Ayala Museum Offers Family Membership Deal

The Ayala Museum

Membership card entitles you to unlimited free admission for you, your spouse and kids below 18 years old to all exhibitions, invitations to members-only sale held every June and October, invitation to two museum exhibit openings, 10 percent cash discount at the Museum Shop, 20 to 50 percent on all programs, lectures, workshops, symposia and other activities, and 10 percent cash discount or 5 percent credit card discount at the M Cafe.

Ayala Museum is the art and history museum located at the corner of Makati Avenue and De la Rosa Street in Makati City, Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is considered one of the most important private institutions of Philippine art and culture.

Envisioned in the 1950s by Filipino abstract painter Fernando Zobel, the Ayala Museum was established in 1967 under the auspices of Ayala Foundation, Inc. It began as a museum of Philippine history and iconography, and transformed itself into a museum of fine arts and history as the 20th century drew to a close.

It also has the M Café, a gathering spot for souls passionate about art and culture, as well as sophisticated fusion food that features modern interpretations of traditional Asian food.

Buy the Family Membership voucher through A-Deals.com

Sources: A-Deals.com | Wikipedia

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Filipina Solo Piano Performance at Kathmandu Jazz Festival

Piano Recital at Russian Centre for Science and Culture and workshop at KJC on November 18 and 19 by a famous Pianist, Adolovni Acosta from USA

Adolovni Acosta, originally from the Philippines, performed at the Russian Culture Centre on November 18, mesmerizing the audience with her two-and-a-half hour long program. The piano concert was organized by the Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory (KJC) to mark the 200th birth anniversary of Franz Liszt, German composer and pianist.

“Her musical performance was like storytelling, and the high and low notes gave an impression that the story had reached its climax. The different notes produced made her performance even more interesting and vibrant. The last piece Un Sospiro narrated the story of pianist Liszt’s beloved — it narrated what she was like and her immense love for Liszt,” the article from The Himalayan read.

Read more at The Himalayan

Photo from Kathmandu Jazz Festival

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Kundirana to Celebrate 40th Anniversary Show

Beloved La Salle Green Hills Kundirana will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a show entitled “KUNDIRANA KUWARENTA NA.” It will be held on November 12, 2011 at the CCP. The show will feature Kundirana Batches 1971 to 2012 with emcees former Bb. La Salle Jackielou Blanco and Sabrina Artadi. Special Guests are Mommy Rose Balana & Tatang Tony Mendoza. The show hopes to raise funds to sustain the Kundirana ministry in carrying out its mission.

Tickets are available at all TicketWorld outlets or call Ticketworld at 891-9999.

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The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber in Manila on June 24

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Lunchbox Theatrical Production Limited is bringing to Manila the musical presentation simply billed as “The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber” to be staged at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) starting on June 24, 2011. With its state-of-the-art technology and great images and footages to go with the songs, audiences will definitely fall in love again (as we did!) with the master’s music from 14 of the world’s best-loved musicals. The show is directed by Stuart Maunder.

“The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber” will be at the CCP’s Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo until July 3. Tickets priced at P700 to P6,000 are available at all Ticketnet outlets, selected National Bookstore branches, Robinsons Department Store (Galleria, Malate, Metro East, Festival Mall and Starmall Pampanga), and Ayala Center (Greenbelt 1, Glorietta 5, and Trinoma Mall cinema booths) and Ticketworld Office at 6793 Ayala Ave., Makati City. A Family Package is available on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday shows only. Senior citizens and students get discounts too.

To read more, go to Manila Bulletin Online

Art Works by Syjucos on Special Preview Exhibition

Recent works by Cesare, Jean Marie, Michelline, Beatrix and Maxine Syjuco will be on special preview exhibition at The Picasso Boutique Serviced Residences on Friday, September 24, 2010, at 5:30 PM. These works employ a broad range of experimental media from literary hybrids to site-specific installations, painting, performance and video pieces.

The Picasso Boutique Serviced Residences is located at 119 Leviste Street, Salcedo Village, Makati City. Exhibitions at the public spaces are on view 24 hours. The fourth floor gallery is open Monday to Friday from 10 am – 7 pm. Art-in-house at The Picasso is managed by Art Cabinet Philippines.

Source: E-mail from Vince Ascalon

Hong Kong Cellist in Concert with Gerard Salonga Conducting

Broadway Star Lea Salonga Teams Up with George Takei of Star Trek in a New American Musical

I was doing my thing in Facebook when I noticed this ad on the right that featured a somewhat blurred picture of Lea Salonga.

In my curiosity, I clicked on the ad and landed in a Facebook Fan Page called “Allegiance – A New Musical.” However, clicking on the “Info” tab displayed something weird – “Founded August 2008.” Is this a muscial that’s played a few years ago yet somehow nobody knew about it? Funny, for Lea Salonga to star in it, it couldn’t be an unknown event.

