"It was 1999 when the first Voices in Harmony was staged at the University Theater of the Philippines’ premiere state university. Planned as one-time-big-time event of the Children’s Museum and Library, Inc. Junior Council Alumni Association (CMLI JCAA), it has grown and developed to be one of the most premiere and sought-after annual choral competitions in the country today. In its tenth year of existence, Voices in Harmony has been a living legacy of empowering the youth through music as it does not only focus on the youth’s talent development but also in gearing them towards the appreciation of Philippine airs - a mirror of our culture, our identity as Filipinos.
Allow me to say that Voices in Harmony has somehow set the standards of choral competitions in the region. It has a decade of giving our secondary school choirs a suitable competition venue, year-after-year exciting avant-garde compulsory pieces, and top caliber personalities in the field of choral music as jury members, to name a few. These serve as a challenge not only to the choral groups and glee clubs but also to the organizing committee as expectations rise and as audience grow in number.
As the doors of Crossroad 77 Convenarium open, we present our ten competitive choir-finalists armed with their musical prowess and their conductors’ choral ingenuity. Tonight we pat tribute to the future Philippine ambassadors of chorals singing, to the ethnolinguistical groups of the uplands contributing their bountiful rhythms and chants, and to young, budding Filipino composers who continue to enrich the Philippines’ musical excellence.
This is a celebration of a decade of empowering the youth through music. This is your annual awit-tagisan ng batang Pilipino! This is Voices in Harmony!"
Charlz William C. Dimal
Chairman
Voices in Harmony 2008
1 comment:
hi! i just want to ask why the message from a souvenir program be posted in a blog? no pun intended. thanks!
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