Most "Liked" Pinoy Choir Facebook Pages (as of January 26, 2012)

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Here on Pinoy Choirs Blog, we've talked about and celebrated how Social Media - Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. - can be harnessed to expand the audience of Pinoy Choirs in your communities, in social circles and internationally as well.

Now let's see who among us are using the opportunities available to us - a Facebook Page in particular is a great tool to engage your audience. Choirs can post Status updates about rehearsals, concerts, tours and events. Choirs can post performance photos, performances with other celebrities, out of town trips, and the like. Choirs can post their latest performance videos - teasers for their next stop, or for their next big concert.

Who among the Philippine Choirs are harnessing this potential of Facebook Pages? Here's a list of the Most "Liked" Philippine Choirs Facebook Pages*.

Most "Liked" Pinoy Choir Facebook Pages

Here is the list of the Top 20 Most Liked Pinoy Choirs Facebook Pages. Go Ahead and "Like" them on Facebook!

The 2011 MBC National Choral Competition - Winners (updated)

(See the bottom of this post for updates!)

The 2011 MBC National Choral Competition

As a special Christmas treat for the public, Manila Broadcasting Company will again mount the MBC National Choral Competition as core segment of our Paskong Pinoy celebrations. The programme will feature choral competitions in two divisions – Children’s Choirs and an Open Category .

The Semi-Finals will be from December 5 to 8, and the Grand Finals will be on Dec 9, 2011. All shows are open to the public.

The champion in each regional contest will receive a cash prize of P15,000 outright, plus a travel subsidy to help cover the group’s fare to Manila, which will be given to them upon booking their trip. 2nd and 3rd placers who qualify for the semis with a score of 91% and above may compete in Manila but will have to cover their own expenses, or secure sponsors in the regions to help defray these costs.

Each of the choirs that qualify for and compete in the semifinals are guaranteed P7,500 take home prize, and shall be given plaques of participation on the night they compete. Daily winners on each semifinal night will receive P15,000 each.

For the Grand Finals, the winning choirs will receive trophies plus cash prizes as follows:

Children’s Division

• Fourth place     P 15,000 and trophy
• Third place       P 30,000 and trophy
• Second Place   P 50,000 and trophy
• Champion        P100,000 and trophy

Open Category

• Each of four runners-up     P  10,000
• Fourth place                      P  20,000 and trophy
• Third place                        P  40,000 and trophy
• Second place                    P  75,000 and trophy
• Champion                         P150,000 and trophy

Special awards for Best Show Choir (P10,000) and Best Original Arrangement for a Novelty Number (P10,000) shall also be given during the grand finals.

For full contest mechanics and other details, please contact Susan Arcega at 0906.309.9595 (email: siouxstar@gmail.com)

Here is the Semi-Finals Schedule...

World Choral Day 2011 on December 11

What is the World Choral Day?

The World Choral Day is an international choral event to extol the values of solidarity, peace and understanding, an initiative of Alberto Grau from the Latin American Vice-Presidency of the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM). It was proposed and approved by the General Assembly of IFCM held in Helsinki in August, 1990, within the framework of the 2nd World Symposium on Choral Music, stated:

"The world is living through severe and continuous crisis of self destruction. There are no possible reasons that can justify these actions. The majority of the human race wants to live in peace with dignity. It is time to show, with more power and strength, that our choral family contributes, through music to break down the artificial barriers product of politics, different ideologies, religious differences, and racial hatred that separate human beings. We must be able to show that MUSIC, the divine art, is more than the mere search of formal perfection and interpretative beauty, music should serve to extol the values of solidarity, peace, and understanding . We cannot work isolated, we have to make all possible efforts to have our voices heard and to let music work its own paths of communication."

How do we celebrate World Choral Day?

Thousands of choirs have already joined in the annual celebration of World Choral Day. It is celebrated on or around the 2nd Sunday in December and has been celebrated for the past twenty years. Millions of choral singers across the globe have been involved in World Choral Day concerts, festivals, sing-alongs, choral seminars, Days of Friendship and other events...

The UP Concert Chorus presents "Reason for the Season 2011" on Dec 10 & 11

The UP Concert Chorus in Reason for the Season 2011

Friends of Korus Foundation, Inc. presents The University of the Philippines Concert Chorus in "Reason for the Season: A Christmas Concert".

Watch the ALIW Awards Hall-of-Famer in "Reason for the Season: A Christmas Concert" on the following dates:
December 10, Saturday at 7 pm, and
December 11, Sunday at 5 pm,

Both concert dates will be at the Abelardo Hall Auditorium, College of Music, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.

A preview for UPCC's 50th Anniversary in 2012

World Choral Day Proclamation (Filipino)

World Choral Day Proclamation (in Filipino)

Magsiawit, mga Koro ng mundo!

Magdala nawa ng bukal ang inyong mga tinig

Sa mga tinutupok ng apoy.

Maglagay nawa ng rosas ang inyong mga awitin

Sa pinaghihimlayan ng pook digmaan.

Putika'y bungkalin at hasikan ng pag-ibig

Upang mga bunga ng pag-asa'y anihin.

Umawit ng kalayaan kung saan naghahari ang mapaniil.

Umawit ng pagkapantay-pantay kung saan kahirapa'y nananahan

Umawit ng pag-ibig kung saan poot ay namamayani

Pamahalaan nawa ng inyong pag-awit ang buong daigdig

Upang sakupin ng kapayapaan ang digmaan

Upang ang mundo'y kalingain ng lahat,

Upang maitaboy ang pang-aapi batay sa kulay o lahi,

Upang lahat ay magkasama-sama bilang magkakapatid

Upang ang mundo ay magbunyi kasabay ng inyong mga tinig

This World Choral Day Proclamation was recited during the November 2011 Thousand Voice concert that included top Philippine Choirs conducted by Maestro Ryan Cayabyab and was made possible through the efforts of the Philippine Choral Directors Association.


To participate in World Choral Day activities, visit their website at http://www.ifcm.net/

Voices in Harmony 2011 (updated)

Voices in Harmony 2011

Who will be hailed as the High School Choir of the Philippines 2011 and take home the prestigious Aria?

Experience the finals night of "Voices in Harmony 2011: The 13th Annual Awit-Tagisan ng Batang Pilipino", the country's premier high school choral competition, as 12 schools battle for musical supremacy on November 27, 2011, 5:00PM at the Aliw Theater, Pasay City.

Here are the 12 finalists (in alphabetical order) vying for the trophy...