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by PNA

The Filipino vocal cord is truly world-class. Again and again, Philippine choral teams grab the grand prizes wherever the competitions may be held.

This time, the Ateneo de Manila University College Glee Club (ACGC) received the prestigious Fleischmann International Trophy in the recently-concluded 58th Cork International Choral Festival held in Ireland on May 5.

They bested top choirs from Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Slovenia, Singapore, England, and Wales.

Aside from the first prize, ACGC was also awarded the Heinrich Schütz Perpetual Trophy Special Award and PEACE Trophy for the choir that best embraced the spirit of the festival and fulfilled the intentions of the trophy’s benefactors, the P. E. A. C. E. Movement, in Cork, Ireland.

Philippine embassy official, Hjayceelyn Quintana, hailed ACGC for being outstanding cultural ambassadors and for continuing what is becoming a tradition of Filipino chorale groups of representing the Philippines in one of Europe’s best-known chorale competitions.

The Fleischmann International Trophy Competition consistently features top class adult choirs from many countries singing a historically-balanced and coherent range of styles that include a piece composed before 1750, an original work by a living composer, and a work by a composer of the choir’s native country.

The ACGC were stars in Ireland’s leading national newspapers, The Irish Times and the Irish Independent, featured prominently and making the Philippines proud.

The 39-member ACGC delegation headed by the conductor, Professor Maria Lourdes Venida-Hermo, also received stunning reviews for their concert at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin on May 9.

The concert, entitled “Two Worlds, One Voice,” featured the ACGC back-to-back with one of the finest Irish choirs, the New Dublin Voices.

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