The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay joins with The Florida Orchestra, the USF Chamber Singers, and the Tampa Bay Children’s Chorus to present Carmina Burana. Mixing monk-like chant, angelic arias, writhing rhythms, raucous lyrics and raw visceral power, Orff’s Carmina Burana is an intoxicating powerhouse of a piece for over 200 instrumentalists and voices on a program with Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio Overture and Haydn’s Symphony No. 100, Military.
Just got some good news from my friend, Joseph, letting me know that his new CD, “Songs from Home” is now available for purchase from iTunes, amazon.com and cdbaby.com. Good news indeed! I have arranged three tracks for this album: “Manang Biday”, “Si Nanay, Si Tatay, di co Pabayaan” and “Sitsiritsit”. I went ahead and purchased the cd from iTunes and will listen to it in a short while and write about it later. Exciting!
May 29, 2011 – As a young man I used to dread this place because of dirt, traffic and fear that I might get mugged or even killed just roaming in its streets. After more than ten years of being away from home, I went to Quiapo for a photo shoot with my brother, Roland, my sister, Deanne and my friend, Vic and found some of the most beautiful moments in the ordinary market day.
Photos taken at Quiapo at the heart of Manila, Philippines. These are vendors and bystanders around the Quiapo Church area. Taken while I was on holidays in May, 2011, my sister Deanne, my brother Roland, my friend Vic and I went there on a rainy Sunday morning, just in time for the market scene to unfold. I was a very significant, almost spiritual, experience.
Please support the team by donating supplies and meals during their week long stay from Aug 2-10. Team is in need of water, sportsdrinks, canned salmon or sardines, corned beef, …
The Philippine American Association of Tampa (PAAT) will be celebrating another fun and colorful mini Barrio Fiesta and Santa Cruzan at the Bayanihan Arts and Events Center on Sunday, August 7, 2011 from 12:00 Noon to 6:00 PM. In this festival, expect lots of exciting Filipino food and merchandise from Filipino-owned vendors.
The Philippine Cultural Foundation, Inc. is proud to present the University of the Philippines Madrigal Singers in a special evening concert on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 7:30 in the evening at the Bayanihan Arts and Events Center at 14301 Nine Eagles Drive, Tampa, FL 33626.
It has been almost two weeks since I arrived from the Philippines and I terribly miss the place already! I started editing the photos that I took – 15,030 photos worth 113 Gigabytes. I don’t enven know how to start! Well, I’ll just work on one photo at a time…
March 18, 2011 – Went to watch Ensemble Mir’s “Bulgarian Music of the 20th Century” at the Saint Mary, Our Lady of Grace Church in St. Petersburg, Florida. Directed by Matthew Thomas Caine, the ensemble presented an all-Bulgarian 20th century music as part of the Saint Mary Church’s Winter Concert Series. The repertoire included works by Stefan Mutachiev, Claude Debussy and Todor Popov.