[rhuihanazawa05]

Hi co-threaders
Im a college student po and i have to come up with a pocketbook all about our country
I chose to feature about PINOY CHOIRS

Gusto ko lang po magpatulong about dito! How can we describe Filipino Choral Groups!

Thank You sa mga magrereply!Its a big help for me!
God Bless us!

Mabuhay ang KORISTANG PINOY!

[titopao]

Hmmm...siguro, with regard to choral groups per se, you have to emphasize that choral groups in the Philippines enjoy the wide support of schools/universities and churches. Schools, colleges and universities, kasi understood yung rationale behind having a choral group, isang way ito para maengganyo ang mga mag-aaral na gumawa ng musika. And churches (both Catholic or non-Catholic), kasi they serve an important function in worship. IMO, church-based choirs are greater in number just by considering that there are more churches than schools in the country (but don't take my word for it, this is just a guesstimate, I don't have solid figures). Choirs that don't belong to these two groups are not many---for instance, there are just a handful of choirs that can be considered as "professional choirs" (e.g. wedding singing groups that normally don't have Sunday masses).

First, the Madz Take note that the Philippine Madrigal Singers is primarily a university-based choir, nagkataon lang na sila ang ni-designate ng CCP bilang resident choir and hence enjoys a status of being the unofficial "national choir" (w/c is technically correct, since the Madz, as a CCP Artist in Residence, enjoys government subsidy). The Madz have won awards, which have put the Philippines at the same level as other renowned international choir and which have encouraged other Pinoy choral groups to raise their artistic standards (and actually win awards themselves ) To further promote the cause of choral music, the Madz have various outreach programs and conducts annual workshops (usually, in October of each year) to improve choirs' skills. (Don't forget to mention Prof. Andrea Veneracion as the foundress, and Mark Anthony Carpio as her successor )

The Madz, also, produced some of the country's finest choral composers, arrangers and conductors. This serves as an effective way of disseminating the knowledge that enabled the Madz to become a world-class choir: almost every major choir in the country is/was handled and/or trained by a Madz alumni. Each of these Madz alumni have themselves enjoyed successful careers as music professionals: notable names that shouldn't be missed out, among others, are Christopher Borela, Robert Delgado, Ed Nepomuceno, Anna Abeleda-Piquero, Arwin Tan, Jonathan Velasco, Eudenice Palaruan, Ruben Federizon, George Hernandez, Emmanuel Laureola and, of course, Ryan Cayabyab )

You also have to mention, though in passing lang, the San Miguel Master Chorale (headed by Madz alumni Ryan Cayabyab) as being one of the very few professional choirs in the country (i.e. it is the members' sole means of livelihood). Their recordings enjoyed popular and commercial success, which is rare for any choir besides the Madz's recordings. The group was disbanded a few years ago, however, and no official reason was given for the disbandment other than Danding Cojuangco's explanation that San Miguel Corp. thought it was better to invest their money in its basketball teams

If you can get any other sources for Pinoy choral music history before the Madz, so much the better, para mas complete yung description mo. I think that the book about Prof. Veneracion ("Andrea Veneracion: A Life Shaped in Music" by Anvil Books) has a few chapters with the necessary background history; if your library has it, I ask request demand that you read it right away. Now na

As for choral literature---important na kasama ito, kasi kung walang magpo-produce ng mga Filipino choral pieces or arrangements, kulang yung identity ng pagiging Filipino choir Parang kulang kasi kung may Pinoy choir nga, pero wala namang kinakantang Pinoy songs, right? Marcelo Adonay, one of the earliest (if not the first) true-Brown Pinoy composers, wrote many sacred choral pieces such as masses and motets. Other Pinoy composers and arrangers contributed to the vast choral literature of the Philippines: besides the names I mentioned earlier (they have also composed/arranged their own pieces), we also have Fabian Obispo, Lucio San Pedro, Francisco Feliciano and Fidel Calalang (among others). Young composers and arrangers such as Nilo Alcala, John Pamintuan, Lester Delgado and the current crop of Madz arrangers (besides Chris Borela) are also contributing to Filipino choral literature. In addition, some religious groups are also into music publishing---pinakakilala na yata, hands down, ang Jesuit Music Ministry more than any other congregation-based or parish-/(arch)diocese-based group/entity---and this also ensures that the Filipino voice will become heard and published in the realm of sacred music. These composers and music publishers have their own groups who interpret (and record) these new compositions, also ensuring that more and more fresh works will be disseminated across the country and even outside. (And of course, this means, more songs for choirs to sing, and more incentive for people to form more choirs.)

