====================================================================================== Manila Chamber Singers wins the First Prize in the Mixed Choir Category and the GRAND PRIX at the 3rd ANTALYA INTERNATIONAL CHOIR COMPETITION in Antalya, Turkey! ====================================================================================== Watch out for the schedule of the MCS Concert Series, in preparation for the choir's 3rd EUROPEAN CONCERT TOUR Mr. William Lloyd Cordero, Conductor ====================================================================================== WE INVITE ALL INTERESTED SINGERS TO BE PART OF THE 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF MCS: * ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT 25 September 2008 (Friday) * 8:00 P.M. Philamlife Auditorium, United Nations Ave., Manila Visit us during our rehearsals every Tuesday (8:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.) and Friday (8:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M.) BLUE RIDGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 549 Bonnie Serrano Avenue, Murphy, Cubao, Quezon City For details, SMS 0928.502.3542 or email manilachambersingers@gmail.com ======================================================================  WE THANK EVERYONE FOR SUPPORTING THE 2ND MANILA CHORAL FESTIVAL! Check this site: http://manilachoralfestival.multiply.com  ============================================================================================== < >   ==============================================================================================  We invite all choral enthusiasts to be part of the MANILA CHAMBER SINGERS. If you are: *** interested to sing in a choir *** with experience in choral singing *** at least 17 years old *** willing to be trained and *** very much interested to see & experience the world You are invited to the MCS AUDITION on 31 August 2007 (Friday) * 7:00 P.M. onwards Faith Baptist Church * West Avenue, Quezon City (infront of Kamay Kainan) For details, please send SMS to 0928.502.3542 or 0920.922.9628 (Joel, MCS Conductor) ============================================================================================== After seven (7) weeks of touring Europe, the Singers are back in Manila. The Singers arrived in Manila last Tuesday, 05 July 2007 via Emirates EK334. We thank our hosts for welcoming us into their homes and for spending wonderful moments with us during our visit to their cities. Danke! Grazie! Merci! Maraming salamat po! We hope to see you all again in 2009! ============================================================================================== The MANILA CHAMBER SINGERS won the Silver Diploma in the Mixed Choir Category and the Gold Diploma - 2nd Place in the Folksong Category at the 8th International Choir Competition in Bad Ischl, Salzkammergut, Austria on April 27-30, 2007. They were also awarded the SPECIAL PRIZE of the Town of Bad Ischl for the BEST FOLKLORIC PROGRAMME. To God be the glory! ============================================================================================== MCS 2007 EUROPEAN TOUR ITINERARY April 13 Depart MANILA - VIENNA April 14 – 17 Vienna, AUSTRIA April 18 – 20 Bad Radkersburg, AUSTRIA April 20 – 25 Klagenfurt, Villach, Spittal, AUSTRIA April 26 – May 1 Salzkammergut, AUSTRIA May 01 - 09 Muenster/Werne/Rheine, GERMANY May 10 - 12 Essen/Duisburg, GERMANY May 13 - 16 Cologne/Bonn, GERMANY May 17-23 Milan & Como, ITALY May 24 Marseille, FRANCE May 25 Aubagne, FRANCE May 26 Saint-Raphael, FRANCE May 27 La Seyne-sur-Mer, FRANCE May 28 MILAN, ITALY May 29 – 30 ROME, ITALY May 31 –June 03 Reggio Calabria, ITALY June 3 (EVENING) to ROME June 04 (A.M.) ROME - MANILA ============================================================================================== MANILA CHAMBER SINGERS wins 2nd Prize and Best Performance of Competition Piece at the 8th CHINA INTERNATIONAL CHORUS FESTIVAL held in Beijing on July 13-18, 2006! To God be the Glory!!! ============================================================================================== The Manila Chamber Singers (MCS) is composed of young professionals and students who share a passion for fine choral music. Founded in April 1999, the Choir’s membership has expanded to include choristers from the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in Metro Manila. MCS performs a select programme of standard international choral gems as well as commissioned arrangements of popular music and OPM specifically suited for the choir’s unique choral sound. MCS has since performed in several concerts and outreach performances in the Philippines’ important cultural venues. As part of the Group’s continuous labor for progressive choral excellence, the Manila Chamber Singers embarked on its First European Concert Tour in June-July 2004 with the distinct honor of representing the Philippines in various choral events. MCS represented the Philippines in the 10th Levanto International Choral Festival in Levanto, La Spezia, Italy; and at the Alta Pusteria International Choral Festival in Sudtirol, Italy wherein the choir garnered critical acclaim. At the 18th International Festival of Academic Choirs (IFAS) in Pardubice, Czech Republic, MCS won two Gold Diplomas in the Mixed Chamber Choir Category and Best Interpretation of Czech music, Silver Diploma in the Folksong Category, the Audience Prize and Finalist in the Grand Prix IFAS. The choir finished Fourth in the Folksong Category at the 41st International Choral Competition in Spittal an der Drau-Carinthia, Austria. At the 3rd Choral Olympics in Bremen, Germany, MCS won the Silver Medal in the Musica Sacra Acapella Category and Bronze Medal in the Mixed Chamber Choir Category. The Choir is the presentor of the annual choral festivals: THE COLORS OF WORSHIP - A Festival of Sacred Choral Music; and the MANILA CHORAL FESTIVAL ============================================================================================== JOSE EMMANUEL D. AQUINO Conductor A graduate from the U.P. College of Music with a degree in Voice, he emerged as a distinguished tenor with repertoire encompassing different genres. Since his operatic debut in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, he has been featured as soloist in several concerts in the country’s top cultural venues. He is an alumnus of the world-renowned Philippine Madrigal Singers and the San Miguel Master Chorale - the Philippines’ first professional choir. Mr. Aquino is regularly invited as choral clinician/vocal coach by various choral ensembles and schools in the Philippines. For the MCS' 2nd European Concert Tour, MR. DEOGRACIAS FORTUNATO CRUZ, an alumnus of the San Miguel Master Chorale, Philippine Madrigal Singers and the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus, will be the guest conductor. 
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