...Hi there! I'm a UPD freshie po and I was really impressed and amazed at the same time when you performed last May 9 at the FOP..I got interested with your group and so nkta ko keo s site n 2..kea nag sign-up n dn ako,haha.. I listened to ur music and I loved it! Sana mkasama dn po ako sa group nyo..kea lng all of u are super good and I may not reach ur standards!haha
...Anyway,cge po..I'm looking 4ward to see more of ur per4mances..Tc and God Speed!!! Keep it up guys! o^_^o

ang galing.. parang mga angel na nagsisipag awitan feeling ko tuloy nasa heaven na ko nakaktaas ng balahibo .. good luck up voice choir...

Firstly, please note that even though this song may be sung in archaic French, it is not a French song. It is written by Josquin des Prez, a Flemish master of renaissence music. The song was written to be sung at the funeral of a duke, who he knew very dearly.
To hear it sung by a choir, is rather disturbing. Originaly the song was written for 4 individual voices. A choir cannot reach the purity of the high notes as sung by a "contra-alt". But the quality of the sound of this choir is amazing to me, even remarcable. All the voices seem to be linked together in nearly perfect synchronisation.
Still, the meaning of the song is deeply ignored. It is meant to touch the individual grief buried inside everyone and therefore it has to be sung in a way most un-theatrical, preferably sober.
Nevertheless, a great achievement for a choir to be able to sing it as if it weren't a choir.

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haha! you just CAN'T please everybody. lol.

Goodluck on your concert series!

To Up Choral group, there's no denying your abilities in singing, you're all good! But what about the credits of the people who composed your songs, have you ever given them due credits?I can't see any credits anywhere, or just reference to any of them.Andok888 is right to say about R-E-S-P-E-C-T. I didn't graduate in UP but I can see somethings lacking here.respectfully Dan Laygan

You have to choose the songs you sing or adapt your singing to the song. How about specialising in a certain genre? Every piece obviously comes from a different period, and within the period there are several styles as well. To treat every song as an opera piece does not show artistic integrity or respect for the composer.

go go go. ur da best

I really love the choir, hope you can share the choir piece of "HIBANG SA AWIT" and "MAY BAGONG UMAGA", Im currently a member of Saint Andrew's Parish Choir in Parañaque, and way back 1970s our choir and UPCC had a great relationship accrdng to our moderator and choir conductor, Ms. Odelia Cruz and the late Francis Dandan, until now we use to sing "I Believe, Ave Maria" and I gues it comes from UPCC...anyways thanks for the wonderful song...Godspeed and Goodluck to ur future concerts....

Wow, it's been a while since I logged onto this huh?!
BoogieWoogie: Thank you! And thank you for promoting us to even more people!
Tita Gelic Garcia: Ciao! *ehem* I guess you're already in NJ. Yes, hope to see you and the kids in a few months!
BonitoBenito: Wow, thank you for such a wonderful compliment. Unfortunately, we don't share pieces which have been commissioned especially for the group.

let me correct myself!!! thanks for the most wonderful melodies....keep on creating....i was listening to ave maria. i believe..

your group is such a gem! do u share music sheets/piyesa? curious lang....thanks for the good music

It is wonderful to have this site! Actually my hubby happened upon it and told me.
I did share it with our yahoo group....Thanks! Looking forward to see you in Jersey!

Gelic (UPCC '85-'87)

GO UPCC! (parang periodic ang paglagay ko ng Go UPCC dito, haha.) Hoping I can sing for the Nov 29 concert. *fingers crossed*

i love your rendition of Nais Ko. i always play your songs in the office, i got my officemates hooked haha.