Revelries at the second Flutopia Festival

March 27-29, 2014

March 29, 2014, 7:30 PM Gala Concert

Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater)

CCP Complex

Pasay, Metro Manila

Featuring:

Viviana Guzman, flute

Raul Sunico, piano

Ruben Reyes, guitar

Flutopia Flute Orchestra

Herminigildo Ranera, conductor

Chilean-American flutist Viviana Guzman returns once again to Manila to take part at the second annual Flutopia Flute Revelries Festival happening on March 27-29, 2014 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater). This festival, an event dedicated to the flute, is presented by the Flutopia Flute Consortium Manila.

Flutist Viviana Guzman

Highlights of the 3-day festival include a closing gala concert on March 29, 2014, 7:30 PM. The gala concert showcases the 30 member Flutopia Flute Orchestra in tandem with guest artist, Chilean-American flutist Viviana Guzman. She will be performing solo literature for Flute and Piano, and Flute and Guitar, assisted by pianist Raul M. Sunico and University of Santo Tomas (UST) guitar professor Ruben Reyes. She will also perform with the Flutopia Flute Orchestra as soloist in the Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise of Franz Doppler. Guzman was the featured soloist at the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra's opening concert of their 2013-2014 Concert Season.

The Flutopia Flute Orchestra, making its public debut will first perform at a free admission concert at the CCP Little Theater Lobby on March 27, 2014, Thursday at 4:45 PM. At the closing Gala Concert, the orchestra will perform works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Doppler, Gustav Holst, and Rodgers and Hammerstein. Dr. Herminigildo Ranera is the conductor of the Flute Orchestra.

Flutist Kalaya Phongsathorn

In addition to the performances, flute master classes for aspiring talents led by Viviana Guzman, Yoga and Movement seminars for Musicians prepared and taught by flutist, Kalaya Phongsathorn, visiting guest artist from Thailand, will be held.

Other activities include music film presentations, ongoing exhibitions with a comprehensive display booth by Manila’s own Music Gear Company, on-site instrument repair stations headed by Singapore based Muramatsu flute technician Sean Tan and dazzling flute exhibits mounted by Muramatsu Flutes Japan and Flutes, and Flute shop Sydney Australia. A wide variety of ongoing chamber music performances by local and visiting ensembles are being offered free of charge during the festival.

Woodwind technician Sean Tan

Flutopia Consortium serves as a gateway for talented Philippine flutists to pursue quality in their craft while striving for world-class excellence. Its mandate is to generate a sustained love of flute literature and to insure its public performance. 

Ticket price for Gala Concert:

P600

-50% student discount

-20% senior citizen discount

Registration fee:

P50

For inquiries:

CCP Box Office 832-3704

Nila Bondoy 832-1125 local 1609-1610, (0920)-273-7718

Marie Poblete (0915)-779-3017, (0922)-843-5809

TicketWorld 891-9999

Over 150 musicians to jam at The Story of Jazz: The 1st CCP International Jazz Festival

I’ve been to a handful of jazz performances held at the lobby of a museum and saw first hand there that there is indeed a following for jazz music here. And jazz music will be on the spotlight once again at the upcoming The Story of Jazz: The 1^st CCP International Jazz Festival happening on August 23-28, 2011 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

The festival showcases performances by over 150 jazz musicians from various groups and jazz styles like bebop, blues, ragtime, modal, experimental, big band and fusion. Lectures and workshops facilitated by some of the performing artists are also scheduled and The Story of Jazz in the Philippines produced by Richie Quirino and Collis Davis Jr. will also be screened during the festival.

Slated to perform during this six day festival are the royal hartigan and blood drum spirit (USA), Korean Soul and Beat Project (Korea), Stelzhamma (Austria), Shun Kikuta (Japan), Neris Gonzalez (Spain), jazz vocalist Charito, guitarist Joric Maglanque, Michael Bourne, Bleu Rascals, Lowcal, Blue Rats, Faith Gospel Singers, the UP Jazz Ensemble, UST Jazz Ensemble, Cooky Chua and Bluesviminda, Majam, Emy Munji, and the AMP Band. Collaborations and jamming sessions between the local and foreign artists are among the highlights during the performances in the festival.

The concert performances will be held at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater), Tanghalang Huseng Batute (CCP Studio Theater) and the Silangan Hall. Some of these venues will be transformed into jazz clubs and lounges and will also serve drinks to complete the jazz experience. The lectures and workshops will be held at the MKP Multi-Purpose Hall while the documentary will be screened at the Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theater).

Keyboardist Emy Munji

During the event’s recent press conference, members of the press and media were treated to a sample of the upcoming jazz festival through a performance by Emy Munji who played on both electronic keyboards and on an upright piano, Ruben Reyes on the bass guitar and Joey Valenciano on percussion. These three are respected veterans in the jazz scene here but that doesn’t mean that jazz music can only be appreciated by old people. Thomas “Tomcat” Colvin of the Blues Asia Network was extremely proud to tell everyone that the busiest blues band in the country today has members who are still in their teens which only proves that jazz music can also be appreciated by the youth.

Guitarist Ruben Reyes and percussionist Joey Valenciano

Ticket prices:

Tanghalang Nicanor (CCP Main Theater) performances

P800

P600

P400

P200

Tanghalang Huseng Batute (CCP Studio Theater) and Silangan Hall performances

P300

MKP Multi-Purpose Hall lectures

P100

50% student discount

20% senior citizen discount

For inquiries:

CCP Box Office 832-3704

CCP Music Division 832-1125 loc. 1604-1605

TicketWorld 891-9999