Showing posts with label Far Eastern University. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Far Eastern University. Show all posts

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Tutti Trombone All Set on November 18 at FEU Auditorium

Tutti Trombone: A Collaborative Concert featuring the Thomasian Trombone Choir and the FEU Drum and Bugle Corps with the special participation of Thanapoom Sriwiset, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra Assistant Principal Trombone, Ethan Santos, New Orleans-based Performer, Educator, Arranger and Band Leader, and Koowie Relevo, FEU DBC's Assistant Artistic Director, IABF Class of 2017

Following previous Tutti concerts in the past, (Flutti, Guitarri, Celli and Harpi) the FEU Center for the Arts proudly presents "Tutti Trombone: A Collaborative Concert featuring the Thomasian Trombone Choir and the FEU Drum and Bugle Corps with the special participation of Thanapoom Sriwiset, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra Assistant Principal Trombone, 

Ethan Santos, New Orleans-based Performer, Educator, Arranger and Band Leader, and Koowie Relevo, FEU DBC's Assistant Artistic Director, IABF Class of 2017” at 6:00 PM on November 18, 2024 at the historic FEU Auditorium, currently celebrating its 75th anniversary.

FEU CHORALE'S Dalawang Dekada Concert set on Nov. 16

The Far Eastern University (FEU) Chorale, celebrates the 20th Anniversary of its revival with a concert series entitled “Dalawang Dekada: 20 Years in Harmony,” which will also introduce its new Artistic Director, Mr. Roijin G. Suarez.

The series opened on November 9 as part of 

the 75th anniversary celebrations of the FEU Auditorium. The concert showcased the beauty of choral music from its origins in the Renaissance period up to the present.

The FEU Chorale will also perform in a mini-concert on Saturday, November 16 from 6 to 8 PM in the FEU Chapel.

Then FEU Chair Dr. Lourdes R. Montinola revived the Far Eastern University Chorale in 2004 as a cultural group under the FEU Center for the Arts. Since then, it has become one of the leading choirs in the Philippines winning different national competitions under the guidance of their then Artistic Director, Emerson Hernandez (2004 - 2016), they have performed in various television programs and have collaborated a concert with the Philippine Madrigal Singers at the FEU Auditorium in 2009. 

Monday, November 4, 2024

Music 101 with Dr. Raul Sunico set on Nov. 5

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the FEU Auditorium, the FEU Center for the Arts proudly presents “Music 101: 600 Years of Music, an “informance” featuring Dr. Raul Sunico, a “world-renowned award-winning pianist” (Tatler Asia), who will give a lecture demonstration on music history from medieval to contemporary periods this November 5, 2024. 

There will be two “Informance” sessions: 

the first session is at 9:00 AM and will focus on the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical Periods. 

The second session will start at 1:00 PM and will revolve around the Romantic, Post Romantic and 20th Century Periods.

Dr. Sunico earned his Bachelor of Music (cum laude), Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, and Master of Statistics from the University of the Philippines. He completed his Master of Music at Juilliard in New York City and his Ph.D. in Piano Performance at New York University through a scholarship provided by former First Lady Imelda Romualdez-Marcos by way of the Young Artists Foundation of the Philippines. 

Friday, September 27, 2024

FEU Theater Guild “Ang Pinakamakisig sa mga Nalunod sa Buong Daigdig” all set to open October 2

Co-presented by the FEU Center for the Arts (FCA) and Alumni Relations Office (ARO), 

the FEU Theater Guild (FTG) returns to the uncanny coasts of Isla Esteban and restages for the fourth time “Ang Pinakamakisig sa mga Nalunod sa Buong Daigdig” to close its 90th theater season.

Set on water, this mystery-filled play was adapted from Gabriel Garcia-Marquez’s “The Handsomest Drowned Man” by Teresa Lorena Jopson.

Jeff Hernandez composed the music, along with musical direction by Jesus Singh III (IAS ‘17). 

Dudz Teraña, the Artistic Director of the FTG handled the overall direction and choreography. “I do not know another local group that successfully captured the Garcia Marquez magic-realist combination of otherworldly ambiance and ground human tragic-comedy,” wrote Arturo Hilado in the Philippine Daily Inquirer after he watched the late 2018 staging.  

Premiering on October 2, 2024 at the FEU Center of the Arts Studio, the sound of mellow waves will welcome you to Isla Esteban where a big mystery threatens to disturb its calm shores. 

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