27/04/2026
๐ถ KWERDAS BANTAYAN presents: Choral Workshop 2026
Join us for "Harmony for Heritage: Sustaining Music Excellence in Bantayan Island, Cebu"โ a 3-day choral workshop in partnership with the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and renowned Cebuano Artist, Composer, and Award-Winning Choral Director - Niรฑo James Baรฑares.
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May 1โ3, 2026 | 9:00 AM โ 4:00 PM
๐ Bantayan National High School, LAC Room, Ticad, Bantayan, Cebu
โจ OPEN TO ALL!
๐ซ CALLING ALL SCHOOLS IN BANTAYAN!
Each school is invited to join with 5 participants (teacher or student).
โช PARISH CHOIRS & CHOIRS who wish to join, please send a message to our page.
โ ๏ธ Limited slots only โ we can cater 100 participants maximum.
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๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ" ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐รฑ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ
TOPICS INCLUDE:
* Basic Choral Education
* Building a Choir from Scratch
* Empowering the Choirmaster and the Chorister
* Basic Foundations of Singing and Ensemble Singing
* Deepening the Understanding of a Musical Piece
* Basic Vocal Arranging
๐ฐ๐ฑ๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ท๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฐ๐บ๐ด๐ - ๐ต๐รฑ๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐รฑ๐๐๐๐
โข Award - Winning Choral Director, Songwriter, Musical Arranger, and Educator bagging prizes from Local Songwriting Competitions to International Music Festivals.
โข Graduated from the University of Southern Philippines Foundation with a degree in Bachelor of Arts โ Major in Music. Finished his Graduate Diploma in Teaching Arts as a scholar of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Philippine Cultural Education Program in 2021.
โข A scholar of the Salvador and Pilar Sala Foundation where he studied the oboe and eventually became a member of the Cebu Youth Symphony Orchestra and later on the Peace Philharmonic of the Philippines.
โข Choir Director of HUNI MANDAWE, HUNI HABAGAT, and KORO TEKNOY.
โขResident Music Director and Arranger of the Salesian Music Ministry.
โข Former Board of Director for the Visayas and presently an Active Member of the Philippine Choral Directors Association, Former Executive Committee and presently an Active Member of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts National Committee on Music, and currently an Active Member of the International Federation for Choral Music.
โข Recipient of the 2016 Mugna Bisaya Award for Music and the 2017, Sinulog Music Video Competition Best in Musical Scoring and Sound Engineering in 2017.
โ ๏ธ Limited slots only โ we can cater 100 participants maximum.
๐ Register here:
https://forms.gle/6tyT6YpAMa2Fb3HA9