So, I clicked on the website http://www.allegiancemusical.com/ and landed at finally what it was all about.

George Takei? The Star Trek guy? Oh, wow! For someone who loves both the arts and Star Trek, it’s a perfect combination for a musical. Though I should say, it must be a really big musical production in the works as the slated run date starts in 2012 – two years from now!

Lea, now this is intriguingly exciting!

Stephanie Reese concert – live in her hometown of Seattle, WA

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The concert title reads, “Stephanie Reese – Live in Concert! From Carnegie Hall to Benaroya Hall!” This will be held on Friday, June 4, 2010, 7:30pm at the Benaroya Hall in 200 University Street, Seattle WA. John Florencio, all the way from Paris, will be Stephanie’s pianist. Bobby Mccullough will be on bass and Sonny Rattcliff on Drums. These are the guys from NYC – the whole Carnegie Hall band!

Tickets are on sale at $35. You can purchase them online at www.seattlesymphony.org, or call (206) 215-4747.

Stephanie Reese is an international singer, actress and philanthropist. Her diverse ethnic background of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Irish, English and Welsh have blessed her with an eclectic versatility that is reflected in her style, her music, the roles she has played, the tremendous range of her voice and the wide variety of songs she enjoys performing.

She performed as Kim in the German production of Miss Saigon, Esmeralda in the Disney World Premier of the Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Princess Tuptim in the King and I at the Palladium Theater in London’s West End. She then returned to the United States and wrote, directed and starred in her autobiographical one-woman show entitled “The Journey” and received rave reviews in Seattle, San Jose, Los Angeles and at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco. Stephanie also wrote and directed a musical Christmas show, “The Gifts” that featured her and children of different ages and backgrounds. It has now been produced in three cities including Seattle, Virginia Beach and in Los Angeles for the Make a Wish Foundation. These solo endeavors launched Stephanie’s solo career and with her original music, versatile sound and fusion of opera, pop and theatrical music she created a new genre and style that has brought her global recognition. She has now performed solo concerts around the world including Russia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, China, the U.S. and Canada to her very loyal and diverse fan base.

She has worked with Lionel Richie, Patti Labelle, Natalie Cole and Martin Nivera and has been featured in Asia Dragon magazine, People Asia Magazine, the cover of Filipinas Magazine, Asian Journal, TFC, Philippine News and the Hilton KL magazine. Recently Stephanie made her Carnegie Hall solo concert debut and became the first Filipina American to sing a solo concert at the famed venue to three standing ovations and is very excited to bring this special concert to her home town of Seattle, Washington on June 4th at Benaroya Hall.

Alberta, Canada Filipino Singing Star Search Season 3 Grand Finals

Sunday, April 11, 2010 @ 5pm
Polish Canadian Centre
$45.00 VIP, $25 General admission
Evelyn Glen 780-616-5869
Alan Isidoro 587-888-6397

Source: Calgary Filipino.com

Upcoming Filipino Events in Toronto ON, Canada

Heart 2 Heart

May 14, 2010, 7:30pm
Massey Hall
Toronto, ON
Ticket prices: $145, $120, $110, $100, $80, $70, $55

Presenting Regine Velasquez and Ogie Alcasid with Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera as special guests. For ticket information, please call Neneng (647-401-5818 or 905-472-5818), Rene (647-401-7363) or Elvie (416-656-8269).

Click to see poster.

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Record Breaker

June 11, 2010, 7:30pm
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Hall A, North Building
Toronto, ON
Ticket prices: $125, $100, $85, $50

Presenting Sarah Geronimo with special guests Erik Santos, Charlie Green, Jimmy Marquez and John Prats. For ticket information, please call Ruth (416-720-2602), Lito (416-564-8734) or Sani (647-408-6949).

Click to see poster.

The 35th Edition of the International Bamboo Organ Festival

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The 35th edition of the International Bamboo Organ Festival that will be held from February 18 to 24, 2009, will feature several musical masterpieces from various periods. JS Bach’s Cantata no. 130 and John Rutter’s Mass of the Children will the highlight of the opening Gala Concert. Swiss organist Guy Bovet, Filipino organist Alejandro Consolacion II, the Las Pinas Boys Choir, and the UP Singing Ambassadors will the featured performers of the evening. Other artists are soprano Karina Gay Balajadia-Liggayu, counter-tenor Mark Carpio, tenor Ervin Notes Lumauag, bass Noel Azcona and the Festival Orchestra under the baton of Eudenice Palarauan.

