More performances!

Lester's performance calendar will be busy over the next few months. Here's a quick snapshot of some of the events:

November 28 ：　My Brother's Mustache Folk Night
Show starts at 9:15pm.

November no date yet): Launching of CCP CD featuring various artists, with "Lament" by Lester Demetillo.

December 12: U.P. Theater all-star cast fund raising concert for Typhoon victims. A project of the U.P. Alumni Association.

January 28-31 : 1st Philippines Guitar Festival at CCP. Participating schools include UP, PWU, St Scholastica's College, Santa Isabel, Centro Escolar University.

February 7-8 : 100 years of World Music at the CCP. Featuring an all star cast. Organised by the UP Alumni Association

We'll bring you further details on these and other performances in the coming weeks.

Singapore Concert

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Acclaimed singer Grace Nono will be performing live in Singapore with Lester Demetillo and other musicians.

The concerts are part of the Singapore National Heritage Board's Philippines Fiesta.

They will be held at the National Museum Gallery Theatre on October 30th and 31st. Tickets are available at Sistic.

We hope to see you there!

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** image credit: Grace Nono by Isa Lorenzo

Fund-raising concert for Ondoy Victims

Lester will be performing with other artists in a fund-raising concert for the victims of Typhoon Ondoy.

The concert will be held at My Brother's Mustache, Scout Tuazon cor. Scout Madrinan. That's on Tuesday, October 6, 2009. The show starts at 7.30pm.

Please come to lend your support for the survivors of this devastating calamity. We hope to see you there!

Concert Dates

Lester will be performing in a concert at the Ateneo de Naga this May 9th.

He will be playing the following compositions by Claude Bolling:

1. Picnic Suite
2. Sonata for two piano
3. Suite for Flute and Piano
4. Sonata (Versailles) - solo Guitar

Then, it's folk night at My Brother's Mustache on May 30th at 9.15pm.

We hope to see you at these venues!

More Concert Dates in March!

Please join Lester and other performers at the following dates and venues:

1. Concert on Saturday, March 21st at the Aldaba Hall, UP Theater. Featuring Lester, Becky Abraham, Linc Drilon, Jess Bartolome and Prod Fernandez. Concert starts at 6.30pm.

2. Beatles Music Benefit Concert -- Sunday, March 22nd, at the Kamuning 1st United Methodist Church, 130 Kamuning Road near corner with EDSA. The concert starts at 8pm.

We hope to see you there!

March Concert Date

March 11th, UP College of Music, with Lester and flautist Antonio Maigue. The concert starts 6pm.

More Performance Dates in December!

Christmas is just around the corner, and Lester's performance schedule is busy this festive season. Join him at the following dates and venues:

1. December 4th -- UP Guitar Orchestra concert, UP Solair Building, 7pm.

2. December 5th -- An all-Filipino programme featuring soprano Thea Perez, at the Manila Hotel.

3. December 6th -- The UP College of Music Faculty Concert at Abelardo Hall. Concert starts at 6pm.

4. December 12th -- a programme of Chrsitmas carols for the Swiss Women's Group. Performance starts at 12pm.

5. December 18th -- A Charity concert at My Brother's Mustache, beginning at 6pm.

6. December 22nd -- A concert in Naga City featuring flautist Tony Maigue and soprano Ena Aldecoa.

We hope to see you at these events!

November Concert Schedule

Lester will be performing on the following dates this month:

1. November 19th -- concert with the Chiang Kai Shek Choir, San Augustin Church in Manila; and

2. November 21st -- Isang Daang Taon ng Musika, UP Theatre, 7.30pm. Presented by the UP Alumni Association.

We hope to see you there!

Another Performance Date in October

Lester will be performing at My Brother's Mustache, Sct Tuazon cor. Sct Madrinan, Timog, Tomas Morato Quezon City, this Saturday evening.

We hope to see you there!

Concert Dates and Appearances in October

October is a jam-packed month for guitar performances, so please join Lester for the following performance dates:

1. October 3, Friday -- The UP Guitar Orchestra presents Guitar Ensemble music at My Brother's Mustache, Scout Tuazon corner Scout Madriñan. The show starts at 6pm, and admission is free.

2. October 4, Saturday -- Voice and Guitar recital, also at My Brother's Mustache. Featuring Weckl Mercado, Christian Castro, Bingo Calsenia, Edmer Peralta, Joseph Tolentino and Philip Lopez. The show starts at 6pm, and admission is free.

