The Sunshine Place never stops shining as it brings great music and great inspiration with Sunshine Classics, a series of online classical music concertos. Relax in your own home and enjoy timeless music anytime through the Sunshine Place: Senior Recreation Center’s You Tube Channel.
“Viva Voce” is an ongoing series until October 15, with pianist, Mariel Ilusorio, soprano Anna Migallos and tenor Marvin Bautista in a delightful online concerto of Broadway, Opera and Filipino songs.
Soprano Anna Migallos was born in the United States, educated in the Philippines and earned her Master of Performance in Vocal Performance from the Royal College of Music in London. She has performed in the United Kingdom, Asia, and the Philippines.
Tenor Marvin Bautista developed a huge passion for music at a young age as he hails from a family of musicians. He joined Tining, Ang Koro ng Letran Calamba, and later the Coro San Benildo, the resident chorale of De LaSalle-College of Saint Benilde. While in Coro, he joined many international competitions in China, the US, South Korea, Italy, and the United Kingdom where they received awards. Bautista has appeared in several productions together with the Viva Voice Lab, most recently “Lucia di Lammermoor” at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Pianist Mariel Ilusorio was a first prize winner of NAMCYA Piano Category A-II in 1985. Since that time, her musical studies include a Pre-College Diploma from the Juilliard School in New York and her Bachelor of Music Degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio.
She resided in Germany for ten years, where she studied with the eminent piano pedagogue, Professor Arie Vardi at the State Academy of Music in Hannover, and garnered several prizes in European competitions. After living in Germany, she moved to South Africa for nine years, continuing her career as a solo and chamber music performer. She became active in developing music in the Eastern Cape, where she started a local music competition.
Now back in the Philippines, Ilusorio currently teaches privately as well as in St. Scholastica’s College, UST Conservatory of Music, and the Philippine High School for the Arts.
Online ticket purchases are accepted until noon on October 15. Once registered, an email will be sent to the registrant containing the program’s link, which can be used throughout the series (email marielilusorio@hotmail.com for details). Meanwhile, music lovers may also want to check out the Sunshine Place’s piano and voice classes online (call 0917-5155656 for inquiries).
The Sunshine Place, a senior recreation center under the Felicidad Tan Sy Foundation, is a venue for adults to live actively, through engaging in recreational classes and age-appropriate physical training programs. It is the venue to be entertained, to socialize and to reflect; a place of happiness and wellness for one’s mind, body and soul.