VENI DOMINE

Last year, December 06, 2014, my brother took me to a concert in Pampanga. He was the accompanist and I was the page turner. I really had fun in this concert. I love the songs, the choir and everything about the concert. Songs were really of good choice. This is actually the first time I have heard of Christmas songs like Angels Carol and Christmas Lullaby by John Rutter. The concert was excellent and no doubt, if I will have another chance to see a concert like this, I would surely go again.

FILIPINO POP TENORSThis is not the first time that I have watched a concert like this. I have been to several concerts at Paco Park because of my brother. I can say that the singers in this concert were good. But the sound system they were using was kinda bad. They sang too close to the microphone. Their voices blended well but because of the microphones, their voices were over empowering each other which made it sound a little bad. The songs were very familiar to me especially the song Nahan which became my favorite. I think that if the sound system was good, the concert would have been better. Other than that, the whole concert itself was okay.

FILIPINO RECITALThe singers in this recital were indeed good. But honestly there are 2 singers that I did not like. The way they sang was a bit out of tune. I am not a good singer myself but whenever I hear voice major who sings out of tune, I get a bit disappointed but of course, I believe that they can still improve their skills. I really liked Vell Barias performance, it was very meaningful and her gestures were really good. It is not very easy to sing with a lot of body movement but she did really well. Another performance I really liked was Isaacs performance. It was a very emotional song and he did a very good job of making the audience feel the meaning of the song.

SMECThis is one of the most memorable concerts that I have seen. All the performers were really good, especially our school. I am not saying this because I am part of this school, but I am saying this because I saw the effort and hard work that they did. Iisang Bangka is a very familiar song to me. And for me, I really liked our schools rendition of this song. It was simple yet elegant. Other schools did well too, all performers really gave everything they can. I loved all the songs.

ST.CECILIAS CONCERT 2014 An American AffairThis is the very first time that I have heard sir Diaz sing solo. He performed really well! I was really surprised on the way that the singers performed, especially the song A Boy Like That from West Side Story. I have heard about the movie but I was not very familiar with the songs. But then hearing them sing, it was great. I loved their performance!

THE PHILIPPINE MADRIGAL SINGERS KAKAKILIGThe Madrigal singers are very famous. But I must admit, this is the first time I watched their concert, live. I have seen videos of them singing but I was not impressed with the videos. Hearing them sing live changed everything I thought about them. They are really good. No, they are excellent. I loved there renditions of the songs. They sang old Filipino songs and gave a twist to it. And it was very funny. The songs they sang were very relatable. Other song were translated to French but I still loved it. Overall comment about the concert is that, it was great. I think more people should watch more of the Madrigals.

ANA MARIAThis is the very first zarzuela that I have seen. I thought that it will be boring because my brother told me before that zarzuelas are usually very long and very boring. But this is a different zarzuela. I enjoyed this zarzuela because the story was simple yet very appealing to the audience. The story was simple, the actors/ singers did a great job with the acting and the singing. I can say that this zarzuela is a success. The songs were really very nice and the actors did well on everything that they did on stage. I just hope that there will be more zarzuelas like this that we could watch. As music students, I think that being exposed to this kind of theater act is a very good way for us to learn more about the theater plays and observe on how they can do the singing with all the acting.

JUNIOR RECITAL BERNADETTE SABANDALI have heard ate Bernadette sing in forums before, but the way she sang during her junior recital was just marvelous. The performance she gave was just excellent. I like her voice for it is very sweet. The recital was great and I hope to hear her sing more!

PACO PARK PRESENTS Women And SongI have heard them sing in school before, so hearing them sing in Paco Park no longer surprise me. St Scho has a lot of very talented singers. I loved Ilaens performance. But I guess she was kinda nervous when she was singing. But despite her being nervous, I love her. It was an awesome performance. I also liked Isaacs performance. As I was expecting, he is very good too. Also kuya Miko Galang, I always hear him singing whenever I walk by the corridors of the music building and honestly sometimes, it creeps me out. But hearing him sing during the concert was great. He sang well too.

HIMIG MANILENOThis is the first choir competition that I have watched. Again, thanks to my brother, who was a judge in this competition, I get exposed to such activities. Some of the performers were not good. But 2 schools who joined the competition caught my attention. Manila Science who sang Bo ma la ka, it sounded like an African song. At first the competition was really boring me to death, but when I heard them sing, it was like my body woke up by itself. I love the way they sang it. Everything was balanced, and they did a good job singing. Another school that caught my attention was Ramon Magsaysay HS. They really had a good soung. They sang Idemdem mallday. The first contestant, I am not gonna mention the schools name, but I got really disappointed with them because they were first to perform but there performance was really bad. They sang Let It Be by the beatles and there was no variation to the sound. Melody cant be heard and the song was sung mostly unison. It did not appeal to me in anyway. I really hated the first performance. The second contestant sang Iisang Bangka, school was PUP. They did a good job in choosing this song, also they had good dynamics but it was kinda repetitive. Contestant no. 3 was good too, they sang Sabihin Mo Ako ay Pilipino. SATB was present in their song. Other performers were okay, but I really hated the first contestant and whenever I remember them singing, I get pissed off because it was really horrible.