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  JOHN AUGUST PAMINTUAN

The Chamber Choir of Asia - the First Rehearsal

1/31/2010

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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."

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our proud partner from the Red Crab group, located at the 6th level Shangrila Mall, and at the High Street Fort Bonifacio

8 Comments
Carl Facto
1/31/2010 12:01:53 pm

congratulations Chamber Choir of Asia

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Mami Ning
1/31/2010 12:51:20 pm

It was good singing last night and most happily, good eating din. Thank you John, Robert, Jojo and Raymund.

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Alfonso A. Marquez VI link
1/31/2010 11:37:15 pm

Very exciting group! I can't wait to hear the masters sing. God bless us all filipino musicians and congratulations CCA! :)

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Lemuel Jed Castillo
2/1/2010 11:21:27 am

Just want to ask, is this group open for auditions? if yes, what are the requirements?

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RT Hernandez
2/6/2010 03:17:52 am

Glad you liked the pics I took. :)

Looking forward for the next rehearsal.

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edwin santayana
2/10/2010 01:10:52 pm

Wow, what are the rehearsal days and hours and where? How big will this group be?

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lady MSUC link
2/27/2010 03:49:03 pm

What's a great team.
Good luck for the concert_^

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erwin
6/12/2010 12:16:47 am

paano po ba makakasali sa group na ito? hehehe!~

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