestra in Germany as soloist in Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 last year.<br /><br />Licad who will arrive today (March 15) as the headliner in Ayala Corporation’s Bravo Filipino series and as one of the highlights of Chopin Manille 2010 Bicentenaire sponsored by the French Embassy, Alliance Francaise, Philamlife and ROS Music Center.<br /><br />The acclaimed Filipino pianist is also slated to jam with famous saxophone player Wynton Marsalis in a program inspired by the era of silent films and will be highlighted with both jazz and classical music.Last February, Licad was in Syracuse in celebration of the Chopin bicentennary. Playing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra (SSO) under conductor Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Licad received a rousing standing ovation and drew praise for her “masterful” second movement. A music lover wrote on the internet Licad’s performance was sensitive, nuanced, bold and imaginative.<br /><br />Last month, Licad figured in a special fund-raising concert at the Philippine Center and drew raves not only for her Chopin but also for her Buencamino numbers.<br /><br />Wrote Nelsie T. Parrado to the Philippine Center staff in New York : “ The music I heard last February 24 at your concert still reverberates in my consciousness. Indeed, you are a National treasure! The sound coming from the Steinway piano is something I have not heard from ordinary persons playing it.I do not usually listen to Chopin, but at the concert, I gained a lot insight on his music.”<br /><br />Licad’s all-Chopin program at the Philamlife Theater on March 27 consists of 4 Scherzos and the 24 Preludes. On March 29, she will be soloist of the Manila Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Molina in Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor. The same concerto will be heard in Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija on March 23 under the auspices of Mayor Nestor Alvarez.Another solo outreach concert in the Atheneum School in Noveleta, Cavite will take place March 30.For inquiries, please call 7484152, 3573811 or 09065104270.</div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-45020302579531598242010-02-14T00:00:00.000-08:002010-02-14T00:00:05.536-08:00NOEL CABANGON’S BYAHE CONCERT<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuIncyI0B11ZF9VerT8Lm-INW_5-aSwzy-yGdfmOi2qhbI8fr7DKDs-urJfO5owN1dG9dfjRflETB7OtXoF2L321V8FaTQuVGCNwTrKd2uqfjB348kbTayU6p8VYFLMczaIP4sEC_GUc/s1600-h/ATPS+NOELCABANGONBYAHE.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429510236800042338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 259px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuIncyI0B11ZF9VerT8Lm-INW_5-aSwzy-yGdfmOi2qhbI8fr7DKDs-urJfO5owN1dG9dfjRflETB7OtXoF2L321V8FaTQuVGCNwTrKd2uqfjB348kbTayU6p8VYFLMczaIP4sEC_GUc/s400/ATPS+NOELCABANGONBYAHE.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">NOEL CABANGON’S BYAHE CONCERT<br />AT THE PETA THEATER CENTER<br /><br />Noel Cabangon’s ‘Byahe’, is still the number one selling album in Music One stores. It has outsold brand new albums by Susan Boyle, Taylor Swift, Owl City, Andrea Bocelli, Glee OST, Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys and John Mayer. With the album topping the charts, Noel Cabangon takes on another journey as he hits the concert scene.<br /><br />This February 17, 2010, PETA together with Noel Cabangon, present ‘BYAHE”, Noel Cabangon’s concert at the PETA Theater Center.<br /><br />Inspired by the chart-topping album, the concert takes a road trip down memory lane – featuring Noel’s rendition of OPM classics from the ‘70s and ‘80s ("Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko," "Tuloy Pa Rin," "Di Na Natuto," "Binibini," and "Ipagpatawad Mo") plus original tracks and collaborations with Parokya ni Edgar’s Chito Miranda and Imago’s Aia de Leon.<br /><br />The album also celebrates Filipino musical creativity to the fore, as it features some of the most influential figures in the Pinoy music scene - bringing together songwriters and composers from different genres and backgrounds.<br /><br />The concert will also highlight Noel’s 20-year journey of being a performer, his untold number of years as a lover of music and beyond.<br /><br />Noel has already toured most of the countries in central Europe and performed for Filipinos and Europeans in The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, France and Belgium.<br /><br />The concert starts at 7:00 PM with tickets sold at P700 and P1,000 each.