University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors

Symposia / Workshops & Festivals Attended

• 13th Festival Internazionale de Chant Choral de Nancy, Nancy, FRANCE, May 4-8, 2005
• Sbandieratori Medieval Festival, Arezzo, ITALY, June 3-5, 2005
• 10th Festival des Choeur Laureats, Vaison la Romaine, FRANCE, August 2002,
  A partner of the European Grand Prize Association, is a Choral Festival of Grand Prize Winners of Europe’s major choral competitions in Arezzo, Italy / Tours, France / Tolosa, Spain / Varna, Bulgaria / Gorizia, Italy / Debrecen, Hungary. By invitation, the Organizers invite their favorite choirs every year. Invited choirs were:
  
  University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors, Quezon City (PHILIPPINES) ,
  Grand Prix Arezzo 2001
  Magnificat, Budapest (HUNGARY), Grand Prix Européen 2001
  Banchieri Singers Vocal Ensemble, Nyiregyhaza (HUNGARY), 1st Prize, Tolosa 2001
  
  Collaboration with Marcel Corneloup (FRANCE), a foremost figure in the European choral movement
• Universitas Cantat 2002, Kosice, SLOVAKIA, July 2002
  
  Performance of MOZART’s C minor Mass with conductor Marian Vach (CZECH REPUBLIC), and choir conductor Karol Petroczi (SLOVAKIA).
• Int’l. Festival of Academic Choirs, Pardubice (CZECH REPUBLIC), July 2002
  
  Collaboration with conductor Alexander Vatsek (UKRAINE) and consultations with conductor Gene Brooks (USA), Helmut Steger (GERMANY) and Jos Vranken (The NETHERLANDS).
• “A Concert of The Best University Choirs”, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Manila, PHILIPPINES, February 2002
  
  A choral Festival featuring the Philippines top choirs: The Phil. Madrigal Singers / UPSA / Ateneo College Glee Club / UST Singers / De La Salle Chorale, among others.
• Europa Canta “Singing Week in Nevers”, Nevers, FRANCE, September 2001
  
  A choral workshop and performance of Romantic music with conductor Catherine Fender (FRANCE).
• DZFE / FM’s“Maestro Filipino 1”, PCI Bank Auditorium, Makati City, PHILIPPINES, 2000
  
  A fund-raising concert featuring prominent Filipino artists
• Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) International Choral Festival, Manila, PHILIPPINES, November 1998,
  
  Workshops and choral concerts featuring UPSA as one of the three CCP-selected Filipino choirs along with eight foreign choirs.
• 4th World Symposium on Choral Music, Sydney, AUSTRALIA, 1996
  
  Workshops attended as conducted by Bo Johanson (SWEDEN), Tapiola Choir’s Erki Pohjola (FINLAND), composer John Rutter (UK) and Robert Sund (SWEDEN) among others.
• Las Piñas International Bamboo Organ Festivals, Las Piñas, Manila, PHILIPPINES, 1989 – 1996
  
  Preparation of UPSA performances of major choral works in collaboration with conductors Miles Morgan (USA / FRANCE / ITALY) and Oscar Yatco (PHILIPPINES)
• Mostly Mozart Festival, PCI Bank Auditorium, Makati City, Manila, PHILIPPINES, 1994
  
  Collaboration with conductor Yaacov Bergman (GERMAN) and performance of MOZART’s Requiem Mass.
• 10th Zimriya World Assembly of Choirs, Jerusalem, ISRAEL, 1992
  
  Workshops attended under Avner Itai (ISRAEL), Jan Szrocki (POLAND) and Willi Gohl (SWITZERLAND), among others.
• 1st World Symposium on Choral Music, Vienna, AUSTRIA, 1987
  
  Workshops attended as conducted by the world’s reknowned conductors like Eric Ericson (SWEDEN), the most respected name in the choral world, Karl Ernst Hoffman (AUSTRIA), Elmer Iseler (CANADA), Wladimir Minin (RUSSIA), Nigel Rogers (GERMANY), among others.
• Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) NAMCYA Choral Festivals and Workshops, CCP, Manila , PHILIPPINES, 1998,
  
  Workshops and concerts of Nat’l. Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA) Regional Winners
• Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Choral Cantat, CCP, Manila, PHILIPPINES, 1984