Archive for the ‘class/workshop’ Category

Choral workshop with Neo Nocturne

Friday, February 19th, 2010

20 February, Saturday | 1500 & 1900
Choral@turo: FOURte (Techniques and Exhibition)
Philamlife Auditorium, Manila

This two part event—lecture and performance proper—aims to promote choral performance, educate enthusiasts/choristers and share the discipline and practice of music by some of the best choirs in the country.

Lectures will cover various topics. Two choirs shall be featured in the afternoon and the remaining two choirs will have its turn in the evening.

The lecturing conductors and choirs are —

Mark Anthony A. Carpio with the Kilyawan Boys Choir
Anna Tabita Abeleda-Piquero with the University of the East Chorale (UEC)
Eudenice Palaruan with the Union Church of Manila Choir
Jonathan Velasco with the Ateneo Chamber Singers

For details and further inquiries, please call or text the Neo Nocturne Secretariat at (0917) 828-8284, or send an email at info@neonocturne.com.

Posted in 2010 February, Choral & Song, Manila, class/workshop | No Comments »

1st Philippine International Guitar Festival

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

January 28 to 31
1st Philippine International Guitar Festival
Cultural Center of the Philippines

For the first time in the Philippines, disciples of the guitar gather as one. Pedagogue and performer Jose Valdez is director of the Festival.

The roster of festival performers will include Steve Lin, Michael Dadap, Perfecto de Castro, Sixto Roxas, and Florante Aguilar. Groups include the Kasilag Guitar Trio, Tabs, UP Guitar Orchestra, and winners of the NAMCYA 2009 Guitar Category. The festival will also feature the Fundacion Centro Flamenco.

Master classes and lectures will be offered on a variety of topics. Talks include:
Building a Performing Career
Flamenco
A Guitarist’s Pain
Jazz Improvisation
Ensemble Playing
Musicality, Intelligence and Technique

The Festival will also feature booths and displays by luthiers and guitar manufacturers.

For more information, please contact Jose Valdez, Festival Director (0917) 5266-377, Phil Valdez (0920) 498-2720, Jenny de Vera at (0915) 921-3440 or send e-mail to visit email philguitarfest@gmail.com. Details are also available at http://philguitarfest.blogspot.com.

Posted in 2010 January, Instrumental, Mixed, Pasay, class/workshop | No Comments »

Canadian flutist Robert Aitken in concert, workshop

Friday, October 16th, 2009

29 October 2009, Thursday | 2000
Flutist Robert Aitken in concert
BDO Francisco Santiago Hall, Makati City

27 October 2009, Tuesday | time TBA
Flute Workshop with Robert Aitken
Coyiuto Residence

The Philippine Flute Society welcomes one of Canada’s leading flutists Robert Aitken, who performs with pianist Cristine Coyiuto, her daughter, flutist Caitlin Alisa, together with the leading premiere area flutists, Enrique Barcelo, Francisco Candelaria, David Jerome Johnson, Antonio Maigue, Marie Poblete, Raymundo Sison and Santiago Yangco, as participants in this fascinating concert.

Mr. Ringo Chan, Director of the Hong Kong Flute Centre will conduct the Philippine Flute Society Flute Orchestra, a 30-member Flute Orchestra comprising young talented Flutists from all the major Universities in the Metro Manila area.

The program will include works by Robert Aitken, Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach, Franz Doppler, Georges Adolphe Hue, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Sergei Prokofiev, in arrangements for flute and piano, two flutes and piano and also several large works arranged for the flute Orchestra with flute solo.

An internationally reputed champion for both classical and contemporary music, Robert Aitken has been described as “Canadian Musician Extraordinaire, one of Canada’s leading flutists, one with impeccable taste and extraordinary abilities to define and mold musical concepts” (Canada Music). His flute studies were with notable teachers Nicolas Fiore, Marcel Moyse, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Andre Jaunet, Severino Gazzelloni and Hubert Barwahser. He has collaborated with Pierre Boulez, Kazuo Fukushima, Heinz Holliger and Toru Takemitsu.

At age 70, he is still actively teaching and concertizing globally, premiering and recording new and old works such as by noted composers as John Cage, George Crumb, Elliot Carter and Henry Brant. He received the National Flute Association 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award, Order of Canada and Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France).

A Flute Workshop with Robert Aitken is slated for October 27, Tuesday afternoon at the Coyiuto House. Anyone interested in flute techniques, warm up exercises and all things pertaining to the flute is welcome.

For tickets and inquiries, please call Imelda at tel 813-1866 or (0916) 441 2222.

