Asia Pacific Youth Choir

Dates  
    Arrival: 21 February in Macau - Departure: on 27 February from Macau
Camp place
    Macau
Rehearsal camp
    21 - 24 February 2011
Concert
    20:00 - 21:00, on Friday 25 February 2011, at the Macau Cathedral
Conductors
    Saeko Hasegawa (Japan) and Jonathan Velasco (Philippines)
Singers
    Sopranos: Ueda Ayaka (Japan), Wong Tracy Wei Wen (Malaysia), Wells Joanna (New Zealand), Choy Siew Woon (Singapore), Kao Hsiao- Yu (Taiwan), Cheng Jiannan (China), Sakurada Emi (Japan), Kim Haney (Korea), Egloso Mary Jeane (Philippines), Teng Xiang Ting (Singapore)
    Altos: Sato Yui (Japan), Lim Yee Fen (Malaysia), Chai Cherie (Singapore), Chen An (Taiwan), Chiang Ai-Han (Taiwan), Jiang Pan (China), Tan Yee Li (Malaysia)
    Tenors: Deng Zhuo rui (China), Hayashi Fumiya (Japan), Bagus Paradhika (Indonesia), Haga Hiroyoshi (Japan), Ng Jin Keat (Malaysia), Valenzuela Rem Anthony (Philippines), Lim Zhi Kang (Singapore), Ip Ronald (Macau)
    Basses: Tian Hao (China), Noh Bang Ju (Korea), Au Eng Yee (Malaysia), Chong Wai Lun (Singapore), Chuang Fu Hung (Taiwan), Ogasawara Satoya (Japan), Hu Ting-Wei (Taiwan)
Music Program
    FIRST HALF
    Conductor: Saeko Hasegawa
        Ave Maria (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
        Stabat Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
        Ave Maria (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
        Ave Maria (Igor Stravinsky)
    Conductor: Jonathan Velasco
        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)
    SECOND HALF
    Introducing singers
    Conductor: Saeko Hasegawa
        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)
    Conductor: Jonathan Velasco
        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)
Organizers and Sponsors
    Organizer: Macau Choral Art Association
    Assists: International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM), IFCM Asia Pacific Working Committee
    Sponsors: Macau Foundation, Macau Government Tourist Office, Macau Choral Art Association, Chinese American Inter-Cultural Exchange Foundation

IFCM ASIA PACIFIC WORKING COMMITTEE 2011
Advisors
    Prof. Leon Shiu-wai Tong, Hong Kong
    Ms. Saeko Hasegawa, Japan
Coordinators
    Mr. Yoshihiro Egawa, Japan
    Ms. Jennifer Tham, Singapore
Committee Members
    Mr. Noel Ancell, Australia
    Prof. Lingfen Wu, China
    Ms. Tsz-Man Chiu, Hong Kong
    Mrs. Aida Swenson, Indonesia
    Prof. Jacob Youngmok Chang, Korea
    Ms. Emily Kuo Wong, Macau
    Mr. Hock Pin Chew, Malaysia
    Mr. Jonathan Velasco, Philippines
    Mr. Johnny Ku, Taiwan