Nilo
@Nilo Alcala
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Los Angeles, CA USA
Joined Jul 7, 2006
Nilo Alcala has won a number of awards, including the 2009 POLYPHONOS Young Composer Award given by the Seatle-based vocal ensemble The Esoterics. He also received a Young Composer Award from the Asian Composers Leauge, in cooperation with the Israel Composers League in 2004. He won Best Movie Theme Song and was also nominated for Best Film Score at the 34th Metro Manila Film Festival for his music in the movie "Homecoming" by renowned Filipino director Gil Portes. For the same movie, Alcala also received nominations from the Golden Screen Awards and the PMPC Star Award for Movies.
He was member/soloist and resident composer/arranger of the two-time European Choral Grand Prix winner and UNESCO Artists for Peace Philippine Madrigal Singers. The group has premiered Alcala's compositions in prestigious international festivals and competitions, including the Florilege Vocal de Tours in France, and the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in Arezzo, Italy.
Alcala graduated BS Development Communication from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (BSDC 1999) prior to his admission in 2001 to the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Music. He graduated Magna cum laude and received the Chancellor's Outstanding Student Award upon finishing his BM in Composition in 2007. He then became full scholar under the Billy Joel Fellowship at Syracuse University where he finished MMusic in Composition and received the Irene Crooker Excelin Music Award.
My Music
sir i am an avid fan of your music... may ihave a copy of your dayo dayo kupita and bagbagto? i am also a member of a choir and i want to sing it with them... hope you reply... chad_aquino08@yahoo.com