CCP kicks off tribute to Tita King
THE Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and Philippine Women’s University School of Music present the Sandaang Kasilag: Celebrating the King Inaugural
Concert on Aug. 18, 7 p.m., at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater). The concert kicks off the year-round tribute to National Artist for Music Lucrecia R. Kasilag, fondly known as Tita King, on the occasion of her 100th birth anniversary. A beloved and highly esteemed figure in the artistic community, Ms. Kasilag was a long time Dean of PWU and first and longest serving president of the CCP. The inaugural concert will showcase a wide variety of solo and ensemble works by Ms. Kasilag. The show will feature faculty and performing groups of the PWU School of Music including pianists Abelardo Galang II and Karen Fatima Francisco, flautist Crystal Rodis Concepcion, violinist Denise Santos-Huang, cellist Antoni Josef Inacay, baritone Marvin Gayramon, guitarists Jose Valdez and Ivar Nicolas Fojas, the Pinoy Brass, the Kasilag Guitar Trio, the PWU Vocal Ensemble under Christopher Borela, the PWU Indayog Gongs under Lilymae Montano, and the PWU Guitar Ensemble under Benchito Cariño. The year round tribute, “Sandaang Kasilag: Celebrating the King,” will highlight Ms. Kasilag as a composer, arts administrator, and music icon whose works and achievements broke new grounds. Running from August 2018 to August 2019, the tribute will include concerts, workshops, exhibits, and conferences in different venues in Metro Manila. Ms. Kasilag developed a musical language in her works that successfully put Filipino and Western musical elements alongside each other. She was a composer whose music spanned a wide variety of artistic forms and genres — ballet, theatre, opera, solo instruments, orchestra, chamber music, voice, and chorus. For more information, call Luisa Galicia at 526-8421 loc. 195.