The 1st Asia Pacific Youth Choir session was successfully held in Macau from 21 to 26 February, 2011, under the batons of Saeko Hasegawa (Japan) and Jonathan Velasco (Philippines),

21 - 27 February 2011

Macau, China

Saeko Hasegawa (Japan)

Jonathan Velasco (Philippines)

Ave Maria / Tomás Luis de Victoria
Stabat Mater / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Ave Maria / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave Maria / Igor Stravinsky
cond. Saeko Hasegawa

Pater Noster / Fidel G. Calalang, Jr.
Awit sa Panginoon [Song for the Lord] / Robin Estrada
Anima Christi / Ryan Cayabyab
Libera me - Tremens factus [World premiere] / John August Pamintuan
cond. Jonathan Velasco

Intermission

Introducing singers

Hotaru Koi [Firefly, Come], based on a children’s song from Tohoku region / Ro Ogura
Chiisana Sora [Small Sky] / Toru Takemitsu
Ashitawa hare kana, kumori kana? [Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear?] / Toru Takemitsu
Kimi o nosete [Carrying you] from “Laputa, castle in the sky” / Joe Hisaishi - arr. Takatomi Nobunaga
cond. Saeko Hasegawa

Paruparong Bukid [Field Butterfly] / Filipino folk song /arr. George G. Hernandez
Kaisa-isa Niyan, based on a Maguindanaoan children’s game / Nilo B. Alcala II
Da Coconut Nut / Ryan Cayabyab
Paraiso / Ryan Cayabyab
Encore: Better World / Ryan Cayabyab
cond. Jonathan Velasco

Macau Choral Art Association

International Federation for Choral Music

Macau Foundation
Macau Government Tourist Office
Macau Choral Art Association
Chinese American Inter-Cultural Exchange Foundation

Advisors
    Leon Shiu-wai Tong, Hong Kong
    Saeko Hasegawa, Japan

Coordinators
    Yoshihiro Egawa, Japan
    Jennifer Tham, Singapore

Committee Members
    Noel Ancell, Australia
    Lingfen Wu, China
    Tsz-Man Chiu, Hong Kong
    Aida Swenson, Indonesia
    Jacob Youngmok Chang, Korea
    Emily Kuo Vong, Macau
    Hock Pin Chew, Malaysia
    Jonathan Velasco, Philippines
    Johnny Ku, Taiwan