‘Daluy: Musika at Kapaligiran’ in Project Bakawan Arts Festival

MANILA, Philippines - Five environmental soundscapes interact with film in Daluy: Musika at Kapaligiran, a concert of Dr. Jonas Baes’ compositions that will be held on Nov. 27, 7 p.m., at the Abelardo Hall Auditorium.

Dr. Baes, presently the chair of the Department of Composition and Theory at the UP College of Music, is well known for his using a wide range of musical instruments in his unconventional compositions.  His instruments range from indigenous bamboo types to everyday objects such as dry leaves or iron nails. In Daluy: Musika at Kapaligiran, Baes’ soundscapes interact with videos made by the UP Cineastes. Each video deals with themes of environments in the Philippines, both social and natural.

The concert will feature performances from the UP College of Music Ensembles, UP TUGMA, Gabriel V. Molina, Mary Katherine Tiangco, and the Sanghaya Choir. Alexander John Villanueva will conduct the audience in a special live participation segment of the concert.

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The Project Bakawan Arts Festival 2015, to be held in February next year in various sites in UP Diliman, will link and mobilize artists, cultural workers and educators to create spaces for learning and discussing potential solutions regarding our country’s current ecological crises.

Part of the festival’s programming is the ongoing Project Bakawan Pathfinder’s Workshop Series, which combines lectures on environmental advocacy, spearheaded by the Center for Environmental Concerns, and creative laboratory activities, facilitated by artists from the Project Bakawan network.

Other aspects of the festival include film showing, community art collaborations, public site installations, art exhibits, performances and sound art terminals. Notable artists such as Ramon Santos, Jonas Baes, Junyee, Elmer Borlongan, Rodel Tapaya, Katti Sta. Ana, Alma Quinto, and many others, will be part of exhibits and community building initiatives to be curated by the festival’s pool of curators which include Lian Ladia and Siddhartha Perez of Planting Rice, Ruel Caasi and Antares Bartolome, Manny Garibay, Claro and Eileen Ramirez, Dayang Yraola, Rolando Tolentino and the Sipat Lawin Ensemble.

For information, visit www.projectbakawan.com or follow ProjectBakawan on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Call (0917) 887-8956 or email bakawanproject@gmail.com.