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UP Concert Chorus bags 4 major prizes at Czech music festival

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Ched Rick Gatchalian

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<p>MANILA  — Defeating over 16 countries, the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus (UPCC) brought home four top prizes at the Musica Orbis Festival in Prague, Czech Republic from June 27 to July 1.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Falexandrafeliz%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0AeeioPCovaYpovocMCih2YNP8iwL9Dy3yoW3PkhFnSj94R26T925sNv2o1ZGCbV8l&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="250" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>UPCC, or also known as &quot;Korus,&quot; was the first Filipino choir to enter the festival which is now in its fifth edition. It was adjudged as the overall champion in the Unrestricted Category (Mixed Adult Choir) for its performances of “Laudate Dominum (Psalm 117)” by Fidel Calalang Jr., “Bagong Umaga” by Mike Villegas and Bayang Barrios and arranged by Joel Cruz, and “Wade in the Water” arranged by Moses Hogan.</p><p>The group also earned gold for Folklore Mixed Adult Choir and Unrestricted Mixed Adult Category. With its signature &quot;choreoacapella&quot; or choreoraphed acapella (which has both choral singing and graceful dancing), the UPCC also won the Stage Performance Special Award. </p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1720119881943449457457_901154685388492_6910446778341753873_n.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">UPCC&#x27;s performance.</span></span></span>Musica Orbis Prague Festival founder John Tregellas showered the choir with praise.</div><p>“[Their] whole stage presence is amazing. They can clearly do a serious piece and bring it off perfectly. But they can also do a show tune with choreography, as if you were in the theater,&quot; he said.</p><p>In a Facebook post, UP president Angelo Jimenez also shared his joy on UPCC&#x27;s victory, quoting UP Concert Chorus Alumni Association president Dot Gancayco.</p><p>&quot;We, the UPCC alumni are immensely proud of you!!! What a huge accomplishment in the international cultural scene! You make the University of the Philippines and our beloved country proud !!!” he wrote.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Fangelo.jimenez.142035%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02eE98TCWjZ1hXMnajK4yw3KKLKN8FB8qH9G9MtrhZmoJmXbWsNf5b1bHxr8WaSpUvl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="250" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p> “And just like that, I got  a message from a foreign government asking for the UP Concert Chorus to perform in a planned state/official visit here,&quot; Jimenez added in the comment section.</p>

<p>Defeating over 16 countries, the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus (UPCC) brought home four top prizes at the Musica Orbis Festival in Prague, Czech Republic from June 27 to July 1.</p>

Defeating over 16 countries, the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus (UPCC) brought home four top prizes at the Musica Orbis Festival in Prague, Czech Republic from June 27 to July 1.