Manila, Philippines. Brainstorming for the choir started about a year ago when over their usual dinner and bellini, Robert Delgado and John Pamintuan thought of forming an elite group of singers that would go beyond the usual thrust of competitions by amateur choirs. Things even got better when Dean Acoymo of the UP College of Music suggested that the mandate of the group be: to constantly output new Filipino and Asian choral works, not only to edify Asian choral literature but also to present the ever-changing paradigm of Filipino compositions which always set a trend in the international stage. It would then be the group's aim to create a strong movement beginning in Southeast Asia affecting the whole world. And so The Chamber Choir of Asia is born, with much interest and eagerness coming from the invited singers, comprising the creme de la creme of the Philippines' choral music scene. Once a month, internationally prominent Filipino conductors, composers and singers come together for two hours and sight-sing through the most terribly challenging and demanding choral music ever written and share with each other their musical intelligence, energy and soul. "It was as if the gods decided to take a break and go down to earth, and play frisbee while singing their music," said an observer. And of course, the night is not complete without a scrumptious fare care of the group's dear partners Clawdaddy and Crustasia, through the support of Red Crab Managing Partner, Raymund Magdaluyo, himself a choral enthusiast having sung with the Ateneo College Glee Club. If music be the bond of our souls, let food be the bond of our hearts. The group munches about 17 new pieces over the short rehearsal and would have digested a total of about 50 new titles by John Pamintuan and new arrangements of Asian folksongs by Robert Delgado until the launching concert on the opening night of the Philippine Choral Directors' Association (PCDA) National Convention in April 2010. As Artistic Director Jonathan Velasco so aptly puts it, "life without music is a mistake; resistance is futile." our proud partner from the Red Crab group, located at the 6th level Shangrila Mall, and at the High Street Fort Bonifacio
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![]() Conservatorio Udal Musika Eskola Leioa Two of our principal lines of work throughout all these years have been, on the one hand, the direct contact with composers of different styles and countries in order to enrich our repertoire, and on the other, acquiring a commitment with the creation of new musical piece for children's choir. We sum up next the most notable orders of our aims carried out by some excellent persons of the world in composition, owing to the different realized recordings, tours or other important moments in the life of the choir. click here to redirect to website in Spanish COMMISSIONED COMPOSERS: LAMINAK. Albert Alcaraz. Alicante 1978 NON DEGUN, NON? Junkal Guerrero. Euskadi 1968 DONA NOBIS PACEM. Francisco Ibáñez-Iribarria. Euskadi 1965 IRATXOA. Eva Ugalde. Euskadi 1973 DIZDIZKA ZERUAN. Eva Ugalde. Euskadi 1973 TRES VILLANCICOS DEL PERÚ. Dante Andreo. Argentina 1949 MISA DE LEIOA. Dante Andreo. Argentina 1949 CON TOMILLO Y ROMERO. Mariano Jiménez. Navarra 1970 PELAGRIA. Mariano Jiménez. Navarra 1970 AVE MARIA. Mariano Jiménez. Navarra 1970 QUANDO CORPUS MORIETUR. Mariano Jiménez. Navarra 1970 AVE JESU. Xabier Sarasola. Euskadi 1960 GIZON ON BAT. Javi Busto. Euskadi 1949 ITSASOA LAINO DAGO. Tone Bianca Dahl. Noruega 1965 HODIE CHRISTUS NATUS EST. Ko Matsushita. Japón 1962 CANÇÓ DE BRESSOL. Xavier Pastrana. Cataluña 1977 ANGELUS. Josu Elberdin. Euskadi 1976 MAGNIFICAT. Josu Elberdin. Euskadi 1976 EN ESTA NOCHE LOS PASTORCITOS. Marcelo Beltrán. Murcia 1967 HIRU ERREGE KANTA. David Azurza. Euskadi, 1968 GAUDETE!/PUER NATUS. Pelle Olofson. Suecia, 1961 PATER NOSTER. Julio Domínguez. Galicia, 1965 TU ES. Vytautas Mishkinis. Lituania, 1954 NOEL/EN BELÉN. Alejandro Yagüe. Burgos, 1947 VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS. Kentaro Sato. Japón, 1981 SANCTUS. Michael McGlynn. Irlanda, 1964 GABON DUT ANUNTZIO! Fernando Velázquez. Euskadi, 1976 LUX AETERNA. John Pamintuan. Filipinas, 1972 DIES IRAE. John Pamintuan. Filipinas, 1972 ![]() I was looking for a nice rendition of Wildhorn-Bricuse's Someone Like You (from Jekyll and Hyde) on youtube and found out that Sumi Jo has a recording of the song from her album Only Love. Sumi Jo is a Korean coloratura soprano who rose to international superstardom with her dazzling portrayal of the Queen of the Night from Mozart's Magic Flute. There is even a video where Sumi Jo and Cecilia Bartoli audition for Maestro Herbert von Karajan. What's astounding about Sumi Jo's rendition is that her classical training is very apparent. You do not only hear the talent, but also the technique in her interpretation. She sings as if the voice is part of the orchestra, if you can actually do that with the human voice, and as if she is the conductor, shaping the sound of a whole ensemble inside her voice. I find most broadway singers belting the songs when they perform, singing boldly, soulfully, but not in the right amounts. TELENOVELIC. Sumi Jo's employment of vocal and tonal colors in the recording is limitless: she can summon the deepest of emotions with a wide, big, broad, open sound, and the subtlest of turns and phrasing with a strong breath technique holding the voice back in a gradual and painful decrescendo. The result is a very affective and effective marriage between text and music, music and performer, performer and listener. Winter Schedule:
January 6 Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe 12 Beijing 17 Baguio 25 Frankfurt Feb 1 Norway (tentative) 5 Berlin 10 Manila 13 Baguio Mar 1 New York 12 Pennsylvania Academy of Music 21 CD Launching Maria Gratia Plena (Baguio Cathedral) 25 World Premiere Recording Missa for UEC's 10th anniversary, Montserrat Abbey, San Beda |
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