FEU hosts Christmas chorale concert

Three choirs will bring holiday cheer to audiences at the Far Eastern University (FEU) Chapel of the University’s Manila campus on December 6, 6 p.m.

 

The Virlanie Children’s Choir hails from the Virlanie Foundation, a non-government organization (NGO) that reaches out to street children, and is composed currently of children from the Foundation and from poor communities where the group works. Since its formation 2004 to sing at a benefit dinner in honor of Princess Caroline of Hanover, the Virlanie Children's Choir has sung at major events annually, for charity, royalty, and United Nations organizations. Earlier this year, the group opened the Philippine exhibit at the Quay Branly Museum in Paris.

 

The FEU Chorale will also serenade the audience with OPM and Christmas tunes during the concert. The group, composed of undergraduate students from FEU’s various institutes, regularly performs in events both inside and outside the university and organizes the annual Musica FEUropa choral competition with the support of the European Union. Rounding up the pack of talented performers in the event are the Tamaraw Artists of Makati (TAM) Singers composed of students from FEU-Makati.

 

The FEU Chapel, the venue of the Christmas Concert, was designed by multi-awarded architect Felipe Mendoza and houses beautiful works of art by Vicente Manansala and Carlos "Botong" Francisco, National Artists for Painting; and Napoleon Abueva, National Artist for Sculpture.

 

The Christmas Concert, produced by FEU's President's Committee on Culture and held in cooperation with Inquirer.net, is part of the university's 2013-2014 cultural season, which carries the theme "Debuts and Farewells." The performance is free and open to the public. For more information and to reserve seats and parking, please call FEU-PCC at 736-4897, email the office at pcc@feu.edu.ph, or visit www.facebook.com/FEU-PCC.


Press release from Far Eastern University