<br /><br />For inquiries or ticket reservations contact the PETA Marketing and Public Relations Office at 7256244 / 4100821 or 0916-5805153 / 0917-8044428, petampro@yahoo.com.</div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-68248609366254437152009-12-16T00:00:00.000-08:002009-12-16T20:28:06.986-08:00VIOLINIST JOSEPH ESMILLA SLATES RECITAL JANUARY 29, 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEULfVzlz0IAoZrdd1jaZtUiQVKHS9guhDUsW3YIPzYeVAZa8YvIvrd6gjxp5Le98Zpq1pvkPZKBKZdj6GpwrG30SJiS3W6rOPww9d2DPQfzish4pFI91oAiZJ149NRuSwrxVsqoFyQLA/s1600-h/ATPS+SENTIMENYENTO.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416056805182916946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 360px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEULfVzlz0IAoZrdd1jaZtUiQVKHS9guhDUsW3YIPzYeVAZa8YvIvrd6gjxp5Le98Zpq1pvkPZKBKZdj6GpwrG30SJiS3W6rOPww9d2DPQfzish4pFI91oAiZJ149NRuSwrxVsqoFyQLA/s400/ATPS+SENTIMENYENTO.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">VIOLINIST JOSEPH ESMILLA SLATES RECITAL JANUARY 29, 2010<br />By Pablo A. Tariman<br /><br />There are many things violinist Joseph Esmilla wanted out of his chest as he figures out a New Year Philamlife recital on January 29, 2010 with pianist Rudolf Pelaez Golez.<br /><br />He is on a long Manila visit which allowed him to accept an engagement with the PPO ( as soloist in a Sibelius concerto with Piero Gamba in March, 2010) and appear in a CCP 40th anniversary concert that by turns, divided and disconcerted, music lovers on both sides of the political and cultural factions.<br /><br />“Classical music still needs greater financial and moral support,” he says. “Because in my honest opinion, the quality and standards of performance in the country’s music reflect the soul of a society. But I’d like to think that in order to assure the continued development of culture and the arts in our country, the support has to be devoid of political color.”<br /><br />Now living in Quezon City after their Valenzuela (Bulacan) home has been subjected to flooding in the late 90s, Esmilla is no stranger to recurrent deluge in Metro Manila. “I empathize with flood victims because this was the reason we left our home in Valenzuela in 2000. Soon after I recorded Sentimyento in July of 2000, I got stranded there and had to secure all our valuables because the house was 50% under water. This time the house was 80% under water.”<br /><br />He points out:” I really believe that what is happening in the classical music scene is a mirror of what goes on --in far greater scale -- with our government and society. If we really love our country, we have to wake up because the present conditions are not getting any better. I am always very grateful that we still have a decent house, drive around in a modest car and have San Miguel beer in between. What about those who have only have manual skills because of poor standards of public education? This is hard to accept after living in the US for many years. I think Filipinos should not suffer in their own country!” <br /><br />Esmilla was one of the celebrated violin prodigies in the late 70s in a distinguished batch of classical artists that included Chino, Jaime and Coke Bolipata, pianist Rowena Arrieta and Licad, among others. Earlier honed by Oscar C. Yatco and Basilio Manalo, he was granted a scholarship at The Juilliard School at age 14 where he eventually received his Bachelors and Masters of Music degrees under the tutelage of Dorothy DeLay, Masao Kawasaki and Jens Ellerman.<br /><br />For eight seasons he was a violinist with the Harrisburg Symphony and played concertmaster for the summer series.His recent engagements include conducting the Shippensburg University Orchestra, chamber music collaboration with the Eaken Piano Trio, performing the violin solos in the Harrisburg Opera production of Lehar's "Paganini", concerto soloist with the Cleveland State University Orchestra, Shippensburg Festival Orchestra, and recitals in Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC.<br /><br />How does he sum up classical music in the Philippines after being part of the local concert scene for many years? He replies: “I am happy to see that we still have an active classical music scene. I’d like to give a lot of credit to local music leaders who manage to keep it alive. However as I get older, I gravitate towards viewing a bigger picture.”<br /><br />The violinist goes on to cite that some 20 to 30 years ago (at least in the Southeast Asian region), Filipino musicians were classical music force to reckon with.