High
School Category
3rd
Place St. Scholastica's Academy Marikina
High School Glee Club
Open
Category
1st Place Holy Angels University Chorale
2nd Place UPLB
Choral Ensemble
3rd Place
UST Accountancy Chamber Singers
With
the smallest of margins, the Holy Angel
University Chorale finally emerged as the
Open Category champion of Musica FEUROPA 7, edging out by just six tenths of a point (0.6) the defending champion
UPLB Choral Ensemble. Newcomers to the competition, UST Accountancy Chamber
Singers placed third, coincidentally also just six tenths of a point behind the
second placer.
At
the High School Category, Boscorale asserted its dominance by winning their fourth
title in five years. This latest victory adds to their wins from 2011, 2012 and
2014. Placing second in this category is UP Rural High School Chorale while St.
Scholastica’s Academy, Marikina High School Glee Club got third place.
The
competition was indeed very close and after all the Open Category choirs
performed, it was difficult to pick out the winner. Honestly, it was far easier
for me to pick the choirs whom I think would not place at the top three rather
than the other way around. This year, the Open Category became truly open,
allowing members of all ages to participate. This resulted in the inclusion of
the Quezon City Performing Arts Children's Choir composed of members who are
too young to join the High School Category but still competed with the big guns
at the Open Category. And they managed to go the distance, not only qualifying
for the finals but eventually landing in fourth position, just barely out of
the podium.
The
competition, held over two days at the FEU Auditorium at the Far Eastern University, saw 14 (Second Chronicle Singers, The Templar Singing Ambassadors, ICP
Charismatic Chorale, University of Asia and the Pacific Chorale, Philippine
Camerata Singers, UST Accountancy Chamber Singers, SJB Chorale, Adamson
University Chorale, De La Salle University, The Magnificat Singers, TIP Choral
Society, Our Lady of the Pentecost Singers, Quezon City Performing Arts
Children's Choir, University of Makati Chorale) entries from the Open Category
battle it out for the semis to be among the 8 to join seeded choirs UPLB Choral
Ensemble and Holy Angels University at the finals.
The
High School Category had 7 (Himig Roseña, UP Rural High School Chorale, Imus
Institute Pitch Choir, Benigno Ninoy Aquino High School Chorale, St.
Scholastica's Academy Marikina High School Glee Club, Ramon Magsaysay High
School Chorale, Boscorale) entries competing for the title.
Musica FEUROPA 7, the only choral
competition in the country supported by the European Union, was presented by
the Far Eastern University’s President’s Committee on Culture and the
Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines ,
and is part of the Viva Europa
cultural calendar.
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