Posted in 2010 January, Chamber Music, Makati, class/workshop | No Comments »

Rx for a Healthy Voice

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

10 October, Saturday | 800-1200
Rx for a Healthy Voice Workshop
MGC New Life Christian Academy, Bonifacio Global City

MGC New Life Christian Academy Center for Teacher Renewal and Excellence (CenTREx) invites teachers, pastors, worship team members, and those who rely mainly on their voice for their source of income or for ministry and service to take part in the workshop, Rx For A Healthy Voice.

This workshop on voice care for teachers features, as resource speakers, Dr. Rebecca Feliciano, otolaryngologist and section chief of the Voice, Swallowing, and Sinus Center of St. Luke’s Medical Center; and Professor Katherine “Kitchy” Molina, Chairwoman of the Voice, Music, Theater, and Dance Department of the College of Music of the University of the Philippines, Diliman.

Deadline for registration is on October 2. For more details, please call 816-4233 to 34, during office hours and look for Ms. Sheila Eiaw.

Posted in 2009 October, Taguig, class/workshop | No Comments »

MGC New Life Choral Workshop this May

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

18 to 22 May, Saturday to Wednesday | 830-1200
To Him We Sing
MGC New Life Christian Academy, Fort Bonifacio

This summer, MGC New Life Christian Academy presents a choral singing workshop entitled TO HIM WE SING.

This will be handled by the much sought-after conductor, composer and pedagogue Eudenice Palaruan. Mr. Palaruan is Choral Conducting Professor at the University of the Philippines College of Music, music director of Union Church of Manila, and was formerly the principal conductor of the San Miguel Master Chorale.

Along with the workshop, there will be lectures by Evelyn Martha Uy, Dr. Rebecca Feliciano and Beverly Shangkuan, on various aspects of music ministry, as well as proper voice care.

TO HIM WE SING, a choral conducting workshop, is May 18 to 22, 830AM to noon. Venue is MGC New Life Christian Academy AVR, Lot 2 Block 18 Fort Bonifacio Global City, Taguig (Across Market Market).

For inquiries, please contact Reginald Tan at (0920) 903-5872 or (0922) 897-8852. Or contact Janice Yuson, secretary of MGC New Life Christian Academy at 816-4233 to 35.

Posted in 2009 May, Choral & Song, class/workshop | 1 Comment »

Choral music lecture at UCM with UE, UV chorale

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

22 April, Wednesday | 1900
Choral music concert-lecture at Union Church

The University of the East and University of Visayas Chorale under Anna Paquero will perform a program of sacred music for the Union Church of Manila Chancel Choir at the UCM Mini Sanctuary.

This is a pre-concert recital for the two choirs before their main concert on Friday at Philamlife as well as a demonstration for the UCM Chancel Choir. UCM choir director, Eudenice Palaruan, will be annotating the program for the audience.

While the concert-lecture is an intimate affair, UCM has graciously opened it to the public; choir music professionals and enthusiasts, in particular, are invited.

Posted in 2009 April, Choral & Song, Makati, class/workshop | No Comments »

Cousteau: “What’s a conductor for?”

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

15 April, Wednesday | 2000
“The Conductor: What is he for?”
Alliance Francaise Ondeo Auditorium

In conjunction with the concert The French Connection with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (April 17, Friday 800PM) conductor Michaël Cousteau will render a special lecture with reference to the profession of a conductor.

“The Conductor: What is he for?” Through archival and audio testimonials of renowned 20th century music maestros, Michaël Cousteau will reveal the secrets of the profession, object of fantasies and questionings.

The lecture is at Alliance Francaise de Manille, April 15, 800PM. Admission is free, and seating is on a first-come, first served basis. For details, please call 895-7585 or 895-7441.

Posted in 2009 April, Makati, class/workshop | No Comments »

Musical workshop: The Stage Awaits You

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

April 13 to May 6
The Stage Awaits You
concerts at Music Museum, Greenhills

Chancel Repertory Theatre kicks off its summer workshop, The Stage Awaits You 2009.

The workshop for children ages 5 and up is on its 10th year. From April 13 to May 6, participants will learn to sing, dance and act original American musicals, culminating in two evening shows at Music Museum in Greenhills.

Workshop instructors include Enchang Agudo Kaimo, Jaime del Mundo, and Paolo O’Hara. Each class will have instructors for acting, voice & dance lessons plus 2 teaching assistants. Class size is strictly limited to 25 students achieving an ideal teacher-student ratio of 1:5.

The Stage Awaits You seeks to discover artistic talents of youth and children, while nurturing them with foundational moral values.

For inquiries about the workshop, contact Chancel Repertory Theatre at 732-0973 or 0917-5242625 from Mondays to Saturdays between 10am to 5pm.

Posted in 2009 April, 2009 May, Musical, San Juan, class/workshop | No Comments »