<br /><br />He continues: “In 1979, my father (Prof. Sergio Esmilla, Jr.) conducted the Philippine Youth Orchestra on a highly acclaimed tour of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. My Taiwanese classmates at Juilliard who attended the concert were impressed by this orchestra development program because then, they did not have one of similar caliber. The PYO gave its inaugural in performance in 1975. On that same year, the “El Sistema" which is a Venezuelan music education program that produced the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, was established. This Venezuelan youth orchestra has successfully toured Europe and USA under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, an alumnus of the program, who -- at barely 30 years old -- was recently appointed music director of Los Angeles Philharmonic. Sadly our very own PYO has been inactive since the early 90s. But now, things have changed even in our own region. Go on the internet and you will find big name artists from all over the world appearing regularly with world class orchestras based in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam are catching up fast. All of these Asian neighbors used to look up to our classical music performance standards. I would say that it is time for us to look beyond the borders of our country and not just rest on our past laurels.”<br /><br />Esmilla has recorded a CD of encore pieces entitled Sentimyento released by Bookmark Audio label and Concierto para Trio for Northbranch Records as violinist of Triode, a piano trio. Due to be released is a recording of Brahms and Schumann piano quartets as guest artist with the Eaken Piano Trio. As an avid chamber musician, he was the violinist of Triode, a piano trio, with pianist Albert Tiu and cellist Sean Katsuyama.<br /><br />He goes on to cite the challenges of chamber music compared to his roles as orchestra soloist.<br /><br />“To me chamber music is the highest form of musical art. But to succeed in this art form requires finding musicians who are equal partners musically and technically which is a task easier said than done. But once you find them, concertizing becomes not only artistically rewarding but socially a blast!”<br /><br />(The MCO Foundation presents Joseph Esmilla in a recital with pianist Rudolf Pelaez Golez on January 29,2010, 8 p.m. at the Philamlife Theater, UN Avenue, Ermita, Manila. His program includes Brahms’ Sonatensatz, Kreisler’s Caprice Viennois and Tambourin Chinois, Gershwin-Heifetz excerpts from Porgy and Bess, Sarazate’s Romanza Andaluza, and Polonaise Brillante by Wieniawski. Ticket prices: P1,000 (orchestra center), P800 (orchestra sides), P500 (loge).For early buyer discount and free ticket delivery, please call 3573811 or cell 09065104270.)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo Caption: Violinist Joseph Esmilla as he appears on his CD, Sentimyento.<br />Music News Service</span></div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-86924883908686184262009-01-15T00:01:00.000-08:002009-01-15T00:01:01.831-08:00GUITAR CONCERT SERIES "09<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJpdqgMh1kXn4b-jtEwAMkFAqkrG6xqI8hfqRyAwLWvK_k6nr3WKIv57M5EdSh0UKOcgAiYd7kPTZorrYCZQIuv8JDQZbGpU7MqXaQND3IDrMRTpwtnQeuQC7f4xC5PRZjDf5YE_wOgw/s1600-h/ATPS+UPGUITARSERIES09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJpdqgMh1kXn4b-jtEwAMkFAqkrG6xqI8hfqRyAwLWvK_k6nr3WKIv57M5EdSh0UKOcgAiYd7kPTZorrYCZQIuv8JDQZbGpU7MqXaQND3IDrMRTpwtnQeuQC7f4xC5PRZjDf5YE_wOgw/s400/ATPS+UPGUITARSERIES09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290132648943368466" border="0" /></a>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-59701366729805339832008-10-13T04:28:00.000-07:002008-10-13T04:32:56.411-07:00FETE DELA WASAQUE<a href="http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/cordiartistscentral/2008%20ATPS%20CAC/ATPSFETEDELAWASAQUE.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/cordiartistscentral/2008%20ATPS%20CAC/ATPSFETEDELAWASAQUE.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">SABAW Media Art Kitchen presents FETE DELA WASAQUE - a 2-night festival for adventurous music and related visual art.