A Valentines' Day Concert

The CKC Youth Symphony Orchestra goes to Ormoc

Sitti in Calbayog

Jamie Rivera and Blakdyak onstage tonight at Ciriaco Hotel

PP12: Concerts at the Park

Calbayognons were treated to two concerts at the Nijaga Park last night. The concerts featured the True Faith Band and the front act by members of the Pacific Fleet Band.

(photos by Joel Lagang)

Kontra-Gapi in Calbayog

Kontemporaryong Gamelan Pilipino (Kontra-Gapi) led by Professor Pedro “Edru” Abraham, Jr performed in Calbayog earlier today. The performance was held at the Nijaga Park.


Here's one of the video clips I managed to take during the event.

more images from the T-5 concert

Here are some more pictures which I managed to take during the T-5 Concert

Images from the T-5 concert

The T-5 Concert was held at the Calbayog City Sports Center grounds last Friday. It featured Parokya ni Edgar, KAMIKAZEE, URBANDUB, WOLFGANG and Rico Blanco.


Here are some pictures I managed to take during the event.

The celebrity hound struck again

Kamikazee was in Calbayog yesterday for the T-5 Concert. They called on Mayor Aquino and Vice Mayor Uy. And each time there are celebrities around, expect the celebrity hound (a.k.a. me) to do what he does best, piktyur-piktyur.

Kamikazee calls on the City Mayor and the City Vice Mayor

The members of Kamikazee Band called on Mayor Ronald Aquino and Vice Mayor Rey James Uy this afternoon. Kamikazee is one of the bands which will perform on te T-5 Concert at the Calbayog City Sports Center Grounds.

Tanduay First Five 2012 (Calbayog: May 4, 2012)

Parokya ni Edgar, Kamikazee, Urbandub, Wolfgang & Rico Blanco in Calbayog

TANDUAY FIRST 5 ROCK ROYALTY

May 4,2012 @ Calbayog City Sports Center Ground

Featuring; PAROKYA ni EDGAR, KAMIKAZEE, URBANDUB, WOLFGANG & RICO BLANCO
for tickets just buy any product of TANDUAY at the following outlets


*Justmar Marketing, Anging Commercial, Discount Plus Mini Mart, Jojo Chuca Store
Gates will be open at 4pm. Be There!


Advisory to the Public:


*No vendors allowed inside and outside the venue
*SECURITY FRISKING
*Do not bring the following items inside the venue: lighters, any pointed object including ballpen, belt buckels (big), bottled water, umbrellas, and any other object that could harm individuals.

missing Cecil Licad

I got a text message from my new friend Pablo Tariman, the Calbayog concert of pianist Cecil Licad is cancelled.

Cecile Licad in Calbayog

International Concert Pianist Cecile Licad will have a concert in Calbayog. This will be on March 24, 2012 at the Ballroom of Ciriaco Hotel.

My video clips from concert 1 of the First Samar International Music Festival

As I have featured in an earlier blogpost, pianist Mary Ann Espina and violinist Gina Medina performed during "Concert 1" the the First Samar International Music Festival. This was held at the Cafe Elsa of Ciriaco Hotel. Here are some of the clips which I took during the performance. My apologies for the quality, I used my tab to take these videos.

Valentines' Concert at Ciriaco Hotel

Foreign nationals flock to Calbayog City for classical-music concert

By: Pablo A. Tariman
Philippine Daily Inquirer
10:59 pm | Sunday, December 11th, 2011

The second concert of the Samar International Music Festival lived up to its name, with some foreign nationals attending the concert of baritone Andrew Fernando, flutist Christopher Oracion and pianist Mary Anne Espina at Ciriaco Hotel in Calbayog City, Western Samar.


After a long drought of live opera music, Calbayog got to hear arias from Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro,” Verdi’s “La Traviata” and Bellini’s “Il Puritani” sung with fervor by Fernando. (read more. . .)

Music Notes: An International Audience in Samar Music Fest

The second concert of the Samar International Music Festival lived up to its name with some foreign nationals attending the concert of baritone Andrew Fernando, flutist Christopher Oracion and pianist Mary Anne Espina at the Ciriaco Hotel in Calbayog City, Western Samar.


After a long drought of live opera music, Calbayog got to hear arias from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, Verdi's La Traviata and Bellini's Il Puritani sang with intense fervor by Fernando.


The Broadway section had not a few in the audience singing with Fernando in his rendition of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Some Enchanted Evening from "South pacific."


Flutist Oracion’s rendition of Czardas got a heavy applause and the audience realized the flute was just in the same level of the piano and violin.


Pianist Espina -- laboring through an upright piano that came all the way from Catarman -- tried to make the instrument sing (the first upright from Christ the King College was far better-sounding) but her technique and solid sound made up for the inferior instrument. (read more . . . )

The Artists at tonight's concert

Me with (l-r) Pablo Tariman, Pianist Mary Anne Espina and Baritone Andrew Fernando.

Andrew Fernando, baritone. U.S.-based Filipino Baritone Andrew Fernando was a former member of the Opera Pacific Resident Artist Program where he was seen in more than fifteen productions, notably as Doctor Bartolo in Barber of Seville, Professor Bhaer in Little Women, Marullo in Rigoletto and Kommissarius in Der rosenkavalier. The Los Angeles Times hailed him as the "Young singer to watch!"


Mr. Fernando is the 2003 First prize Winner in the prestigious Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition in the United States. He was also granted the Grand Prize in the 2004 Pasadena Opera Guild Vocal Competition.


During his time in the Philippines, Mr. Fernando sang Marcello in the Cultural Center of the Philippines production of La Boheme, and a Dr. Lavander Gas in Mennoti's Help! Help! The Globolinks! Also an alumnus of the Hongkong Academy for Performing Arts and the University of Santo Tomas, Mr. Fernando has performed in the Hongkong Festival as Zweiter Soldat in their 1998 production of Salome.


In Hongkong, Mr. Fernando was featured as Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus), Slook (La Cambiale di Matrimonio), Baron de Gondremark (La Vie Parisienne), Dr. Malatesta (Don Pasquale) and title role in Gianni Schicchi under the baton of Maestro Georg Tintner.


He just appeared in a Shostakovich operetta in Long Beach, California and a revival of Pocahontas in Minnesota, USA.


Mary Anne Espina, pianist. This is the second time that Ms. Espina performed in Calbayog. I have featured her portfolio in an earlier blogpost. Please check this link.

Flutist Christopher Oracion with some members of the CKC Youth Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Oracion, flutist. A two-time first prize winner of the National Music Competition for Young Artists (NAMCYA), Christopher Oracion has shared the stage with Camille Lopez Molina and Tenor Otoniel Gonzaga at the Philamlife Theater and Cecille Licad in Paoay, Ilocos Norte.

It's a date tomorrow night.

December 5, 2011
7:00 pm
Cafe Elsa (Ciriaco Hotel)