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KORO ILUSTRADO SHINES IN SOUTH KOREA

Post author By Santuario de San Antonio Parish
Post date November 22, 2015

Koro Ilustrado, currently part of the Music Ministry of the SSAP, recently achieved new heights in choral singing at the 11th Busan Choral Festival & Competition held on October 14-17, 2015 in Busan, South Korea. The all-male choir led by the Philippine Madrigal Singers alumni Edmund and Anna Piquero were bestowed Silver and Bronze Awards in the Classical Equal Voices and Pop/Acapella categories, respectively, last October 17, 2015 at the conclusion of the aforementioned international choral festival. They also bagged the Special Judge Prize for soul-uplifting and inspiring performances during the competitions. Anna, Koro Ilustrado’s conductor, was awarded Best Conductor and went on to conduct the festival choir.

Koro Ilustrado is currently one of the top all-male choirs in the country. They have participated in numerous local and international choral competitions and performed in numerous concerts including a benefit concert last year held here in SSAP main church. Just also this July 2015, they placed second in the Folk Song Category at the 2015 Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Festival mounted by the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

KI, as the group is commonly referred to, already recorded two albums under the Jesuit Communications label, namely, the inspirational Sa Iyong Pag-ibig in 2013 and the Christmas album titled Carol of the Bells: A Christmas A Cappella in 2014. These two albums brought the music of the group to mainstream when they were awarded the Best Performance by New Group Recording Artists in the 2014 Awit Awards for the song Waka Waka and finalist (winners to be announced) for Best Performance by a Group Recording Artists for the song Krismas Na in the 2015 edition, pitted among the long-established mainstream artists of the country.

With the recent achievements of the choir in their first-ever out of the country competition in South Korea, the members sincerely express their gratitude for the support and generosity of SSAP. The Parish has been the choir’s home since 2009 where they regularly serve in the 2nd and 4th Saturday Masses.

All for the glory of God!

N.B. You may acquire their albums at JesCom’s Tanging Yaman outlets or shop online. You may also download their songs and albums on iTunes.

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Special Events

Koro Ilustrado: Higher

Post author By SSAP Contributor
Post date August 9, 2014

The torrential rains did not dampen the spirit of Koro Ilustrado nor did it stop their family, friends and supporters from the parish – headed by our beloved Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Reu Jose C. Galoy, Music Ministry Head Mr. Edmund Lim and other members of the Parish Pastoral Council – as the all-male choir staged their fourth major concert last Saturday, August 2, with higher aspirations and a higher purpose.
Dubbed as Koro Ilustrado: Higher, the concert was both a kick-off to the choir’s fundraising activities — as it aspires to participate in festivals and compete at international choral competitions abroad next year — and also share part of the proceeds with the disadvantaged children of the Bahay-Ampunan nina Hesus, Maria at Jose.

Bahay-Ampunan was founded in 1998 and situated within the convent grounds of the Blessed Sacrament Missionaries of the Poor Brothers by providing for the primary needs of disadvantaged children like food and medicine. Five boys from Bahay-Ampunan accompanied by a brother were part of the audience. One of the boys even rendered a song, acapella, as their way of participating in the night’s musical treat and showing gratitude for the generosity of all donors that evening.

Meanwhile, Fr. Efren Jimenez led the opening prayer and Koro Ilustrado praised and thanked God with the first song “Confitemini Domino” (Psalm 106:1), a sacred motet by Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina. The Ilustrados sang their hearts out throughout the evening with a broad repertoire which included a German Lied by Franz Schubert “Die Nacht,” contemporary arrangement in Latin of the prayer “Anima Christi” (by John August Pamintuan) and a text from the Canticle of Simeon “Nunc dimittis” (by Joy Nilo), a modern Ilocano folk song “Ubing a Battit,” as well as 80s hits like Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me,” John Lennon’s “Imagine,” the inspirational “Warrior Is A Child” and Depeche Mode’s “People are People.” Koro Ilustrado, known for their flair for entertainment, also showcased their versatility by belting out and dancing up to recent hits like Beyonce’s “Halo” and Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” mashed up with Psy’s “Gangnam.”
The rains may have continued heavily outside but the support and appreciation for the Ilustrados were similarly outpouring inside the Santuario de San Antonio.In the end, Koro Ilustrado obliged two encore numbers and ended with a high-energy, celebratory rendition of Shakira’s “Waka-waka.”

The concert was not made possible without the full support of the parish and with this, Koro Ilustrado is sincerely grateful.
Koro Ilustrado is a member of the Santuario de San Antonio Parish Music Ministry and serves during the 4:30pm Mass every 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month. For information on their activities and other performances, you can check out http://www.koroilustrado.weebly.com or add them on Facebook (facebook.com/KoroIlustrado) and/or Twitter (twitter.com/KoroIlustrado).

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Press Release

PRESS RELEASE

Post author By Santuario de San Antonio Parish
Post date July 28, 2014

As a resident choir of Santuario de San Antonio, Koro Ilustrado and the soul-uplifting music they make us experience has inspired a lot of our parishioners. Now witness one of the country’s leading all-male choirs soar higher in a benefit concert that promises to give you a different kind of high.

Koro Ilustrado invites you to watch “Higher”, a benefit concert for our little brothers from the Bahay Ampunan ni Hesus, Maria at Jose in Bulacan, and KI’s international tour fund in 2015. The event will happen at the Santuario de San Antonio church on August 2, 2014 (Saturday), 8pm.

Koro Ilustrado placed second in the Vocal Ensemble Category of the first Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Festival in 2013. In the same year, it also launched its debut album titled “Sa Iyong Pag-ibig” under the Jesuit Communications label.

The 27th Awit Awards also nominated the group in the Best Performance by A New Group Recording Artist category for “Waka-Waka”, one of the songs in the debut album. The album will be sold during the concert.

The choir serves at the 4:30 p.m. mass every second and fourth Saturdays of the month at the parish.

In place of tickets, donations will be collected at the door. For pledges of donations for and inquiries about this benefit concert, please contact (0999) 869 2224 or approach a Koro Ilustrado member after the mass.

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