<br /><br /><br />SCHEDULE:</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">OCT 14, (TUES) 9PM: Mag:net Cafe Katipunan, AGCOR Bldg. 335 Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City (150 php)</div><div align="justify">OCT 15, (WED) 8PM: Green Papaya art projects, 41 T.Gener St. cor. Kamuning Rd., Quezon City (Free)<br /><br /><br /><br />Presenting two nights of handmade music that blur the lines between electro-acoustic, free improvisation, industrial, free jazz, performance art and freeform-noise, and will be paired with the intensity of live video performances (vjing), exquisite homemade machines, real guitars, absurd costumes, and even more live action on stage. FETE DE LA WASAQUE will be hosted by SABAW Media Art Kitchen in cooperation with Greenpapaya art projects and Mag:net Galleries.<br /><br />Expect two nights of insanity going on and on till the break of dawn at Green Papaya art space and Mag:net cafe Katipunan - including one of the very extreme and rare performances from Australia's Justice Yeldham. Cavite's E.X.I.S.T. sound art collective will electrify our nerves thru their homemade electronics and circuit-bend gadgets, while Manila's New Media Arts Manila (N.M.A.M) will surely melt your brain with rapidfire audiovideo-shrapnel . Alongside the live video performances of N.M.A.M., performance and media artist Mannete Villariba and editor Edsel Abesamis will provide video assualt as well. <br /><br />On the first night, Tengal's Gangan Series Project will manifest itself this time as the Gangan Trio featuring Tengal on no-input mixer, drums and objects, Blums Borres on guitar, Caliph8 on turntables, while Tad Ermitano takes off his vj hat and conducts the trio. Circuit-bender wiz Erick Calilan (Ugong) will challenge his old band mate from the now defunct Sound Existence, PJ Soliven (Nyangbinghi) , alongside the live script video programming of Mannette Villariba. Not to mention the avant-jazz/punk outfit, Radioactive Sago Project will perform improvised electro-acoustic "WASAK" music written and conducted by Francis de Veyra; while walls of industrial soundscapes of doom will break room walls with the heavy-hitters, Trojan Whores.<br /><br />On the following night, Blums Borres will invite you to his all live, all improvised ambient solo guitar lounge. Tengal and Tad collaborate on an audio-visual "cooking show": Tengal stirs the complex and unstable nature of the sonic textures from the mixer, both live and processed - letting it boil and simmer; while Tad Ermitano who literaly "cooks up" non-newtonian fluid (i.e. ketchup, starch, suspensions, paint, blood and shampoo) into a "visual soup" using a loudspeaker, face-up, as a pot with cameras positioned on top of it. Elemento will drive some nerve-shattering noise with their intricately- crafted sonic machines, while analogue noise maker Inconnuictu will team up with ambient electronica ace Blend:er, and Ugong.<br />And finally Australia's leading audio artist and founder of the pioneering Australian record label Dual Plover, Lucas Abela (Justice Yeldham), will kill off whatever brain cells you have left on both nights!<br /><br />SABAW ends the year with a wall shaking acoustic-meets- digital assault stirring acts on two nights of positive madness. <br /><br /><br /><br />PERFORMERS:<br /><br />Lucas Abela aka JUSTICE YELDHAM has been performing for well over 15 years and is one of the leaders of Australian "noise music". His early performances were crazed extensions of turntablism. Instead of turntables he’d use motors turning metal discs at 2000 rpm, and instead of record needles he’d use skewers or knives. He once used a glove that he had imbedded with record needles - Freddy Krueger style. Incorporating everything from electro-acoustic trampolines, amplified samurai swords to high powered turntables constructed from sewing machine motors into his performances, in recent years he’s been using sheets of glass that he blows through, screams through, bites and breaks. Lucas has toured over 30 countries with this new act, appeared on numerous television shows, and even crashed a John Peel session at the BBC.<br /><br />BLEND:ER is an electronic music creator and a noise enthusiast who lives in Cavite, Philippines. He started experimenting with audio acrobatics and technoid sonic landscapes in 1999. Being included in various album anthologies like Mood Swing Theater Volume 1 (2004) released by Kittenwhip Compilation and S.A.B.A.W. Anthology of Noise, Electronic, and Experimental Music (2004), Blend:er aka (Cris Garcimo) has often collaborated with E.X.I.S.T., SABAW and Electronica Manila artists.