Prof. Edna Marcil Michi Martinez is a graduate of the U.P.
College of Music. She holds a Teachers Diploma in Viola, a
Bachelors Degree in Music Literature and a Master of Music Degree
in Musicology. She holds the distinction as the first Viola
graduate of the University of the Philippines.
She first started to learn the piano at an early age from her
mother, then at seven years old learned the violin with Prof.
Vicente Sales and Mr Primitivo Marcelo. She later shifted to the
Viola, the instrument of her choice at age 12 and was under the
tutelage of Prof. Celso Estrella the UP College of Music then
continued to be mentored by Prof. Rizal Reyes also at the UP until
her graduation from college. In the summers of 1987 and 1989, she
was under the tutelage of the imminent Australian Violist and
Chamber Music Artist Winifred Durie. She has also attended master
classes under internationally-acclaimed artists such as violist
Norbert Blume, violinists Christoph Poppen and Carmencita
Lozada.
As an orchestra conductor, she counts as her first mentor, the
late Prof. Reynaldo Paguio, former Dean of the UP College of Music
and director of the world-acclaimed UP Concert Chorus. In 2007, she
worked under Maestros Harold Farbermann and Eduardo Navega of the
Conductor's Institute in Bard College, New York and was privileged
to do a masterclass and have special lessons with the
Internationally-reknowned conductor Maestra Helen Quach on visits
to the Philippines.
At present, Michi is teaching full-time with the Strings and
Chamber Music Department of the U.P. College of Music, while being
the Music Director and Conductor of the U.P. Orchestra and the U.P.
Arco - the UP String Orchestra. She is also a member of the
NPO-World Federation of Amateur Orchestras (Asia-Pacific
Region).Unity in Virtuosity and Harmonious CooperationUP ARCO The
University of the Philippines String Orchestra
The UP ARCO (Formerly the UP String Chamber Orchestra) has its
roots from 1998 during the term of the late Dean Reynaldo T.
Paguio. It was conceived to become one of the resident performing
groups of the College of Music; in the tradition of the former
student orchestras the college had in the previous years.
Today, The UP ARCO has been performing and stands independent
from the orchestra class. Still under the directorship and guidance
of Prof. Edna Marcil Michi Martinez, the group is currently
composed of Nineteen (19) select student artists; all of whom are
majors of the Strings and Chamber Music Department. The UP Arco is
part the UP Orchestra and serves as the orchestras backbone, in
that all its members complete the orchestras strings section. It is
a resident performing group of the UP Theater and been featured in
concerts in UP Diliman as well as major concert halls and public
venues outside the university. The group has performed major string
orchestra works of Buenaventura, Buencamino, Corelli, Bach,
Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart, Britten, Grieg, Tchaikowsky, and
Elgar.
In May 2012, the UP Arco was selected and invited to represent
the University of the Philippines and the country in the
prestigious Festival International de Musique Universitaire FIMU
(International University Music Festival) in Belfort, France. They
gave two scheduled concerts and the festival but was requested by
the organizers to give a third one after receiving much ovation
from the two previous performances. Aside from the FIMU the UP Arco
also performed for the international community at the UNESCO
Moillis in Paris, and the Filipino communities of Paris at the
Saint Bernadette Church and the Notre Dame Church in Geneva,
Switzerland.
In the school year 2013-14, the UP Arco with the UP Orchestra
was featured in UPLIFT, a concert of all UP performing groups for
the victims of the worlds worst Typhoon Yolanda (Hainan).
UP Arco Members
Violin I
Violin IIJanine Samaniego, concert master
Julienne Bonacua, principalLui Santos
Cho Jun Yeong
Danbi Oh
Tron SalatanVince Placido
Yi Ye Yun
Stephen CruzViola
Cello
Emlyn Ponce, principal
Patrick Espanto, principalChristine Laron
Joseph HernandezPamela Almeda
Celyn PonceLovely MasaquelKim Hwan HeeDouble BassJerome
NavalPROGRAMME______________
Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 20
.............................. Edward Elgar
I. Allegro Piacevole
II. Larghetto
III. Allegretto
Simple Symphony
....................................................... Benjamin
BrittenIII. Sentimental Saraband
IV. Frolicsome FinaleRomanian Folk Dances
..................................................... Bela BartokV.
Poarga Romaneasca (from Belenyes)
VI. Maruntel (from Belenyes)
VII. Maruntel (from Nyagra)
Rondino from the Children's Quartet
(theme based on a Filipino folk song).................. Antonio
BuenaventuraPizzicato Caprice
................................................. Francisco
BuencaminoIntermissionHolberg Suite
....................................................... Edvard
Grieg
I. Praeludium
Serenade for String Orchestra ......................... Pyotr
Ilyich Tchaikovsky III. Elegie
IV. Finale (Tema Russo)
Andante Festivo for String Orchestra ...........................
Jean SibeliusCongratulations to UP ARCO! May your music continue to
inspire the lives of many.
- Gina Ferrer and Janina FerrerGod Bless UP ARCO!
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Acknowledgements:
Ramon "Monet" Silvestre - Sound RecordingsEdmund Nerval - poster
design
UPD Theater Executive Director, Prof. Mary Delia G. Tomacruz
(subject to change)
UPD Theater Artistic Director, Prof. Ruben D.F. Defeo Tomacruz
(subject to change)
UPD OICA Director, Prof. Jose Danilo A. Silvestre Tomacruz
(subject to change)UP College of Music
Prof. Patricia Brillantes-Silvestre
Mr. Denes Dasco Production Manager
Lovely Masaquel - Production Design
Othelo Tron SalatanPhilleep MasaquelDenes Dasco - Graphic
Designer
Kyra Phyllis A. Martinez - Photography
Senator Edgardo J. Angara
UP President Alfredo E. Pascual
UP Diliman Chancellor Michael L. Tan
UP Vice President for Academic Affairs Gisela P. Concepcion
Asst. Vice President for Academic Affairs Mary Delia G.
Tomacruz
Dean Jose S. Buenconsejo
Prof. Ruben D.F. Defeo
Prof. Jose Danilo A. Silvestre
UPAA President Ponciano E. Rivera Jr.
Pres. Nedy Tantoco , PIA
Dr. Adolfo Belosillo
Hon. Roderick M. Paulate
Mr. Edwin Valencia
Arch. Cathy S. Saldaa
Arch. Ala Tan
Arch. Dinky Consunji-Laperal
Arch. Ed Gumila
Dr. Carlos T. Las Marias
Dr. Gerardo Patacsil
Ms. Pauline Salvaa-Bautista
Ms. Vylma Ovalles
Ms. Teresa C. Laudiangco
NCCA
UNILAB
PHINMA
Aurora Delfin
Mr. Oscar "OE" Alfonso
Salome Bautista Oliva
Dr. Danny Samaniego
Dra. Virginia Florentin
Maria Teresa Gomez
George Samaniego
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Jonathan Salatan and Family
Hon. Rebecca Nini Ynares
*Mayor Janet De Leon Mercado
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*Jun Cabitac
*Noble Zapanta
*Caf Via Mare
Jefferson "Jepoy" Villacruz
Kyra Martinez
Bernice U. Go
Jonathan TapacJessette G. NaminLuisito Mainot
Felicisimo "Toto" Cabal
UP CMu and Abelardo Hall Auditorium Staff
UP College of Music Student Council 2014-2015
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