Short Back to Back Mini Concert

This photo here was taken last Friday Night December 9, 2011 during a special Vesper Program at Atis SDA City Central Church. The lady conducting MSU Chorale in the photo is a good friend of mine. Her name is April Marian Rodolfo-Abella, a graduate of BM major in Voice from Adventist University of the Philippines. Just for the information of everybody, the song being sung in this photo (of course photos don't sing) is an original arrangement of the song The Lord's Prayer by the director of the AUP Ambassadors Mr. Ramon Lijauco Jr. Marian happens to be a former member of the AUP Ambassadors and that is why she is leading the group during the invocation. If you want to hear a sample this specific song, please try to view the video at the side bar of this blog entitled "Our Father."


If I might backtrack a little bit, this event was a concert sponsored by the youth department of Atis SDA City Central Church. Marian being the directress and a good friend of mine, invited us to render a few songs during the event. In short, it was to be a back to back concert with their youth choir. We gladly responded to the invitation not just to showcase the group but for the purpose of encouraging other groups in the field of music.

This is a photo of the Atis SDA City Central Youth Choir led by their very own Marian Abella. What is good about this young talents is the desire to render their service to the music ministry singing songs unto the Lord. The youth choir stood as a fortress and a shelter for lonely visiting young people within in their church. This choir is composed of different young people from all over Gensan and some are even outside Gensan. By creating this group, Marian together with other youth leaders have glued together the young people of this church.

Of course it was truly an honor for the Mindanao State University Chorale to render our time and talent to this fine young people while sharing one single bond, Music. A fine young lady of course was among us during that night, not your ordinary type of a girl because she is a piano major from the University of the Philippines. She is also a very good friend of ours and she was also there ready to assist the youth choir in its endeavor to share music to the community. She is Ms. Janeh Oponda.

Here are a few photos of our short back to back mini concert.

We would like to thank the people who gave us the chance to spend this evening together with the Atis SDA Youth Choir.