<br /><br />BLUMS BORRES guitarist and media artist who experiments with sound, video, and animation. Formerly a technical director at Toei Animation Philippines, he has a BA in Multimedia Design from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. His work has been featured at the Australian Center Moving Images (ACMI), and in cinemas and television in Japan. His career in post production spans over 14 years and has involved himself in both professional productions and education. He currently teaches 3d animation at DLSU-CSB.<br /><br />CALIPH8 is a beat smith, graffiti bomber and soothsayer. A lynch-pin of various groups and ensembles, he's probably the most sought after sound manipulator in the Philippines. A graduate of the U.P. College of Fine Arts, his output extends to more than just sniffing aerosol paint and flexing wrists with fat markers--he also creates visuals and projects them while manipulating audio and creates sound collage.He is a member of A.M.P.O.N. hiphop collective, electronica group Drip, and was part of Downearf, a trueschool hiphop trio back in 1997.<br /><br />EDSEL ABESAMES is a video editor / motion graphics person / director / racketeer / guitarist / poser / anime fan / overweight 32 year old / discontent drunkard. That about sums it up.<br /><br />ELEMENTO is the brainchild of experimental multi-media artist Lirio Salvador, and has created a number of experimental electronic instruments based on his own concept of ethno-industrial art/music. Probably the most influential and astonishing homemade circuit-benders and instrument builders in the country, he established the E.X.I.S.T. sound art collective back in 2002. He creates his assemblage of musical instruments using day to day materials that are found in his present environment, including bicycle gears, drain cleaning springs and stainless steel tubes.<br /><br />INCONNU ICTU a.k.a Roger Llagas Lopez is a post-musician, experimental composer-improviser , multi-instrumentali st, visual art enthusiast who resides in the shoe capital of the Philippines. "Inconnu Ictu(s)" means an "unknown man's blow or a stroke", as a sound constructor he explores his interest by using obsolete electronic gadgets, pedal fx boxes, defective rhythm consoles, found objects, d.i.y microphones and circuit-bent electronics.<br /><br />MANNET VILLARIBA is a performance artist, painter, sound artist, visual programmer and designer. He has been active in diverse fields of art and design - including research and development. Yielding the outputs of sounds, images, and light through analyzing and transforming the numerical values gained from various sensors and input devices, he is a visual artist pursuing sensual peculiarity and interaction.<br /><br />NYANGBINGHI (PJ Soliven) and UGONG (Erick Calilan) used to perform together as a duo called Sound Existence back in 2005. They are active leaders and members of E.X.I.S.T., taking part in producing shows, worshops, exhibitions both in Cavite and Manila. While Nyangbinghi utilizes mainly a laptop as an instrument, UGONG performs using home-made "cracked" electronics that are circuit-bent and rewired to make electronic squeels, blips, hisses, and clicks.<br /><br />RADIOACTIVE SAGO PROJECT is probably the country's most successful avant bands that crossed over to mainstream music, having released 3 successful albums and have been radio darlings ‘til this day. Instead of playing their usual popular hits, they will perform an experimental electro-acoustic piece by Francis de Veyra, the group's main composer. Francis studied atonal and modern composition in the conservatory of music in the University of the Philippines where he was almost sued and banned from the university for his infamous recital piece called "Wasakan".</div><div align="justify"><br />"TACSIYAPO", is a new piece which will premiere on the 14th. The composer explains: "TACSIYAPO is an expression in kapampangan [a local dialect] meant and used to vent out anger and frustration. The piece was inspired by an interesting phenomena in a restaurant in Tarlac where they have people throw anything in a wall be it cups, plates, cats, or even TVs. Upon throwing them on the wall (that is painted with vandals of the words that are 'cancers' of our society), they shout 'Tacsiyapo!' . This piece tries to 'throw' an array of sounds and textures, wherein the performers will try to vent out their angst, not physically, but thru sound. The group will use electronic music, spoken word, bass and electric guitars, kaoss pads, percussions and the audience."