Young musicians Francis Concio, Toma Cayabyab, and Ejay Yatco performed with the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra for their conducting recital after their three-day conducting workshop with Gerard Salonga to harness their skills in leading an orchestra.
Handpicked by the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra to train with Salonga, the three young musicians were exposed to learn the right skills and attitude in conducting as part of ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra’s mission to train potential young musicians to become the country’s next top conductors.
Salonga said their small-scale conducting workshop was conceived after their search for an assistant conductor a few months ago did not work out. “There’s obviously a chance that this could happen again and we can do a less extensive but more time appropriate workshop,” he remarked.
He furthered that interested people who want to be part of a conducting workshop need to possess basic qualities such as “understanding the basic conducting technique, mastering an instrument, and having a historical and theoretical background of music.”
Concio, Cayabyab, and Yatco showcased their mastery of the art of conducting an orchestra in front of their family and friends.
Musical scorer and arranger Francis Concio, son of ABS-CBN Executive Adviser to the Chairman, Chief Content Officer, and President of ABS-CBN University Charo Santos-Concio, performed John William’s “The Mission NBC” as his recital piece.
Toma Cayabyab, a choral conducting major at the UP and son of Ryan Cayabyab, performed “Usahay” and “Atin Cu Pung Singsing,” both arranged by his father.
Meanwhile, musical director, composer, and arranger Ejay Yatco chose to perform his own composition “Friction.”
Salonga said the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra would play at Andrea Bocelli’s April 26 concert at Mall of Asia Arena.
“It started out as an inquiry so we sent videos of our classical performances. Magaling naman talaga ang orchestra so I’m not surprised that they chose us,” Gerard said.
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Heart dismisses bashers, not Chiz’s
Heart Evangelista is inured by now of some people bashing her on the various social media sites. But she still gets affected when those haters target her husband.
“Siguro blessing na rin na kahit papano, 18 years na rin akong nag-aartista so yung mga paninira, yung mga controversies, medyo sanay na rin ako. Although I don’t think you could ever get used to hearing bad things about you,” Heart said.
Evangelista said the since her husband is consistently topping the surveys, it is not surprising that she reads unfavorable comments on her social media accounts.
“Grabe pala ang siraan, ganyan, siyempre ang daming mga trolls, ang daming mga bashers na parang grabe dati ako lang yung bina-bash, ngayon pati pala siya, ganoon pala yun,” Heart ranted.
“Especially ngayon first time ko nagkaroon ngayon na parang sasabihin nila yung asawa ko ng kung anu-ano. So minsan nasaktan ako, ganyan-ganyan with matching teardrops syempre, minsan normal lang naman yun. Pero lagi niyang sinasabi na, you know, sinasayang mo lang energy mo parang ganyan-ganyan ang saya-saya naman namin sa bahay,” she added.
Her husband reminds her patiently not to mind the bashers. “Eh, alam namin yung totoo, so sinasabi niya, you know just be normal, be yourself, don’t worry about everybody else. Kasi alam mo yung totoo so parang ganun na lang siguro,” Heart explained.
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‘My Love Donna’ marks return of Asianovelas in Kapamilya Gold
Asianovelas are finally making a return to ABS-CBN as the Kapamilya network premiered the much-awaited Korean drama My Love Donna, about finding for that one true love, last Monday.
Famous actor Yohan Ji (Joo Jin-Mo) hires ghostwriter Jenna Seo (Kim Sa-Rang) to write his autobiography. In his life story, he reveals that he ventured into acting not because he wanted to become a star but because he thought being in the limelight would help him find his first love, Donna Ji.
Yohan and Donna’s complicated romantic history began two decades ago. Back when they were young teenagers, Donna and Yohan already have a special kind of friendship that was quickly taken away from them when Donna’s grandmother died and was adopted by a different family, leaving Yohan lonely and broken-hearted.
Many years after, fate brings them together again and the young man vows not to ever let her go. Finally, Johan and Donna take their relationship to the next level.
One afternoon, the two spend some quality time together when an accident that changes their lives forever happens.
All this time, Johan thinks Donna left him hanging again without properly saying goodbye. However, Yohan has no idea that they will be reunited soon because Jenna is actually Donna, who forgot about her past due to the accident.
My Love Donna airs weehdays after Tubig at Langis on ABS-CBN.