TOP PERFORMERS STAR IN ‘VIVA VOCE’ SERIES
The series runs from 1 to 15 October with pianist Mariel Ilusorio, soprano Anna Migallos and tenor Marvin Bautista in an online concerto of Broadway, opera and Filipino songs
Great music and inspiration continue to illuminate our lives through The Sunshine Place, a senior recreation center under the Felicidad Tan Sy Foundation, with Sunshine Classics, a series of online classical music concertos. Relax in your own home and enjoy timeless music anytime through The Sunshine Place: Senior Recreation Center’s YouTube Channel.
Viva Voce starts off the series on 1 to 15 October with pianist Mariel Ilusorio, soprano Anna Migallosm, and tenor Marvin Bautista in an online concerto of Broadway, opera and Filipino songs.
Migallos was born in the United States, educated in the Philippines, and earned her Master of Performance in Vocal Performance from the Royal College of Music in London. She has performed in the United Kingdom and in Asia.
Relax in your own home and enjoy timeless music anytime through The Sunshine Place: Senior Recreation Center’s YouTube Channel.
Bautista developed a huge passion for music at a young age since he comes from a family of musicians. He joined Tining, Ang Koro ng Letran Calamba and later the Coro San Benildo, the resident chorale of De LaSalle-College of Saint Benilde.
With Coro, he joined many international competitions in China, the US, South Korea, Italy, and the
UK where the group received awards. Bautista has appeared in several productions with the Viva Voice Lab, most recently Lucia di Lammermoor at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Ilusorio was a first prize winner at the National Music Competitions for Young Artists Foundation, Inc. (NAMCYA) Piano Category A-II in 1985. Her musical studies included a Pre-College
Diploma from the Juilliard School in New York and her Bachelor of Music Degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio.
She resided in Germany for 10 years, where she studied with the eminent piano pedagogue, Prof. Arie Vardi, at the State Academy of Music in Hannover, and garnered several prizes in European competitions She then moved to South Africa for nine years, continuing her career as a solo and chamber music performer. She became active in developing music in the Eastern Cape, where she started a local music competition.
She currently teaches privately as well as in St. Scholastica’s College, UST Conservatory of Music, and the Philippine High School for the Arts.
Ticket purchases are accepted until 15 October at 12 a.m. Once registered, an email will be sent to the registrant containing the program’s link. Link will be valid from 1 to 15 October. With one click, registrants can access the concert video as many times as they want. Music lovers may also want to check out the Sunshine Place’s piano and voice classes online.
The Sunshine Place is a venue for adults to live actively, through engaging in recreational classes and age-appropriate physical training programs.