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CALENDAR OF PHILIPPINE CHORAL EVENTS
January 2010
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Early January
Auditions for UST Singers

The UST Singers is in immediate need of a bass and an alto. This if for the choir's upcoming International Concert Tour this summer that will cover more than 10 countries in Europe for 4 months.

Contact Ron Bautista (0906 469 5382) for more information.

All Fridays & Sundays of January
Auditions for UP Singing Ambassadors

5:15 to 6:15 p.m. every Friday, Room 206, Abelardo Hall, College of Music, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. 

12:00 to 1:30 p.m. every Sunday, CAL Atrium,
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.

For more information, please contact 0916 794 1634.

UP Singing Ambassadors is conducted by Ed Manguiat, PCDA member and speaker in the recent National Masterclass Series for Choral Conductors held in Cebu.

January 16 (Saturday) & 18 (Monday)
Auditions for WYC (World Youth Choir)

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Reynaldo Tolentino Paguio Lecture Hall, (Room 232, Annex Building), Abelardo Hall, College of Music, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.

Be part of this wonderful music making experience together with the best and the finest young singers from all over the world.  Be the Philippine representative to this year's World Youth Choir Summer Session in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain! Click Here for additional information.

Contact the Junior Philippine Conductors Association for:
•     General information on the WYC and the summer session 2010 in Spain from July 5-29
•     Recruitment procedure with musical material for auditons (sight-reading test, prepared score)
•     Audition and application forms

January 16 (Saturday)
Auditions for Koro Ilustrado

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1:00 to 4:00 p.m., Santuario de San Antonio Parish Center, McKinley Road, Forbes Park, Makati City.

Tenors, Baritones and Basses are invited to audition.  Auditionees are requested to prepare 2 songs - 1 classical and 1 pop or rock - which will be sung a cappella.

Koro Ilustrado is under the direction of Jong Piquero & Anna Piquero (PCDA Director).

January 17 (Sunday)
ANIMA (A Night of Inspiration, Music & Affirmation): An Exciting Muscular Concert of Greats

7:00 p.m., Philamlife Auditorium, United Nations Ave., Manila.

"For the first time ever, two stellar internationally awarded chorales, the Philippine Madrigal Singers under Maestro Mark Carpio [PCDA Director] and the Ateneo Chamber Singers under Master Conductor Jojo Velasco [PCDA President], will join together to perform Riveder le Stelle from Dante’s Inferno and Eric Whitacre’s Her Sacred Spirit Soars."

Read Anton Juan's complete article published by The Manila Times.

January 21 (Thursday) & 22 (Friday)
Auditions for Philippine Youth Choir and Asian Youth Choir

4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Thursday, 21 January, Abelardo Hall, College of Music, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.  Contact: Apol, (09150) 681 4986.

4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Friday, 22 January, UST Conservatory of Music.  Contact: Zip, (0927) 989 5206.

This is open to singers age 16 - 30 years old. In order to pass the auditions, one must be able to sight sing new scores on the spot; must be able to sing on pitch and have a good tone quality; must possess the ability to blend well with other singers musically and must possess team spirit.  For audition, please prepare one (1) aria or one (1) art song, and another song of your choice. Please bring your own accompanist or sound system needs.

Email philippinechoralguild@yahoo.com for more information.

January 22 (Friday)
Auditions for the Manila Chamber Singers

9:00 to 10:00 p.m., Blue Ridge Christian Academy, 549 Boni Serrano Avenue, Murphy Cubao, Quezon City.

SATB auditions. Please prepare 1 pop song and 1 art/classical song.

Please contact  Joel Aquino (0920 922 9628) or Micah (0915 993 2390) for inquiries.

January 24 (Sunday) & 31 (Sunday)
Auditions for Pansol Choir

3:00 p.m., Lingkod Center, Santa Maria Della Strada Parish Church, Katipunan, Quezon City.

Please contact Hudson at 0927 876 9351, Ollie 0920 258 2875 or Jacklyn 0916 393 7814.

Now on its 40th year, the Pansol Choir, is under the direction of Mark Anthony Carpio (PCDA Director).

January 30 (Saturday)
Auditions for Coro Animo

2:00 p.m., De La Salle University, Taft Ave., Manila.

Please contact Liaa Ambrosio-Patag at 0916 214 1928.

January 30 (Saturday) & 31 (Sunday)
Musikalinangan

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Conference Hall, University of the East, Recto, Manila.

Free high school choir summit organized by the University of the East Chorale with participating groups from St. Paul College Pasig, St. Scholastica's College Manila, St. Theresa's College, V. Mapa High School and Torres High School.  A culminating concert on January 31 will cap Musikalinangan.

Please contact Darwin Vargas (0927 368 5159) for more information.

UE Chorale conductor, Anna Piquero, is a PCDA Director.

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