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Thank you Lisa Suguitan Melnick and Positively Filipino for this article about Utom!
Utom Unfolds T’boli Myths Through Music
Florante Aguilar’s “Utom” is “really a Filipino American composition in the sense that it is derived or influenced by traditional T’boli music but is our own musical creation as Filipino Ame...Thank you so much to all who came and joined me at the Utom premier at SFIAF. The second concert is this June 9th at Brava Theater - Kularts Presents Florante Aguilar and the Utom Ensemble
Get your discount tickets today, available til June 9th.
Behind the scenes of Utom. The multi-talented Caroline Julia Cabading talks about music making and the "unique expression of the Filipino American tribe".
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UTOM (World Premiere) San Francisco International Arts Festival is this June 1st. Second show on June 9th at Brava Theater - Kularts Presents Florante Aguilar and the Utom Ensemble
Big thanks to Eddie Wong and the folks at Eastwindezine.com
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Florante Aguilar & the Utom Ensemble - Behind the Scenes
This video shows Florante Aguilar and the Utom Ensemble in rehearsal for their June 1 and June 9 concerts in San Francisco. Caroline Cabading comments on the joy…I'm excited and looking forward to the premier of Utom on June 1st and June 9th! Here's a little bit about what the work is about.
Tickets available for the 2 shows in SF.
JUNE 1st at Fort Mason: bit.ly/2tYxR1A
JUNE 9th at Brava Theater: bit.ly/2CcWyMh
Special Guest direct from MIndanao:
Joel Ganlal (T'boli master artist from the Philippines)
Florante Aguilar - composer, hegelung, hang drum, percussion
Sage Baggott - kulintang, agung, hang drum, percussion
Caroline Julia Cabading- kulintang, hegelung, percussion
Nick Galang - agung, kulintang, percussion
Greg Kehret - upright bass, percussion
Cast: Isa Manon Musni , Earl Paus & Quinn Fowler.
With Alleluia Panis DanceTheater, San Francisco International Arts Festival
Utom music composition commissioned by Kularts.
Video by Fides Enriquez & S.L. Weiss
On June 12, 1898, in my home town of Kawit Cavite, General Emilio Aguinaldo and his government defiantly declared independence from Spain. This balcony is literally half a mile away from the house I grew up in. I’d… https://t.co/TsVhPA3qH9