The National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA) kicks off its golden anniversary celebrations with a series of performances, seminars/workshops, and other music activities starting this March.
With the theme of Gintong Pamana: The 2023 NAMCYA Festivals and Competitions, an almost year long line up of activities is in store beginning this March. The golden year kicked off with a concert/press conference that included performances by past winners namely FEU Chorale with conductor Angelo Tangco (1st Prize Senior Choir 2019) French horn player Deiniel Sanchez (1st Prize Brass 2022), soprano Yelena Delena (Honorable Mention Junior Voice 2022), violinist Cedric Uson (1st Prize Junior Strings 2022), and pianist Reynaldo Reyes Gendrano (1st Prize Senior Piano 2021).
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| Dr. Renato Lucas, NAMCYA President |
Submission of entries for this year's competition opened at the start of March with the deadline happening in June 39, 2023. The categories for this year consists of Choir (Children’s and Senior), Guitar (Senior), Piano (Senior), Rondalla (Children’s Solo and Junior), Strings (Violins and Lower Strings: Viola, Cello, Contrabass), Traditional Music, Voice (Senior), Woodwinds (Open), and Composition, which is this year’s special category. Application forms may be accessed from the NAMCYA website.
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| French horn player Deiniel Sanchez |
July sees the hybrid eliminations, to be followed by the semifinals in six regional clusters namely South-Central Mindanao (General Santos City), Northern Mindanao, Central Visayas (Bogo City, Cebu), Northern Luzon (Alcala, Cagayan), Southern Luzon, and the National Capital Region. The National Final Round will be held in November 21-26, 2023 at the Metropolitan Theater in Manila.
The chairpersons for the competition are Dr. Arwin Tan (Choir), Nathan Manimtim (Guitar), Dr. Michelle Nicolasora (Piano), Mariefrance Ballester (Rondalla), Diomedes Saraza Jr. (Strings and Lower Strings), Dr. Felicidad Prudente (Traditional Music), Ma. Austregelina Alfornon aka Nenen Espina (Voice), Antonio Maigue (Woodwinds), and Mary Katherine Trangco (Composition).
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| Soprano Yelena Delena |
Aside from the main competition, NAMCYA also presents a series of concerts beginning with Bata Ang Bukas (The Children, Our Future): Children’s Choirs in Focus featuring the UP Cherubims and Seraphims, Balon Dagupan Children's Choir, and the Loboc Children's Choir happening on April 29, 2023, 4:00 PM at the Ayala Museum.
Tumutubong Katutubo (Evolving Traditional Music Expressions), fearuring traditional music performed by the San Nicolas High School Cultural Ensemble, the Massalingga Dacalan Ensemble, the Puljus Udliwang Ethnic Ensemble, the Antonio D. Pendatun Elementary School and Upper Labay High School Music Ensemble, and Fataldao Banisil Colot IP Implementing Schools Music Ensemble will be held on May 6, 4:00 PM at the CCP Liwasang Kalikasan.
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| Violinist Cedric Uson |
On August 12, 2023, 7:00 PM, Galing NAMCYA, Balik NAMCYA! Concert of Winners sees former winners of various categories perform at the Metropolitan Theater. Lastly, NAMCYA Extravaganza (Noon, Ngayon at Bukas): The Closing Ceremonies will have some of the newly crowned solo and group competition winners perform on stage on November 26, 2023, 3:00 PM also at the Metropolitan Theater. There are still a number of concerts, workshops, music camps on the horizon happening throughout the year that are yet to be announced.
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| FEU Chorale with conductor Angelo Tangco |
Gintong Pamana: The 2023 NAMCYA Festivals and Competitions is presented by the National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA) in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), the Department of Education (DepEd), the Commission On Higher Education (CHED), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of Tourism (DOT), the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), and the National Youth Commission (NYC).
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