Stuff to do at home PPO Instrument Petting Zoo: Tuba Buwan ng Wika Workshops by the BGC Arts Center
THE PHILIPPINE Philharmonic Orchestra’s Instrument Petting Zoo continues with its live online program with featured tuba player Benedicto dela Peret, Jr. on Sunday, Aug. 23, at 4 p.m., via the PPO Facebook page. Mr. Benedicto will talk about the tuba and demonstrate how it is played in the instrument petting zoo session. He will also perform classical pieces suited for the instrument. A project of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO), the Instrument Petting Zoo aims to promote appreciation for musical instruments of the orchestra and its music among children and families. It is held every Sunday at 4 p.m., and runs for several months.
IN CELEBRATION of the National Language Month, the Bonifacio Global City (BGC) Arts Center is holding a series of workshops including a Baybayin (an old Filipino writing system) workshop on Aug. 21 at 2 p.m., a calligraphy workshop featuring the Baybayin script on Aug. 28 at 2 p.m., and a webinar on how to save indigenous languages and species co-presented by the Mind Museum on Aug. 22, 3 p.m., via Facebook Live. The two Baybayin workshops will be held over Zoom and will require a donation to register. The requested donation amount is P400. To register for the workshops visit, https://www.bgcartscenter.org/whats-on/217/online-baybayin-workshops. For more information, visit the BGC Arts Center Facebook page.