<br /><br />TAD ERMITANO is a media artist, writer and filmmaker. As far as the media art goes, he is interested in algorithmic/ procedural editing and composition, new uses for the moving image and have been lately drifting into elementary robotics. His work "Quartet" was exhibited in the recently concluded International Symposium for Electronic Arts (ISEA) in Singapore.<br /><br />TENGAL is a Manila-based interdisciplinary media artist, composer-musician, media art impresario, and filmmaker. He curates and organizes media art projects, has collaborated with various artists, and has performed in various shows in the Philippines and abroad. He attended the Berlinale Talent Campus 2006, in Berlin, Germany; the 5th Asia-Europe Foundation Art Camp: Re-Vision Bangkok New Media Art and Interactivity, in Thailand; and most recently at Cellsbutton II: Yogyakarta International Media Art Festival, in Indonesia. He founded SABAW in 2005.<br /><br />TROJAN WHORES is composed of Pow Martinez, Sam Kiyoumarsi, and Thomas Mcwalter, and they create harsh industrial soundscapes with doom metal elements.<br /><br />More info at: http://wasakfete. tk/ or email tengald@gmail.com.</div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-16305060616952469762008-09-18T08:57:00.000-07:002008-09-18T09:07:59.257-07:00ELECTROSTATIC SOUND CONFERENCE III<a href="http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/cordiartistscentral/2008%20ATPS%20CAC/ATPSELECTROSTATIC.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/cordiartistscentral/2008%20ATPS%20CAC/ATPSELECTROSTATIC.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">ELECTROSTATIC SOUND CONFERENCE III<br />September 24 (Wed) 9 p.m.<br />Club Dredd (2nd Flr Gweilos)<br />Eastwood Cyberpark, Libis, Quezon City<br />FREE ADMISSION!<br /><br />New Media Arts Manila presents ELECTROSTATIC SOUND CONFERENCE III. The blackwinged furies of Sonic Art take to the air once again as Manila's sonic hatcheries crack out the incubators at Club Dredd on September 24. Australian Darren Moore of Iron Egg joins the flock with Edsel Abesamis, autoceremony, Teresa Barrozo, Blums Borres, Tad Ermitano, Inconnu Ictu, Mark Laccay and Manet Villariba for a night of anti hymns in praise of Hundun, the egg god of chaos.<br /><br />Video art by Edsel Abesamis, Blums Borres, Tad Ermitano, and Manet Villariba.<br /><br />In addition to the performances, Tad Ermitano will give a short presentation on Quartet, the robotic gamelan installation he created in August for the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA). Mark Laccay will also talk about the Jose Maceda Collection Digitization Project and his experience in Austrian Academy of Sciences where he acquired a certificate in Audio Tape Restoration and Digital Audio Archiving.<br /><br />The artists have agreed to donate their talent fees to the fundraising effort for Tara Bosch-Santelices.<br /><br />This event is sponsored by Intel, Sony Ericsson, and Globe<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Darren Moore is an Australian musician based in Singapore. He is involved in various projects as a drummer and as an experimental laptop artist. He has performed and collaborated with musicians such as Jon Rose, Chris Abrahams, Johannes Bauer, Jeff Henderson, Scott Tinkler, Eugene Pao, Will Guthrie, Eric Boeren, Wilbert de Joode, Micheal Vatcher to name a few. Currently, He leads a jazz quintet and is a member of Iron Egg - an electro-acoustic visual experimental trio with Tim O'Dwyer and Brian O'Rielly.<br /><br />Edsel Abesames is a Video editor / motion graphics person / director / racketeer / guitarist / poser / anime fan /overweight 32 year old / discontent drunkard. That about sums it up.<br /><br />autoceremony a.k.a. Jing Garcia sound artist and award winning music producer. He established the Children of Cathode Ray backed in 1989, one of the early experimental and sound art groups in the country. Produced several music albums for different alternative music artists in the 90s. He is currently the tech editor for The Manila Times and Speed Magazine. He also hosts a tech segment on the late evening news on TV5<br /><br />Teresa Barrozo is one of the emerging women composers of the country. She started her career as a student of the UP College of Music. Her compositions range from solo, chamber ensemble, orchestral, vocal & electroacoustic. Her works have been performed in the Philippines and in various Asian music festivals (Japan, Thailand). In 2007, she was one of the featured Filipino composers in the Asia-Pacific Weeks 2007 in Berlin, Germany. Teresa also works as a composer for theater & film; and as an arranger for various choirs and orchestras.