3. October 18, Saturday -- The UP Guitar Orchestra presents the Guitar Trio, featuring Lester, Armando Derecho and Jerry Duran. Venue is also at My Brother's Mustache. Show starts at 6pm, and the entrance fee is PhP 150.

We look forward to seeing you at these shows.

More concert dates in August!

Please join Lester for the following performances:

1. August 22nd, The Cultural Center of the Philippines, Rajah Sulaiman Theater -- A Concert for Truth with Rebecca Abraham. The show starts at 9pm.

2. August 30th, My Brother's Mustache. The show starts at 9.15pm.

We hope to see you there!

More concert dates and appearances this July!

Join Lester at the following events:

1. July 25th at the Far Eastern University, Manila -- a lecture-concert for flute and guitar music with flautist Tony Maigue.

2. July 28th -- Folk night at My Brother's Mustache. Show starts at 9.15pm.

3. July 29th -- Pamantasang Hirang: The UP Centennial Celebration. UP Theater, with an all-star cast.

We hope to see you there!

Scheduled Performances

July will be a busy month and we hope you'll join Lester on the following performance dates:

1. July 3: a fundraising concert for Susan Fernandez at My Brother's Moustache , Sct Tuazon cor. Sct Madrinan, Timog, Tomas Morato Quezon City. The show starts at 6pm, and there's a Php150 entrance fee.

2. July 8: a concert for the UP Writers' Club, to be held at the UP Executive House. The show starts at 6.30pm.

3. July 26: Folk night, again at My Brother's Moustache , 9.15pm. There's a Php100 entrance fee.

We look forward to seeing you at these shows!

`60s night in September!

It's been said that at no other time was the march of history so closely reflected in music: the songs of the `60s defined the decade.

We hope you'll come and relive that decade with us on the 13th of September at the UP Theater. An all-star line-up featuring Lester, Becky Demetillo-Abraham, Mario Andres and Lory Paredes will be performing the music that moved an entire generation. More details soon!

June Performance Date

Please join us on the 6th of June at Paco Park. The concert for flute, guitar and voice will feature an all-Filipino repertoire. Lester will be playing with Tony Maigue and Feona Turalde.

The show starts at 6pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

More Performance Dates!

We're looking ahead to May -- the end of May, that is, and the 31st brings not one but two performances back-to-back at My Brother's Moustache at Sct Tuazon cor. Sct Madrinan, Timog, Tomas Morato Quezon City.

First up at 5pm, the UP Guitar Orchestra presents five guitarists: Ramoncito Carpio, Franco Maigue, Jenny de Vera, Paul Moldez and Joseph Tolentino. Entrance is at Php100.

Join us later that evening starting from 9.15pm, for Folk Night with Lester and Cynthia Ubardo.

We hope to see you there!

Scheduled Performance

Please join Lester and the UP Guitar Orchestra, with soloist Jenny de Vera, on Saturday, the 29th of March, at the Church of the Risen Lord, UP Diliman, Quezon City.

They'll be performing the Concerto in A Major by G.F. Handel.

The concert starts at 4pm -- we hope to see you there!

Scheduled Performances

Lester and the UP Guitar Orchestra will be performing at Concert at the Park, Rizal Park, Manila, on the 6th of April, Sunday. The concert starts at 5pm.

And if you can't catch the performance, do join Lester at My Brother's Mustache at Sct Tuazon cor. Sct Madrinan, Timog, Tomas Morato Quezon City, on the 19th of April. The show starts at 9pm.

Scheduled Performances by Lester and the UP Guitar Orchestra

It's been a busy couple of weeks for Lester and the UP Guitar Orchestra. They've just come back from Dumaguete after performing at Silliman University.

And it'll be another event-filled month this March.

Lester will be performing at Conspiracy, along Visayas Avenue, Quezon City, on the 6th, this coming Thursday. The show starts at 6.30pm.

You can also catch him on the 9th, Sunday at BarKo Outdoor Grill and Restaurant, at 125 Kalayaan Avenue -- that performance begins at 7.30pm.

On the 29th, Saturday, he'll be performing at My Brother's Moustache at Sct Tuazon cor. Sct Madrinan, Timog, Tomas Morato Quezon City. The show starts at 9.30pm.

As for the Guitar Orchestra, they'll be performing at Paco Park, Manila on Friday, the 28th of this month. The concert begins at 6pm.

We hope to see you at any -- or all! -- of these performances.

Scheduled Performance

It will be an evening of music and romance on the 14th of February, when Lester and acclaimed flautist Antonio Maigue perform at Robinsons Galleria.

The show starts at 5pm -- we hope to see you there!