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Koro Filipino presents Asian Youth Choir

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

AYC 2010 Pilipinas

28 July, Wednesday
Philamlife Auditorium, Manila

29 July, Thursday
Las Piñas Bamboo Organ Church

AYC 2010 Pilipinas is the project of the Koro Filipino, which brings together the finest choir singers from Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The Choir performs in Bohol on July 25 at the Assumption of Our Lady Shrine Parish in Dauis, Tagbilaran; in Dapitan on July 26 at Gloria’s Fantasyland and July 29 at the Baliangao Municipal Gym; and in Manila — on July 28 at the Philamlife Auditorium and July 29 at the Las Piñas Bamboo Organ Church.

The choir is conducted by Masashi Kishimoto from Japan and Anna Tabita Abeleda-Piquero from Philippines.

For details, log on to www.philippinechoralguild.com or call at 681-3533, 621-3365

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35th International Bamboo Organ Festival

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

February 18 to 24, Thursday to Wednesday
35th International Bamboo Organ Festival
St.Joseph Parish Church, Las Piñas City

This year marks the 35th Anniversary of the Las Piñas Bamboo Organ Festival.

The Gala Concert features JS Bach’s Cantata no. 130 and John Rutter’s Mass of the Children , in performances by Swiss organist Guy Bovet, Filipino organist Alejandro Consolacion II, the Las Piñas Boys Choir, and the UP Singing Ambassadors . Other artists are soprano Karina Gay Balajadia-Liggayu, counter-tenor Mark Carpio, tenor Ervin Notes Lumauag, bass Noel Azcona and the Festival Orchestra under the baton of Eudenice Palarauan.

February 19 is dedicated exclusively to organ music with Guy Bovet.

The popular Concert under the Trees is slated for the following evening, and will feature the Singing Priests, the Morrizwind Orchestra and a surprise guest artist from the world of pop.

Czech organist Jarek Malanowicz and Filipino trumpeter Robert de Pano collaborate for an evening of baroque music, February 21.

The February 23 concert Saring Lahi pays tribute to Filipino music with works by National Artist Lucio San Pedro and Alejandro Consolacion II . Organists Armando Salarza and Rea Jimenez, the Las Piñas Boys Choir and soloist Bernard Caro, baritone Noel Azcona, tenor Ervin Notes Lumauag, and the Festival Orchestra under Eudenice Palaruan will the performers for this event. Also part of the program are the Kasilag Guitar Trio .

The Festival ends with a repeat of the Gala Concert on February 24.

St.Joseph Parish Church, Las Piñas City is located some 10 kilometers south of the center of Manila, 10 minutes away from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). For details, please call 820-0795 or 825-7190, ro send e-mail to info@bambooorgan.org. Also visit http://bambooorgan.org.

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34th International Bamboo Organ Festival

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

February 19, Thursday to February 27, Friday
34th International Bamboo Organ Festival
Las Piñas Church

The 34th International Bamboo Organ Festival celebrates several important anniversaries in the music world this year. The festival marks bicentennial of the death of Franz Joseph Haydn with a performance of his Great Organ Mass in E-flat Major, the 200th birthday of Felix Mendelssohn with his Motets Op.39 Nos. 1,2, and 3; and the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Las Piñas Boys Choir, main performers in the festival’s opening concerts entitled “Exsultate” on February 19 and 20.

Also featured are Austrian artists Christian Iwan (organist) and Franziska Hamer-Drexel (soprano); Filipino artists Mark Anthony Carpio (countertenor), Ervin Notes Lumauag (tenor), and Eudenice Palaruan (baritone), Alejandro Consolacion II (organist); and the Festival Orchestra under baton of conductor Armando Salarza.

The rest of the festival schedule is as follows:

February 21: Concert Under the Trees with Rivermaya and Arnel Pineda (currently lead singer of Journey).

February 22 : An Evening of Organ Music with Christian Iwan, organist of the Cathedral in Eisenstadt where Haydn was once based.

February 24: Philippine-Korean Friendship Night, with organist Yahg-Hee Yun, baritone Seong-Kyu Lim, and AILM Chorale under Joshibiah de Juan.

February 25: Pagpupugay tribute to National Artists for Music Lucio D. San Pedro and Lucrecia Kasilag. Premiere of new composition by Alejandro D. Consolacion II for oboe and organ with Franz Ramirez (oboe) and Salarza on Bamboo Organ, with the UE Chorale under Anna Abeleda Piquiero.

February 26 and 27: Lauda with Dr. Johann Trummer (organ). Program includes concertos by George Frideric Handel on his 250th death anniversary, Mozart’s Exsultate and Handel’s Laudate Pueri with Franziska Hammer-Drexler (soprano) with the UE Chorale and the Festival Orchestra conducted by Eudenice Palaruan.

For ticket inquiries, please call the Foundation Secretariat at tel. nos. 510-3839 or 825-7190, mobile no. 0928-507-6648 or e-mail at bambooorganfoundation@yahoo.com.

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