<br /><br />Blums Borres guitarist and media artist who experiments with sound, video, and animation. Formerly a technical director at Toei Animation Philippines, he has a BA in Multimedia Design from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. His work has been featured at the Australian Center Moving Images (ACMI), and in cinemas and television in Japan. His career in post production spans over 14 years and has involved himself in both professional productions and education. He currently teaches 3d animation at DLSU-CSB.<br /><br />Tad Ermitano.The artist was forced into the hell of art making as consequence of his enemies' envy of his enormous pencil and mastery of the black arts of nuclear canelloni. In revenge, he conquered the three continents of Fairyland by masquerading as five of their seven dead kings and obtained the Dread Dagger of Demosthenes by which he obtained dominion over the twin race of Electrons and Positrons that mortal scientists have confused with inanimate matter and probability waves. In his next work, the artist plans to have the two races meet in battle, guaranteeing an antimatter conflagration that should end the known Universe. Autographs given to women of adequate pulchritude.<br /><br />Inconnu Ictu a.k.a Roger Llagas Lopez a post-musician,experimental composer,improviser,multi-instrumentalist,visual art enthusiast who reside in the shoe capital of the Philippines. Inconnu Ictu(s) means an unknown man's blow or a stroke, as a sound constructor he explores his interest by using obsolete electronic gadgets, pedal fx boxes, defective rhythm consoles, found objects, d.i.y mic and a circuit bent materials. Inconnu Ictu has participated and is affiliated with SABAW and EX.I.S.T (experimentation in sound art tradition) sound art collectives, and is a multi-media and explorative art enthusiast. </span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Mark Laccay is an award winning Audio Engineer who is the CEO of Sonic Logo Multimedia Inc. and a managing partner of Sweetspot Studios. He has worked as a Sound Designer for various films and is the main audio consultant for the "Dr. Jose Maceda Collection Digitization" Project. As an educator he taught audio classes at DLSU-CSB. He recently returned from the Austrian Academy of Sciences where he acquired a certificate of Audio Tape Restoration and Digital Audio Archiving. </span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Mannet Villariba is a performance artist, painter, sound artist, visual programmer and designer. He has been active in diverse fields of art and design - including research and development. Yielding the outputs of sounds, images, and light through analyzing and transforming the numerical values gained from various sensors and input devices, he is a Visual Artist pursuing sensual peculiarity and interaction. He is a graduate of Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Painting at the University of Santo Tomas.</span></div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223811475560480673.post-70964770259276259652008-09-18T08:50:00.000-07:002008-09-18T08:54:22.749-07:00GOSPEL MUSIC FESTIVAL<div align="justify">The St. Arnold Janssen Foundation (SAJF) is pleased to announce the start of the 4th Season of its GOSPEL MUSIC FESTIVAL.</div><div align="justify"><br />The first round of competitions is on October 25, 2008 and will be held at Ratsky Tomas Morato in Quezon City. </div><div align="justify"><br />The Festival is open to Music Ministry Bands and Choral Groups. Participating teams will be required to perform two renditions: a common competition piece and a piece of the team's own choosing (may be an original composition).</div><div align="justify"><br />For this Project, we created a Yahoo Groups account where interested parties can access and even download information about the Festival. Below are the location and the email address.</div><div align="justify"><br />http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/gospelmusi cfestival<br />gospelmusicfestival @yahoogroups.com </div><div align="justify"><br />The Festival Mechanics, Entry Forms, media files of the Common Competition Piece/s and other important documentation will soon be available and downloadable from the Yahoo Groups account. Downloadable from the Files section is the Invitation.</div>ARTEPINAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335662467906698700noreply@blogger.com