British School Manila to host international music festival

11/02/2009

The British School Manila (BSM) will host a music festival on Nov. 12 to 15 for visiting students from 15 to 20 schools affiliated with the Federation of British International Schools in South East Asia (Fobissea).

The BSM is expecting some 200 to 250 students from schools all across Southeast Asia to participate in the festival.

The four-day festival will feature a variety of events from large full scale rehearsals of both choirs and orchestra to perform major works by composers such as Haydn, Mendelssohn, John Williams, “Fats” Waller and Bobby McFerrin to smaller chamber ensembles and stimulating workshops.

The workshops will offer music theater led by Mark Williams, music therapy led by Celeste Sanchez, hip-hop dancing, junk percussion, Philippine instruments, composition, rock band, an introduction to the organ and much more.

There will be live performances from local musicians, including a rondalla band and a guitar ensemble as well as a concert by the World Choir Games winner of 2008, the Las Piñas Boys Choir, on Saturday, Nov. 14.

The festival will culminate with a gala concert on the last night of the festival, Sunday, Nov. 15, at the school campus that will showcase the main musical ensembles from the festival as well as some of the music from the other ensembles and workshops.

The BSM is an international school in the Philippines providing excellent standards of British education in academic sporting and social education. The school prides itself on excellent results in national curriculum tests, GCSE and IB results, exceeding UK averages.

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