Mass for 10th Death Anniversary of Sir Rey T. Paguio

The current batch of the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus with Conductor Prof. Jai Sabas-Aracama would like to invite all UPCC Alumni and Friends to a mass offering for the 10th Death Anniversary of our beloved Sir Reynaldo T. Paguio on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 6:00PM at the UP Chapel of the Holy Sacrifice.

Do you remember...

Do you remember...

...this movie?


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UPCC Alumnus named one of RP's 10 Outstanding Physicians!

Taken from PhilStar.com at <http://ph.news.yahoo.com/star/20081001/tph-doctor-guinness-record-outstanding-p-541dfb4.html>

Doctor in Guinness record one of RP's 10 outstanding physicians

A Filipino doctor who landed in the Guinness Book of Records was among the 10 awardees for The 2008 Outstanding Filipino Physicians (TOFP) honored Monday night at the Centennial Hall of Manila Hotel.

All the TOFP awardees displayed patriotism and contributed to the advancement of the medical profession, organizers said.

Thirty-eight nominees from various medical fields underwent a rigorous search and screening process, handled by the 2008 TOFP National Steering Committee, with Junior Chamber International (JCI) Senator Melandrew Velasco as national chairman.

This year's awardees are Doctors Elvira Henares-Esguerra, Mark R. Kho, Edward Wang, Victor Dumaguing, Rimando Saguin, Egidio P. Elio, Blesilda dela Rosa-Salvador, Leonor Cabral Lim, Anthony Leachon, and Lorenzo Rommel Cariño.

Esguerra landed in the Guinness Book of Records for gathering 3,541 mothers, the most number of women breastfeeding simultaneously in one site, in partnership with the City of Manila in 2006.

The feat was repeated in 2007, breaking the same world record for gathering 15,128 mothers breastfeeding in 295 sites in the country, in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

On the other hand, Kho, after five years of training abroad, came home and continued working at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) even without compensation. He went on to help establish and maintain the Philippines' first Surgical Oncology Division in the country at the Department of Surgery of the UPCM-PGH Medical Center, the first of only two training programs in this field.

Wang gathered doctors from different disciplines and set up the UP-Musculoskeletal Tumor Unit (UP-MuST Unit), also the first of its kind and a model of multidisciplinary medical cooperation. Wang traveled the country setting up similar units and training other doctors. He pioneered the training program at the PGH where doctors from around the country could come for intensive training.

Dumaguing joined the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus as a tenor to finance his pre-med studies. He established the MOM (Medics on Mission) Foundation composed of volunteer doctors, nurses, dentists, and other allied health professionals whose main mission is to reach out to as many Filipinos and spread the value of preventive medicine to the poor.

Saguin also founded PROJECT: R.S.V.P (Reconstructive Surgery for Victims of Polio) in 1981, whose aim is to provide surgical treatment to post-polio disabilities and enable them to attain maximum function and become productive members of society.

Elio, a urologist, organized and led the Philippine Urologic Manpower Program (PUMP) from 1995-2000, after discovering the scarcity of urologic doctors in the country and continued to promote the advocacy of bringing urologic services to the unserved and underserved areas of the country.

Salvador, an obstetrician/gynecologist, has made her mark as a health educator through media wherein for more than 10 years, she continues to bring medical information to people from all walks of life through radio, TV, and the Internet via her Teleradyo program "Doctora Bles at Your Service."

Lim is a neurologist-epileptologist who has spent the last 25 years not only in clinical practice but also as an educator, leader, researcher and advocate of continuing health education.

Leachon is described as a hero for supporting universal and preventive health care, spelled out in Executive Order 595 or the Health Education Reform Order of 2006 (H.E.R.O. of 2006) President Arroyo approved and signed on Dec. 27, 2006.

Lastly, "Miracle Doctor" Cariño, who earned his moniker after leading a team of surgeons in successfully operating on First Gentleman Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo for 14 hours, had performed over 1,300 open-heart surgeries since he passed the cardio-vascular licensure test in 1992.

TOFP officials said a common thread that binds this year's awardees is the fact that they have chosen to practice their profession in the country, despite great and promising possibilities of attaining wealth and stature overseas.

Often, a number of this year's TOFP awardees even shared their expertise and medical services for free. - Eva Visperas and Sheila Crisostomo (Philstar News Service, www.philstar.com)

UPCC at the 2008 Montreux International Choral Festival

CONGRATULATIONS Korus!
The UP Concert Chorus received three diplomas in the recently concluded Montreux International Choral Festival 2008 in Switzerland.

EXCELLENT in mixed choir

GOOD in all-male

PRIX DU PUBLIC -mixed

UP Naming Mahal

What (always) happens in UPCC gatherings?

After dinner, some members of batch '88 and '90 (I think) went to the piano area and started singing "Musika" ... -Thaddz




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I love the part where they go: "Hawak natin, tak-tak, kabataan ang susi ng musika! Nasa atin, tak-tak, kabataan ang susi ng musika!" Woohoo!!!

UPBEAT 100: a course on artistic versatility ~

Congratulations to the current UPCC Batch for a successful kickoff to their 2007-2008 Concert Series! And thank you to those who watched the show(s)! I myself watched their August 11 concert. It was a real treat for me to watch the UPBEAT concert because I was part of the batch that did the very first one. Haha!