Ayun...my (almost) comprehensive survey of Pinoy Choirs Let me know if I missed something. For the rest of you, feel free to add anything that I may have missed.

[deathkill00008]

syempre ilagay mu rin diyan yung experience ng ilan sa mga nag iistart na choir... After ng description sa madz, give some notable example ng choir na parang nag start sa "dust" papuntang success, kung paano sila nakasurvive... something like that... Pero i dont actually have any idea of what choir here in the Philippines started like that.. hehe. napaka inspiring nito... Marami sa mga community based choirs hail Philippine Madrigal Singers, UST Singers, UE Chorale (more...), at ang mga church choirs, idol na idol ang Bukaspalad at Hangad (hindi na namention yung iba)

Pero interesting yan ha...

Kung kaya mo ma research yung sa parang "behind the scene" ng magagaling na choir, makikita dun kung paano nag eenjoy ang mga Pinoy sa pag-awit.Hindi dahil lang dala ng pangangailangan.. hehe..

I'll wait for your project

[simpatico]

alam niyo, nakakainis minsan kasi yung ibang tao naririnig ko sinasabi nila na yung choir raw ay KBBP as in Kasal, Birthday, Binyag at Patay.. naasar talaga ako pag naririnig ko 'yan (anong pakialam nila eh may kainan naman.. inggit lang sila! wahahahah)

[titopao]

@sim: Ang magandang isagot sa mga taong nag-iisip na ang choir ay KBBP lang ay ganito: hayaan mo, pag nag-concert yung choir namin, bibigyan kita ng complimentary tickets. Patron/sponsor/orchestra seats pa

[rhuihanazawa05]

oo nga di nila alam na ang mga choir sa pinas ay nagbibigay din ng honor sa bansa natin diba po!
titopao and mr deathkill thanks po! malaki pong tulong ung pinost niyo!
yaan niyo po kapag na publish ko to bigyan ko kayo kasama ang name niyo sa acknowledgements!thanks po talaga!god bless!

thanks talaga titopao!
to po number ko~
(phone number is removed for protection of your privacy - Alexander)
para po pag may mga dagdag ka txt mu lang po skin or post mo nalang po!thanks po talagA!

sana may mga info pang madagdag!
thanks sa lahat!

bawal po ba un!salamat kua xander!

Hindi po bawal pero po we discourage it kasi we don't want you to blame the message board pag merong nangungulit sa telepono ninyo - Alexander

[simpatico]

Originally Posted by titopao

@sim: Ang magandang isagot sa mga taong nag-iisip na ang choir ay KBBP lang ay ganito: hayaan mo, pag nag-concert yung choir namin, bibigyan kita ng complimentary tickets. Patron/sponsor/orchestra seats pa

korek! good suggestion!

[rhuihanazawa05]

tama ilalagay ko yan! thanks kuya!

[knightdom]

akala ko nung una ano yung korista. choir pala. heheh. dito, ang choir ang nagbibigay dagdag buhay sa misa since lately lang daw nagkaroon ng tagalog mass sa abu dhabi (ilang years ago lang). at last year nagkaroon ng simbang gabi for the first time. natuwa ang mga tao makarinig ng mga himig na pamasko.

[Emerald]

hehe ngayon ko pa to nabasa kasi i wander po ano yung korista din hehe