Harmonya: The String Ensemble of UPLB, held a concert entitled “SINILA-NGAN” or “Sining Laan sa Sinilangan” as part of UPLB’s celebration of the Southern Tagalog Arts Festival. The concert, sponsored by the Office of Initiatives for Culture and the Arts (OICA), showcased different performance segments for guitar, banduria, and violin instruments.
Harmonya rendered their string version of 12 famous Filipino music as a tribute to the Filipino culture. Their song selections included: Pandangguhan by Antonio J. Molina, arranged by Darwin Landicho; Sa Kabukiran by Manuel P. Velez, arranged by Maricar dele Cruz; Serenata by Dominic Salestiano, arranged by Mark Gerald Perez; Payapang Daigdig by Felipe Padilla de Leon, arranged by Daniel Estrellado ; Ang Pipit by Levi Celerio, arranged by Alejandro Dabu III; Tayo’y mga Pinoy by Heber G. Bartolome, arranged by Stud Neil P. Jader; Masdan mo ang Kapaligiran by Cesar Bañares, arranged by Adrian Paul Marcelino; Anak by Freddie Aguilar, arranged by Liezel A. Dizon and Jerome Jay C. Sabado; Ngayon at Kailanman by George Canseco, arranged by Alejandro T. Dabu III; Awitin Mo at Isasayaw Ko by VST & Co., arranged by Kian Beltran; and APO Medley by Apo Hiking Society, arranged by Elisha Beltran, Pauline Mendoza, and Daniel Estrellado. Video presentations in between song segments highlighted past and contemporary experiences such as the effects of globalization and foreign influences in our music preferences. The artistic committees were composed of Rica Cynthia V. Maddawin as the violin section head, Pauline A. Mendoza as the guitar section head, and Maricar R. dela Cruz as the banduria section head. Adrian Paul A. Marcelino served as student musical director and Marie Angelica A. Dayao as musical director.
SINI-LA-NGAN closed with the songs Sinilangan by Marie
Angelica Dayao and Kay Ganda ng Ating Musica by Ryan Cayabyab, both arranged by
Marie Angelica Dayao. (KE Araguas)
