“Venisti” will be rehearsed for the first time at the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay retreat tomorrow and I am really excited! This piece won this year’s Master Chorale Christmas Carol Competition. Here’s the cover art I made – painting is mine too!
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!
XIV is the fourteenth of a music journal like series of compositions for solo piano that I have composed to record significant events in my life. This emotional, melancholic piece with a lyrical and dramatic mid-section was performed at the Bayanihan Arts and Events Center in Tampa, Florida as part of the Philippine Cultural Foundation’s Classical Concert Series featuring the St. Petersburg College Madrigalians, David Martinez III, pianist and Brent Taghap, violinist.
A medley of comic songs by the late Yoyoy Villame performed by Marvin Gayramon (baritone), Emily Britanico Morales (soprano), Melanie Dujunco (soprano), Deeda Barretto (soprano) and Filmer Flores (pianist/accompanist) and arrangement by Nhick Ramiro Pacis. These fun Filipino tunes include “Diklamasyon”, “Granada”, “Bungalow”, “Nasalisihan” and the ever famous “Butse Kik”. Performed at the Bayanihan Arts and Events Center in Tampa, Florida during the “On WIngs of Song 2003” concert by the Philippine Music Theater Foundation.
Arrangement for children’s chorus I wrote many years ago. Nice to find it at youtube! The presentation to the public of the 2011 scholars of the annual summer music workshop of the Mandaluyong Children’s Choir Music School in cooperation with the City Government of Mandaluyong. The presentation was held on May 9, 2011 during the weekly Monday Morning Program at the Executive Building inside the Mandaluyong City Hall Complex.
Performed by Marvin Gayramon (baritone), Emily Britanico Morales (soprano), Melanie Dujunco (soprano), Deeda Barretto (soprano) and Filmer Flores (pianist/accompanist), “Filipino Classics Medley” is a collection of popular and traditional Philippine songs. These tunes include “Usahay” (Nitoy Gonzales), “Sa Ugoy ng Duyan” (Lucio San Pedro), “Dahil sa Iyo” (Miguel Velarde, Jr.), “Maalaala Mo Kaya” (Constancio de Guzman)and “Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal” (Levi Celerio), arranged by Nhick Ramiro Pacis.
“Bayan Ko” and “Ako ay Pilipino” Medley that I arranged for the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus (UPCC) sung in August of 2000. I found this one while browsing through youtube. I retired from the group around this time, I think. I wonder who uploaded this video, but thanks!
Arrangement of two popular Filipino tunes “Ako’y Pilipino” and “Sa Kabukiran” sung by the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus (UPCC) in 2006. I originally wrote this arrangement for two …
My arrangement of “Kalesa” as sung by the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus (UPCC). Original music was composed by A. del Rosario, lyrics by Levi Celerio. This is one …