UPBEAT 100 features the Korus as a class of freshies conceptualizing a project that shows creativity and versatility, as a requirement of their professor (played to great effect by Prof. Jai Aracama, singing Ain't No Mountain High Enough), and of course sings a whole lot of songs along the way. There were some new songs, new arrangements, noteworthy were the songs Hataw Na, which had the Korus playing percussion using everyday school things (and then some), and Tatsulok, a popular song by Bamboo. For their finale, the UPCC sang I Believe, a song popularized by Fantasia of American Idol.

If you want to see photos of the concert, click here (thanks for the photos Teresa!)
>> Photos from UPBEAT 100.

What did YOU think of the concert?

Kwento ng Korus: Stories from the UP Concert Chorus Alumni

(must see!!) Presenting, the University of the Philippines CONCERT CHORUS

__________________________ ...
Joined after watching Bernstein's "Mass" which I
thought was Jaw dropping. The Chorus was simply
amazing and I wanted to be a part of it. That was
1973. The farthest we had been out of Manila was the
Visayas. Then we got a recommendation from Prof
Andrea Veneracion whose UP Madrigals had made a big
splash in the 2nd Lincoln Center Int'l Choral Festival
and successfully passed an audition. We were going to
the USA, which was beyond our wildest dreams. We
toured the whole US for a month the summer of 1974. I
then had to rush home to enter the College of
Medicine. What a bunch of memories.

- Dr. Mike Rivera, Batch 1974 - 1st UPCC International Tour

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Visit Korus rehearsals at the Reynaldo Tolentino Paguio (RTP) Hall, UP College of Music, University of the Philippines on Tuesdays and Fridays at 5pm. See you there!

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SOON TO COME ON THE CCAFI BLOG!!!

BATCH KO TO!!! - Tour Batch Lists from 1974 to 2006

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UPCC Record holder for MOST INTERNATIONAL TOURS WITH THE UPCC is... (drum roll please)
REYNALDO TOLENTINO PAGUIO with 13 International Concert Tours!
Second place is UPCC Conductor and Alumna Janet Sabas - Aracama with 9 UPCC International Tours under her belt...and still counting! At a close 3rd is Eric Panganiban who joined all the UPCC Tours from 1992 to 2006! A total of 8 Tours!

Siblings are not uncommon in the world of UPCC, but this is something special! It's raining Achacoso's in the Alumni name list! It's a family affair for Angela, Edward "Ding", Karl, Victoria and Rosabel "Belay" Achacoso all UPCC Alumni!

UPCC Batch 1981 recently celebrated their Silver Anniversary. Their Batch is now listed with the MOST NUMBER OF CONCURRENT MEMBERS - 65 members in all!

The MOST COMMON FIRST NAME IN THE UPCC is ANTONIO and JOSE (10) and the MOST COMMON LAST NAME is CRUZ(11)!

UPCC's longest name is Francis Tara Ann Villavicencio with 27 characters!

The 17 UP Concert Chorus International Tour Batches are: 2006, 2004, 2003, 2000, 1997, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988, 1986, 1985, 1983, 1981, 1979, 1978, and the First International Tour in 1974.

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TOP TEN REASONS FOR BEING A CHOIR MEMBER

Top Ten Reasons for Being a Soprano
10) The rest of the choir exists just to make you look good.
9) You can entertain your friends by breaking their wine glasses.
8) Can you name an opera where an alto got the man?
7) When sopranos want to sing in the shower, they know the tune.
6) It's not like you are ever going to sing the Alto part by accident
5) Great costumes -- like the hat with the horns on it.
4) How many world famous Altos can you name?
3) They give CENSORED
2) When you get tired of singing the tune, you can sing the descant
1) You can sing along with Michael Jackson.

Top Ten Reasons for Being a Bass
10) You don't have to tighten your shorts to reach your note.
9) You don't have to worry about a woman stealing your job.
8) Or a pre-adolescent boy.
7) Action heroes are always basses. That is -- if they ever sang, they would sing bass.
6) You get great memorable lyrics like bop, bop, bop, bop.
5) If the singing job doesn't work out, there's always broadcasting.
4) You never need to learn to read the treble clef.
3) If you get a cold, so what.
2) For fun, you can sing at the bottom of your range and fool people into thinking there's an earthquake.
1) If you belch while you're singing, the audience just thinks it's part of the score.

Top Ten Reasons for Being a Tenor
10) Tenors get high -- without drugs.
9) Name a musical where the Bass got the girl.
8) You can show the sopranos how it SHOULD be sung.
7) Did you ever hear of anyone paying $1000 for a ticket to see the 3 Basses?
6) Who needs brains when you've got resonance?
5) Tenors never have to waste time looking through the self-improvement section of the bookstore.
4) You get to sing along with John Denver singing "Aye Calypso".
3) When you get really good at falsetto, you can make tons of money doing voice-overs for cartoon characters
2) Gregorian chant was practically invented for Tenors. Nobody invented a genre for basses.
1) You can entertain your friends by impersonating Julia Child.

Top Ten Reasons for Being an Alto
10) You get really good at singing E flat.
9) You get to sing the same note for 12 consecutive measures.
8) You don't really need to warm up to sing 12 consecutive bars of E flat.
7) If the choir really sucks, it's unlikely the Altos will be blamed.
6) You have lots of time to chat during Soprano solos.
5) You get to pretend that you are better than the sopranos, because everybody knows that women only sing soprano so they don't have to learn to read music.
4) You can sometimes find part-time work singing Tenor.
3) Altos get all the great intervals.
2) When the sopranos are holding some outrageously high note at the end of an anthem, the altos always get the last words.
1) When the Altos miss a note, nobody gets hurt.