The Festival has always designated one night exclusively for organ music. On February 19, organist Guy Bovet from Switzerland will be the featured artist for An Evening of Organ Music. One evening has likewise been customarily set aside for less serious musical fare. Entitled Concert under the Trees, the event is in fact one of the best-attended evenings of the Festival. On Feb. 20 the Singing Priests, the Morrizwind Orchestra and a surprise guest artist from the world of pop will be the stars of the show. Organ and Trumpet are an essential combination in Baroque music- organist Jarek Malanowicz from the Czech Republic and Filipino trumpet player Robert de Pano will play as a duet in the concert of February 21.

On February 23, works by Filipino composers National Artist Lucio San Pedro and Alejandro Consolacion II will be performed in a concert dedicated to Filipino music and entitled Saring Lahi. Organists Armando Salarza and Rea Jimenez, the Las Pinas Boys Choir and soloist Bernard Caro, baritone Noel Azcona, tenor Ervin Notes Lumauag, and the Festival Orchestra will the performers for this event. Also part of the program are the Kasilag Trio (guitarists), named after the late National Artist Lucrecia Kasilag, while Eudenice Palaruan will the conductor for the evening.

Source: Press Release from the Bamboo Organ Foundation Inc.

Montana Raises Money for Philippine Medical Clinic

A holiday-themed dance performance this weekend is raising money to help build a medical clinic in the Philippines.

“‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” is being put on by the Bozeman Lions Club, the Big Sky Dance ensemble and the Main Street Dance Theatre. Profits from the show go to the Sacred Portion Children’s Ministry, a nonprofit organization that supports an orphanage in the Philippines.

Read more at Montana’s News Station

KALOOBAN – The Filipino Soul in Dance

Tickets may be purchased at the Folk Arts Theater and all Ticketworld Outlets. For inquiries, contact KALOOB at 832-1120 or 0917-549-2624, email at kaloobpilipinas@gmail.com or daybyday@pldtdsl.net.

To sponsor typhoon victims to watch the show, special tickets are available. Call or email the same contact information above.

Combined Choirs of 150 Voices to Sing Christmas Carols

The combined choirs of the COMELEC Chorale, Coro de San Antonio, Coro Tomasino, De La Salle University Chorale and the St. Paul University Manila Chorale will stage a 150 voice ensemble on December 3, 2009 at 7:00 PM at the Manila Cathedral dubbed “The 4th Manila Cathedral Basilica Pipe Organ Festival Gala Concert.” The choirs will be singing Christmas song and will be accompanied by the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra. Amelita Guevara will conduct.

This concert will feature a 6,000-pipe church organ, the biggest in Southeast Asia. Other performers include Ken Weber of the US, Armando Salarza from the Philippines, Austrian conductor Ernest Hoetzl, soprano Camile Lopez Molina, tenor Dominique Moralez from Fance and bass Nono Baang.

For ticket inquiries, call 527-1796, 527-3889, or 0917-514-2011.

Ayayay! Boracay!

An old summer hit by sizzling Abbey

Benefit Concert for the Victims of Ondoy

Lea Salonga 2009 Philippine Concert Now On Sale

Lea Salong, after a two month North American concert tour this September through November, will be back on Philippine stage at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) for a two-night special show singing the songs that, as Lea writes in her website LeaYourSongs.com, “your songs.” It’s not be too late to send her your requests that you’d like to hear her sing – the deadline is September 30.

Tickets are now available online: Dec. 11 or Dec. 12 shows, respectively.

Reference: LeaYourSongs.

Lea Salong Concert Shows in North America and Hawaii

Lea's 20 city concert is a blast!

Lea Salonga will be doing a series of concerts in the continental United States, Canada and Hawaii between September 18 through November 14 this year. Wow! That’s a total of twenty shows. The broadway diva, whose fame to glory came from her starring role in “Miss Saigon,” eventually won her an international award. Lea also started a website called “Lea Salonga – Your Songs” which she asked the general public to drop her a note and let her know what songs they’d like to hear, both for this concert series and one more in December to be held in the Philippines.

Catch her at a concert place nearest you!

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Below is Lea’s schedule sourced out from her Facebook Invitation:

