2009 Events Calendar

Krina Cayabyab's Graduation Recital featuring Leonard Bernstein's MASS (A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers).

MASS was created for the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on September 8, 1971. Written at the request of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, MASS is an enormous piece. It calls for a large pit orchestra, two choruses plus a boy's choir, a Broadway-sized cast, marching band and a rock band. It may seem ironic that such multitudes are marshaled for a work that celebrates a man's "Simple Song": his love and faith in God. But in the end, that simplicity is shown to be all the more powerful because of it.

Performers include, Ervin Lumauag as the Celebrant, Students from the UP College of Music, Kilyawan Boys Choir, and the Novo Concertante Manila.