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“Mr. C” Ryan Cayabyab demonstrates minor and major keys, and how it relates to the mood of music, in the recent Philpop Songwriting Workshop at the Rodelsa Hall, September 11. Photo by Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy
The Night Stalker:
The Maestro in Cagayan de Oro Ryan Cayabyab promotes Akapela Open and Philpop to Oro Studes
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aestro Ryan Cayabyan was in Cagayan de Oro recently to drum up local participants for the 1st Akapela Open and 3rd Philippine Popular Music Festival, better known as Philpop. Mr. Cayabyab has created chart-topping OPM pop songs and has contributed his craft to notable theater musicals, movie scores, full-length ballets. He has also created choral and orchestral pieces. Currently he is the Executive Director of the Philpop Musicfest Foundation, the group behind the Philippine Popular Music Festival, a songwriting competition for amateur and professional Filipino composers that seeks to help elevate the Philippine Music industry. Three local choral ensembles and hundreds of other students joined the seminar-workshop “Troubleshooting for A Capella, Arranging and Performance” which was conducted free of charge at the Conference Hall of Capitol University last Sept. 11. Also present to assist Mr. Cayabyab was Philippine Choral Directors Association SecretaryGeneral Oca Pantaleon, Jr.
The 1st Akapela Open is a competition for contemporary a cappella ensemble singing. It is a project spearheaded by The Music School of Ryan Cayabyab in cooperation with the PLDT Smart Foundation and One Meralco Foundation. Mr. Cayabyab, who is fondly known as “Mr. C” to his friends and admirers, said the 1st Akapela Open aims to promote contemporary a capella singing and the appreciation for vocal harmony performance. “We want to provide a venue for new arrangements of Philippine and international contemporary vocal music as well as provide growth experiences for singers and arrangers. In this way, we can cultivate a community of contemporary a cappella singers.” The 1st Akapela Open has four levels of competition including the uploading of videos, live auditions, semi-finals and the finals on October 30 at the Meralco Theatre in Manila. The contest is open to a cappella singing ensembles whose members are aged eighteen (18) years old and above with a minimum of three (3) to a maximum of twelve (12)
singers. For more information, please visit https://www.facebook. com/AkapelaOpen. The following day, Mr. C hosted a songwriting workshop with young students of Liceo de Cagayan University at the Rodelsa Hall to encourage local participants to join the 3rd Philpop Music Festival. Joining Mr. C in the songwriting workshop were Jungee Marcelo, a veteran songwriter, arranger, producer, choreographer, radio and TV host whose “Pansamantagal” (A concoction of two words: pansamantala and tagal. Based lang ito sa personal experience ko at experiences ng iba; applicable to waiting. Sana hindi na lang tayo naghihintay palagi) and top 12 finalists Adrienne Buenaventura, a wife and mother (Sometimes That Happens: “This song is about acceptance and all the difficult times that you have to go through) and Raffy Calicdan, former member of the boy band Take Off, formerly known as Voyz Avenue (Space: “Para sa mga nasa relationship. May times na nasasakal ka na. Tungkol ito sa paghingi ng space sa partner.)
Mr C gives Liceo de Cagayan University College of Music Associate Dean Charles L. Abing a certificate of appreciation for hosting Philpop's Songwriting workshop. Photo by Mike Baños
The Philippine Popular Music Festival (better known as Philpop) is an annual songwriting competition organized by the Philpop MusicFest Foundation h e a d e d b y c h a i r M a n n y V. Pangilinan and Mr. C as executive director. Inspired by the defunct Metro Manila Pop Music Festival, Philpop is open to professional and amateur composers who are Filipinos or of Filipino descent. The competition aims to celebrate the talent of Filipino songwriting and glorify the contributions of songwriters and composers to the Filipino music industry. “Philpop reminds us how much we all are alike as Filipinos through music as our songwriters-with their lyrics, music and interpretations – bridge the divide of generations; from the glorious past, the sentiments of the present, and the hopes for the future. Mabuhay ang musikang Pilipino!” said Philpop President Ricky Vargas. Philpop was presented by Maynilad and Smart and it is co-presented by Meralco, PLDT, Resorts World Manila and TV5. It is sponsored by Metro Pacific
Investments Corporation, NLEX, PICC and Sun Cellular as well as by the First Pacific Leadership Academy, KBP, and Philex. Among its media partners are Business Mirror, Business World, partners Eastwood Richmonde Hotel, Essensuals Tony and Guy, Megaworld Lifestyle malls, Jinh Monis Salon, and the Universal Records. Behind this prestigious search is the Philpop Music Fest Foundation, Inc. The foundation “sees Filipino music as a cultural treasure and an indication of Filipinos’ identity—something that should not be neglected nor taken for granted.” PhilPop Administrator and Communications Director Patricia Bermudez-Hizon said “The foundation wishes to make music as an instrument for nation building by going around the country, and seeking out for composers who can create beautiful songs.” From 3,000 entries in its maiden year, some 3,383 entries joined the 2013 Philpop and Ms. Bermudez says they expect even more entries to join the next edition following their road show.
Composer of Daniel Padilla's hit, Na Sa 'Yo Na Ang Lahat and Philpop Finalist, Jungee Marcelo. Photo by Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy