Some concert video clips:
Crucifixus (Lotti)

Pagbigyan Mo Ako (Boy Sullivan, arr by Anna Abeleda-Piquero)

Shhboom (Life Could Be A Dream)

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Lea Salonga will be Grizabella, the Glamour Cat, in the Philippine run of the Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical CATS, starting July 2010 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
The following is an amateur video taken during the press launch on Nov. 25, 2009 at the Dusit Hotel in Makati City. Lea sings Memory:

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Koro Ilustrado invites everyone to watch their launching concert, ‘Koro, Klasik, Krismas!’ on December 2, 2009, Wednesday, 8PM at the Philam Life Theater on UN Avenue, Manila City. The concert features co-conductors Mr. Edmund Alan Piquero Jr. and Ms. Anna Abeleda-Piquero with an all-male repertoire of classical, standards and well-loved Christmas choral music. The concert [...]

I am not usually a ‘band’ person but OneRepublic is one of those few bands that I like. Their 2007-2008 hit Apologize is a song that somehow sealed my admiration for them. But then again, I thought they’re just a one hit wonder despite the prolific songwriting career of their frontman Ryan Tedder.
Anyhow, [...]

Life, music and something more.

Life, music and something more.

Check out below the music video of Kris Allen’s debut single Live Like We’re Dying which premiered on PopEater.

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The following is Koro Ilustrado’s rendition of Pasko Na Sinta Ko being one of the two audition pieces for the MBC National Choral Competition held earlier today at the Star Theater, Star City.
Soloist: Arvin Veria
Arrangement: Anna Abeleda-Piquero (also our conductor)

Thank you to Anna and Jong! Our gratitude also goes to Darwin and Orly [...]

This is really a media suicide and this circumstance could lead to a thorough investigation.
Obviously, Rep. Mikey Arroyo, the son of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is lying about his wealth. This is really sad, not for Mikey, but for the country.
What do you think?

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I’M PROUD TO BE A FILIPINO!!!

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The Westminster Chorus at the 2009 Choir of the World Festival in Llangollen, Wales. The choir was adjudged “Choir of the World 2009″ (Pavarotti Trophy).

Men’s Choir category (Second place)
Songs:
1. Lux Aurumque
2. Jünglingswonne
3. Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel

Folk music category (First place)
Songs:
1. Shenandoah
2. Early American “uptempo” Medley

Barbershop category (First place)
Songs:
1. Let’s Burn up the [...]

When I first heard of the two new songs from Sister Act The Musical, I instantly loved it as much as I love the original movie versions starring Whoopi Goldberg (she’s the producer of the musical).
The musical is now playing in the London Palladium starring Patina Miller. The downloadable (for free of course! click [...]

2009 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards® Nominations and Wins by a Musical Production (see complete list at tonyawards.com):
Billy Elliot, The Musical - 15 nominations, 9 wins including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Next to Normal - 11 nominations, 3 wins including Best Original Score [...]

I could not imagine the cocky Joe Jonas doing the Single Ladies by Beyonce! Hahaha This is hilarious! Joe made a fool out of himself.  Anyways, the video is part of their countdown for the release of their new album.

JB’s new album Lines, Vines and Trying Times will be out by 16th of June.
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This is a riot! This was one of those “busy” days of David Cook and David Archuleta during their visit in Manila last week for a back to back concert on May 16th. Eugene Domingo (Filipino comedienne) is spontaneously funny! I really like her even if she’s already on the other side of the fence.
This is sort of a gag for one of the GMA shows with Eugene Domingo and Anjo Yllana. Eugene was tasked by Anjo to interview the two Davids (at their hotel) and in the process she has to at least touch the Idols’ sleeves, smell them and say “I Love You”. She was able to accomplish her tasks. Her prize was supposedly be a kiss from Cook but….she got a kiss from a real cook, as in the person who cooks food. Hahaha! A little bit corny buy definitely funny.
Archie was so cute and had a very innocent reaction to Eugene’s craziness while Cook totally set himself in the game. Hilarious Eugene!

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I have been a countertenor during my grade school days (treble actually) and I have been singing in our school choir as a soprano. I was the only male soprano then in the group. But I could never reach the notes Greg Pritchard, a waiter, did.
The following was his audition act in Britain’s Got Talent 3 Wales episode. He sang Nessun Dorma (a tenor aria from the opera Turandot by Puccini, the same song that launched the career of the show’s first winner, Paul Potts) in a countertenor voice. The song is usually associated with the late Luciano Pavarotti.
Be amazed!

Posted in Britain's Got Talent 2009, Videos Tagged: Britain's Got Talent 2009, Greg Pritchard

Schnitter Tod, a mid-Romantic German lieder

Baleleng, a Visayan folk song

Bring Him Home (solo in baritone), from the musical Les Miserables

Posted in Choir, Choral Music, Videos Tagged: Koro Ilustrado, Madz et al 2009