Cebu-based youths top Hong Kong choir competition
08/02/2011
GMA News
The Philippines gained international honor anew after a group of youths from Cebu province topped a choir competition in Hong Kong in late July.
Members of the Mandaue Children and Youth Chorus took the “Jury Prize" in the 2011 Hong Kong International Youth and Children’s Choir Festival last July 21.
After besting competitors from around the world during the event at the Cultural Center in Tsim Sha Tsui, the choir went home with a cash prize of $20,000, the Hong Kong Sun reported.
During the competition, the choir gave an inspired rendition of “Bochong," arranged by Dyzon Pesquera and transcribed by Maestro Sugarol.
The first two editions of the Hong Kong International Youth and Children’s Choir Festival were held in 2006 and 2008. The next competition will be in July 2013.
It was the most recent victory of the 32-member choir’s list of honors in international competitions.
The choir had been named grand champion in the children’s choir category of the National Music Competition for Young Artists or NAMCYA in 2004.
It then won three gold medals in the First Asian Choir Games in Indonesia in 2007.
In 2009, it earned the title world champion in the children’s choir category of the First World Choir Championships in Korea. — JE, GMA News
Members of the Mandaue Children and Youth Chorus took the “Jury Prize" in the 2011 Hong Kong International Youth and Children’s Choir Festival last July 21.
After besting competitors from around the world during the event at the Cultural Center in Tsim Sha Tsui, the choir went home with a cash prize of $20,000, the Hong Kong Sun reported.
During the competition, the choir gave an inspired rendition of “Bochong," arranged by Dyzon Pesquera and transcribed by Maestro Sugarol.
The first two editions of the Hong Kong International Youth and Children’s Choir Festival were held in 2006 and 2008. The next competition will be in July 2013.
It was the most recent victory of the 32-member choir’s list of honors in international competitions.
The choir had been named grand champion in the children’s choir category of the National Music Competition for Young Artists or NAMCYA in 2004.
It then won three gold medals in the First Asian Choir Games in Indonesia in 2007.
In 2009, it earned the title world champion in the children’s choir category of the First World Choir Championships in Korea. — JE, GMA News
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