The Philippine International Guitar Festival

We're pleased to unveil the final programme for the Philippine International Guitar Festival, to be held from the 28th to the 31st of January 2010, at various venues within the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

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Thursday 28 January

8:00-9:30
Registration
Venue: CCP Little Theater Lobby

9:30-10:00
Opening Address
Venue: CCP Little Theater Lobby

10:00-12:00
Concert
Featuring: The Metropolitan Guitar Schools
Venue: CCP Little Theater

12:00-1:00
Lunch Break

1:00-2:30
Lecture: Building a Performing Career
Presenter: Perfecto de Castro
Venue: CCP MKP Hall

3:00-4:30
Concert: 2009 NAMCYA Winners
Featuring: Carlo Antonio Juan, Franco Raymundo Maigue and Ramoncito Carpio
Venue: CCP Little Theater

7:30-9:00
Concert: TABS and the U.P. Guitar Orchestra
Featuring: Lester Demetillo, Armando Derecho and Jerry Duran
Venue: CCP Little Theater

Friday 29 January

10:00-12:00
Masterclass
Presenter: Michael Dadap
Venue: CCP MKP Hall

12:00-1:00
Lunch Break

1:00-2:00
Lecture: Ensemble Playing
Presenter: Lester Demetillo
Venue: CCP MKP Hall

3:00-4:30
Concert: Coalescence
Featuring: Perfecto de Castro
Venue: CCP Little Theater

4:30-6:00
Rehearsal: Festival Guitar Orchestra
Featuring: Lester Demetillo
Venue: CCP MKP Hall

7:30-9:00
Steve Lin Solo Guitar Concert
Venue: CCP Little Theater

Saturday 30 January

9:00-10:00
Lecture: Musicians' Injuries
Presenters: Jeanette Nora I. Silao, M.D., FPCS and Sharon D. Ignacio, M.D., FPARM
Venue: CCP MKP Hall

10:00-12:00
Masterclass
Presenter: Steve Lin
Venue: CCP MKP Hall

12:00-1:00
Lunch Break

1:00-2:30
Lecture: Jazz Improvisation
Presenter: Sixto Roxas
Venue: CCP MKP Hall

3:00-4:30
Concert: Take for example this.... From Jazz Standards to Contemporary Classical

Featuring: Sixto Roxas, Guitars and Lyndon Aguilar, Piano
Venue: CCP Little Theater

4:30-6:00
Rehearsal: Festival Guitar Orchestra
Featuring: Josefino Toledo
Venue: CCP MKP Hall

7:30-9:00
Concert: Harana
Featuring: Florante Aguilar, Michael Dadap and the Harana Kings
Venue: CCP Little Theater
















Sunday 31 January

9:00-10:00
Lecture: Guitar Care
Presenter: Armando Derecho
Venue: CCP MKP Hall

10:00-12:00
Masterclass
Presenter: Florante Aguilar
Venue: CCP MKP Hall

12:00-1:00
Lunch Break

1:00-3:00
Musicality, Intelligence and Technique (M.I.T.)
Featuring: Jose Valdez, Lester Demetillo, Michael Dadap and Sixto Roxas
Venue: CCP MKP Hall

3:00-4:00
Lecture: Flamenco
Presenters: Fundacion Centro Flamenco
Venue: CCP MKP Hall

7:30-9:00
Closing Concert: Huntahang Gitara
Venue: CCP Little Theater

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Thank you for all your support and we hope to see you at the Festival concerts and other activities!

(photographs of the UP Guitar Orchestra by Marga Abejo)