BREAKING:
As the 6:00 PM performance has sold out, there will now also be an earlier run at 3:00 PM on May 4, 2019.
Free admission but tickets required from www.Ticket2Me.net
Beat the summer heat with tunes from Broadway musicals performed by unique bamboo instruments as the Far Eastern University President's Committee on Culture presents the FEU Bamboo Band in A Toast of Broadway this May 4, 2019, 6:00 PM at the historic FEU Auditorium.
A Toast to Broadway celebrates a couple of milestones namely the 10th anniversary of FEU Bamboo Band's artistic director Norberto Cads and the 70th anniversary of the FEU Auditorium, once considered as the cultural center of the Philippines.
Popular tunes from Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, Wicked, and Les Misérables, to name a few, will be performed by the FEU Bamboo Band whose members are made up of students from different institutes of the Far Eastern University.
Joining the band are two award winning artists, Raymond Gorospe and Banaue Miclat-Jansen.
Raymond is a host, commercial model, and a multi-awarded vocalist. Banaue, on the other hand, recently won an Aliw Award for her performance in the latest prdocution Ginugunita Kita that was also held at the FEU Auditorium.
Popular tunes from Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, Wicked, and Les Misérables, to name a few, will be performed by the FEU Bamboo Band whose members are made up of students from different institutes of the Far Eastern University.
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| FEU Bamboo Band |
Joining the band are two award winning artists, Raymond Gorospe and Banaue Miclat-Jansen.
Raymond is a host, commercial model, and a multi-awarded vocalist. Banaue, on the other hand, recently won an Aliw Award for her performance in the latest prdocution Ginugunita Kita that was also held at the FEU Auditorium.
A sneak peek of the concert was presented during a recent press conference. And it was an opportunity to get acquainted with the bamboo instruments used in the band.
The main instrument is the marimba, which is just like the traditional one but with tiles made out of narra and resonators made out of bamboo. They provide the melodies and also the counterpoints.
Looking like tubular bells, the kalagong provides the bass line for the ensemble. Sound is produced by striking the top of the bamboo tubes with mallets made out from rubber slippers. This instrument was named after its inventor Siegfredo Calabig combining kala with gong.
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| Raymond Gorospe, Banaue Miclat-Jansen, Norberto Cads, and Martin Lopez with the FEU Bamboo Band |
Accompanying chords are produced by the bumbong, large pipes that are blown to produce a long sustained note. With bumbong players grouped in threes, each play a different note together forming a three note chord. A drum set (like the one used in rock bands) acts as the rhythm section of the band.
The ensemble that performed at the press conference is just a fraction of the entire band and it will be interesting to see if there are other bamboo instruments aside from the three that were seen.
Admission to A Toast to Broadway is for free. One is still required to get tickets via www.Ticket2Me.net, a convenient ticketing app available online and in mobile devices.
Prior to the concert on the same day, Significance in the Details: Identifying Values in Heritage Sites and Structures, a heritage conservation talk organized by the Heritage Conservation Society, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and the Far Eastern University starts at 1:30 PMthe PCC Center Studio at the FEU campus. This event covers heritage law, digital scanning and documentation, and a walkabout inside the FEU campus (a 91 year old heritage structure with Art Deco details). Admission to the talk costs P400, inclusive of light snacks. Limited seats available.
With an educational and entertaining line up of activities happening on May 4, 2019 at the FEU, one can spend a worthwhile Saturday this summer without spending much and traveling too far.
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