UST Singers
The world-renowned University of Santo Tomas Singers from Manila, The Philippines will be having a concert on July 3, 7:30 PM at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 1111 O'Farrell Street San Francisco, CA 94109.
The UST Singers has established itself as one of the finest mixed choirs in the Philippines, and has realized tremendous success in a short span of time. Led by its conductor and founder Prof. Fidel G. Calalang, Jr., it consists of a unique blend of singers who are mainly students and a limited number of alumni representing the different colleges and faculties of the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, the oldest University in Asia.
Since it was founded in 1992, the choir has continued to impress audiences, encompassing music of different genres and from all periods. In the course of 17 years, the UST Singers has completed 15 concert tours in Europe, the U.S.A., Canada, Mexico and Asia, and has earned more than 45 top prizes in various international choral competitions, one of which is the CHOIR OF THE WORLD GRAND PRIZE at the 49TH LLANGOLLEN INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL EISTEDDFOD in Wales United Kingdom, making them the first and only Asian choir to achieve such title. The choir has sung for Pope John Paul II, King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain, Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya of Thailand, Luciano Pavarotti, the Philippine Presidents Diosdado Macapagal, Fidel Ramos and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. They also recently represented the country to the World Expo in Zaragoza, Spain.
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