9/18/09 – 8 PM
River Rock Show Theatre,
Richmond BC Canada
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9/20/09 – 7 PM
Snoqualmie Casino Ballroom
Snoqualmie, WA
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9/25/09 – 7:30 PM
Horseshoe Casino
Elizabeth, IN
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9/25/09 – 9 PM
The Venue Horseshoe Casino
Hammond, IN
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9/26/09 – 9 PM
The Venue Horseshoe Casino
Hammond, IN
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9/28/09 – 8:30 PM
McPhillips Street Station Casino
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
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9/29/09 – 6 PM
McPhillips Street Station Casino
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
(Available only with 15,500 player points only at Casino Ticketmaster. The Club Card Member Gala of the Year, including reception, four course dinner, and concert.)
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9/29/09 – 8:30 PM
McPhillips Street Station Casino
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
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10/2/09 – 8 PM
Pechanga Theater, Pechanga Resort & Casino
Temecula, CA
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10/9/09 – 8 PM
Tarrytown Music Hall
Tarrytown, NY
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10/10/09 – 8 PM
Mainstage Theatre, University At Buffalo Center for the Arts
Buffalo, NY
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10/16/09 – 9 PM
Club 88, Cache Creek Indian Casino
Brooks, CA
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10/17/09 – 8 PM
Club 88, Cache Creek Indian Casino
Brooks, CA
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10/18/09 – 7 PM
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
Cerritos, CA (Benefit)
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(VIP ticket includes private reception and dinner)

10/20/09 – 7:30 PM
Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater
Medford, OR
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10/31/09 – 8 PM
Eisemann Center
Richardson, TX
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11/2/09 – 7 PM
Morongo Casino Resort & Spa
Cabazon, CA
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11/6/09 – 8 PM
Arena Theatre
Houston, TX
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11/7/09 – 8 PM
Paramount Theatre
Austin, TX
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11/10/09 – 8 PM
The Concert Hall, Neil S. Blaisdell Center
Honolulu, HI
Ticket sale coming soon.

11/14/09 – 8 PM
Harold K.L. Castle Theater at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center
Kahului, HI
Ticket sale coming soon.

Gawad Kalinga Show at Carnegie Features Stephanie Reese

Stephanie Reese is an enigmatic singer – the power of her voice speaks for her as a great entertainer. A Filipino-American born and raised in Washington, Stephanie’s musical background isn’t just grassroots. She’s performed as Kim in the German production of Miss Saigon, as Esmeralda in the Disney World premier of the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Princess Tuptim in the Palladium Theatre’s production of The King and I in London’s West End.

See Stephanie embark on a solo concert at famed Carnegie Hall in New York on November 7, 2009, at 7:30 PM.  This show is for the benefit of Gawad Kalinga. Tickets range from $75 to $135 and they start going on sale on September 8. Accordingly, the first 100 buyers of the show will get a free autographed poster.

Source: Facebook Group.

Lea Salonga – Your Songs (Concert)

This is a new website by Lea Salonga where she’s asking the general public’s help to drop a note and let her know what songs you’d like to hear during her upcoming special concert in December.

Click here to go to Lea Salonga… Your Songs.

The 1st Metro Comic-Con

New Library and Philippine Study Center by Ortigas Foundation

A year ago the Ortigas Foundation opened its new Library and Philippine Study Center on a handsomely renovated floor of the old Ortigas Building in Pasig. 2006 marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of Ortigas and Company and the Ortigas family members and their corporate partners felt it was important to give back something substantial to the community. For several generations the Ortigases have been the leading real-estate developers of the Mandaluyong-Pasig area. Their holdings once included a large part of what is now Mandaluyong, Pasig, San Juan, Camp Crame and even Marikina.

The new library, with over sixteen thousand books and periodicals about Philippine history and culture, is designed to be both a valuable information center for researchers and a lively community center for everyone interested in Philippine culture. It has display cases for rare books, maps and photographs and comfortable conference rooms for lectures, seminars and other cultural events such as book launches, video and film presentations and small exhibitions. The library is now open to the public from Tuesday through Saturday free of charge.

Click here to go to the Ortigas Foundation Library website.

Filipino-American Poet in San Francisco International Poetry Festival

Filipino American poets Tony Robles and Sasha Pimentel Chacón will be participating in this year’s San Francisco International Poetry Festival,  Philippine Writers and Artists, Inc. reports.

To read more, click here.

A Filipino Jazz Musician living in Italy

Faye Miravite is originally from the Philippines but now lives in Florence, Italy for the last 20 years. Faye is a multi-cultural jazz musician who has created a world of jazz that has Italian, Philippine and even Brazilian roots. You hear piano, drums, vocals, guitar, soprano & tenor sax along with contrabass.  The musical connection between Miravite’s music and the people playing her tunes is immense. “La brezza” is Faye’s new album is a very well-polished, very smooth and easy-listening jazz sound.

Click here to know more about Faye at www.fayemiravite.com.

Filipno is Best Director in 2009 Cannes

Brillante Mendoza has won the “Best Director” award in the recent 2009 Cannes International Film Festival, putting the Filipino in the honor roster of luminaries like Billy Wilder, David Lean and Roberto Rossellini, to name a few. “Kinatay” is the film that has brought fame to Mendoza, putting the Philippines in the map of the cinematic industry in the Southeast Asian region.

Read the article posted in the BusinessMirror.com.