Musica Chiesa CD: A Very Nice Gift Item

. Link: http://raffysaldana.blogspot.com/2009/03/musica-chiesa-cd-very-nice-gift-item.html

Last night (27 March 2009), while I was having a break from the Graduation Ceremony in Ateneo de Manila University, I chanced upon a room where music compact discs (CDs) from the Jesuit Ministry were being sold.

I "discovered" a very nice CD -- Musica Chiesa (Jesuit Chamber Music). At only one hundred fifty pesos (PhP 150) the music CD is a very good buy. I bought some copies which I intend to give to my friends.

The Musica Chiesa CD contains the following (instrumental) music:

1. "Hontiveros Overture" by Avelino Santos, Crispulo Pangilinan, and Eddie Hontiveros, SJ

2. "Huwag Kang Mangamba" by Manoling Francisco, SJ and Onofre Pagsanghan

3. "Stela Maris" by Silvino Borres, Jr, SJ and Manoling Francisco, SJ

4. "Awit ng Paghahangad" by Charlie Cenzon, SJ

5. "Panunumpa" by Jboy Gonzales, SJ

6. "Sa Dapit Hapon" by Bienvenido Tabuena and Eddie Hontiveros, SJ

7. "Pagbabasbas" by Rene Javellana, SJ, Jandi Arboleda and Manoling Francisco, SJ

Below is a link to the Jesuit Ministry website:

http://jesuitmusicministry.wordpress.com/tag/jesuit-music-ministry/

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Video: Pangkat Kawayan (Bamboo Band), Far Eastern University, Manila

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Using bamboo musical instruments, the Pangkat Kawayan (Bamboo Band) of the Far Eastern University (FEU) performed the Philippine National Anthem (Lupang Hinirang) during the opening of the Seminar on Grid Computing and e-Business held on 26 June 2008 in FEU with Dr. Rafael Saldaña of Ateneo de Manila University as guest speaker. The event was organized by the Manila Futurists Society in cooperation with FEU Research Center.

Click on the link below to view a video clip of FEU's Pangkat Kawayan:

http://booleanlogic.multiply.com/video/item/21/FEUs_Pangkat_Kawayan_Bamboo_Band_62608

Related Links:

http://raffysaldana.blogspot.com/2008/06/invitation-special-lecture-on-grid.html

http://raffysaldana.blogspot.com/2008/06/photos-talk-on-grid-computing-far.html

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"Chai Found Music" At The ISGC 2008 Banquet, Taipei, Taiwan

"In 1991 a group of musicians got together with the aim of reviving Chinese musical tradition and finding new creative possibilities building upon that tradition, while still protecting the essence of the sizhu music (Chinese chamber music). The Chai Found Music Workshop was formed.

The instruments of Chai Found are the six most representative instruments of Chinese musical tradition: the erhu, the di, the pipa, the guzheng, the yangqin, and the ruanxian. With these six instruments it is possible to put on a truly traditional sizhu music performance, but they also give the artist room to develop modern, creative pieces."

Notes:

We had a taste of the Chai Found Music during the banquet of the International Symposium on Grid Computing (ISGC 2008) at The Sherwood Hotel - Taipei on April 11, 2008.

I wanted to take video clips and more photos of their performance but I ran out of charged batteries.

Listening to the Chai Found musical performance is a unique and wonderful experience: it is like modernizing classical music.

Below are the contact details of the 'Chai Found Music Workshop':

1 FL., No 13, Lane 295, Lungjian Rd., Taipei 104 R.O.C.

Tel: 886-2-25024960

Fax: 886-2-2515-8533

http://www.cfmw.com.tw/

Email: music@cfmw.com.tw

Cheers,

Raffy

in Taipei, Taiwan

4/14/08