Once a year on a late Sunday afternoon in December, something familiar and quietly magical unfolds at The Peninsula Manila. Families arrive dressed in their Sunday best. Children tug at their parents’ hands as they enter The Lobby and look up at the towering tree that has watched Manila grow for...
The MSJO gathers outside of Musikverein to commemorate their memorable feat The Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra (MSJO) once again clinched an award in Europe, securing First Place with Outstanding Success in the String Orchestra Category at the 16th Summa Cum Laude International Music Festival in...
The award-winning Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra (MSJO) has once again bagged an award in the international stage as they’d been awarded a Gold Prize plus the Grand Prix for orchestra after getting 99 points at the 13th Bratislava International Youth Music Festival. In a Facebook post last...
There’s no stopping Arsenio “Nick” J. Lizaso’s artvocacy, even as a private citizen. On Sept. 23, the famed stage and TV director of yesteryears will be mounting a gala musical concert entitled “An Evening To Remember in September at the Kalayaan Hall of Club Filipino on Annapolis Street...
Being a celebration, the program will start with the powerful chorus “Gloria all 'Egitto” followed by the “Triumphal March” from the opera “Aida” by Verdi. Equestrian theme will be present with the Anvil Chorus from the opera “Il Trovatore,” also by Verdi and “The Cavalry March”...
Short but sweet and a resounding success. That's how music lovers described the Rush Hour Concert with the Manila Symphony Orchestra held online for the very first time last October 30. OPM music fans were treated to an hour of pop songs such as Limang-Dipang Tao" (1981), composed and...
