Some Filipinos will be luckier than others in the coming Year of the Wooden Horse.
Beware, Mr. President. The coming Year of the Wooden Horse will be difficult for you. But take heart. All is not lost.
The 60 young singers and songwriters from different parts of the country, who were chosen to participate in the 4th Elements National Singing Songwriting Camp, came as artists thirsting for knowledge.
When Grammy Award-winning jazz/rhythm and blues singer Patti Austin was asked to take part in a fundraising concert in the Philippines to shore up funds of Habitat for Humanity and help the survivors of supertyphoon “Yolanda,” she immediately responded with a resounding “yes.”
For Filipino jazz exponent Bob Aves, the Philippines, which has a rich and deep musical tradition, is his classroom while the rest of the world is his market.
Bohol has been hit by back-to-back major natural disasters, the kind the province in Central Visayas has not seen in recent memory.
As far as send-offs go, the jazz gig last Sept. 6 at Merk’s Place in Makati City was an experience that American singer Renée Olstead will not forget anytime soon.
Songwriter and advertising man Dennis Garcia says that the main reason why the visual arts have yet to appeal to a large audience is that they are hard to understand.
From her modest, uncluttered office at the executive floor of the BDO South Tower on Makati Ave., Teresita Sy-Coson commands a grand view of the bustling Makati central business district.
For a few minutes, Emerson Paguia stole the spotlight during President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address on July 22 when his success story as a balut (fertilized duck egg) vendor-turned-web developer was cited by Aquino.
