PCDA Choral Series
The Philippine Choral Directors Association (PCDA) – a national organization established by choral artists for choral artists – conducts masterclasses, workshops, conventions, fora, clinics, and festivals nationwide as it aspires to develop a thriving and vibrant Filipino choral culture.
In line with our mission, the PCDA Choral Series aims to promote works drawn from an excellent pool of Philippine contemporary choral works from the Composition Competition of the Philippine Choral Directors Association. The series features the award-winning works of the competition expertly evaluated by an international pool of esteemed judges.
The 2022 competition jury panel consisted of: Josu Elberdin Badiola (Spain), Dan Forrest (USA), Lorenzo Donati (Italy), Zechariah Goh (Singapore), and Eudenice Palaruan (Philippines/Singapore).
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This piece is upbeat and celebratory in nature. Mixed meters have been used not just to add rhythmic complexity but to imitate percussive rhythms used in Middle Eastern music. A little bit of polyphony as well as a...
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Suitable for a children’s or a young women’s choir, this piece is generally dream-like with a wistful quality, one that imitates the styles of composers like Faure, Debussy, and Boulanger.
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The piece opens with rhythmic and harmonic dissonance progression that portrays the fires of woe. The piece's slow and melancholic part tells the story of the accused, which is confounded. The aleatoric chant with an...