Nhick Ramiro Pacis 
I just discovered The Piano Guys at youtube and I think they are awesome! Just listen to how exciting this “Harry Potter” cover sounds! They have all these videos on youtube, each one more unique than the other. I especially like this one, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/Simple Gifts” and “Cello Wars (Starwars Parody)”.
The Philippine Cultural Foundation is proud to present “Ana Maria”, a Filipino Zarzuela, at PhilFest 2012 at the Bayanihan Arts and Events Center on Saturday, March 31 at 2:00 PM and Sunday, April 1 at 1:00 PM. This comic Philippine musicale which premierred in the 1920’s was collaboration by Filipino composer and national artist Antonio Molina (1894-1980) and playwright Severino Reyes (1861-1942), aka Lola Basyang.
NAIS KO as composed by Ryan Cyabyab and arranged by Nhick Ramiro Pacis, this piece was made awesome by 4 SPC sisters: Sr. Remedios A. Sandalo, spc and Sr. Maria Theresa L. Asencio, spc as piano 1 with Sr. Maria Corazon R. Querubin, spc and Sr. Veneranda A. del Rosario as piano 2.
The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay presents “The Peace Project” on March 30 and 31, 2012 with guests Sharon Scott, Vocalist, Valerie Gillespie, saxophonist, Kevin Beckner, narrator and Robert Winslow, accompanist at the Palladium Theater and USF School of Music Concert Hall.
To celebrate the diversity and abundance of Asian culture in Florida, the 29th AsiaFest will be held on Saturday, April 28, 2012 from 11AM – 2:30 PM in Tampa’s Channelside District. This celebration of Asian-Pacific American heritage will be marked with lots of entertainment through dances, traditional music, food and even a Miss AsiaFest Competition!
Here’s a youtube video of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Bogoroditse Devo” I compiled from photos and videos I took at the Festival of Voices 2011 Concert on October 1, 2011. This was an outreach choral festival by the Master Chorale of Tampa bay, USF Chamber Singers and Women of the USF Collegiate Singers to hundreds of high school students in the Tampa Bay Area.
111001 – Photos taken during the Festival of Voices 2011 with the USF Chamber Singers, Women of the USF Collegiate Singers, the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay and hundreds of high school kids that made up the festival mixed chorus. I was performing here too so I wasn’t able to get a photo of the main choir.
So I attended Eric Whitacre’s one-day workshop, “Soaring Leap” at the University of Tampa’s Fletcher Lounge last Wednesday, January 11, 2012 and I had such a great time. The workshop was attended by around 100-120 people, more or less – choir singers, teachers, composers and hobbyists.
I wrote “We Shout Laoag” so many years ago for a festival in Laoag City and I guess it has become like a city song. I recorded this with Lana Jalosjos, Delia Guerrero and Ting Esguerra from UPCC just before Delia left for Australia or something.