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about nhick
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Ramiro Pacis is a pianist, arranger, composer and singer. He
holds a Bachelor of Music Degree, majoring in Piano from the
University of the Philippines College of Music . He was also a
member of the UP Concert Chorus from 1987 to 1997 and has joined
its 1988, 1990, 1996 and 1997 international tours in Europe, USA
and Canada.
Musical compositions and arrangements include "Dance Suite No. 1",
a piano solo premiered at the Abelardo Hall Auditorium during
his graduation recital. This was shortly followed by "Suite No.
2". In 1993, he was arranger and pianist for the Royal Academy
of Dancing (RAD) Festival Children's Syllabus Music, at the
Cultural Center of the Philippines. During the same year, he
arranged "Kenkoy" by Nicanor Abelardo which was the contest piece
in the 1993 National Arts and Music Competition for Young
Artists (NAMCYA) Children's Choir Division. In 1992, he was
commissioned by the UP Presidential Commisson for Culture and
the Arts (UP-PCCA), under former director Dr. Jonathan Malicsi,
to arrange music for the Ilocano sarzuela, "Riri Ken Tiri"
written by Filemon Palafox. This sarzuela was launched in
Baguio City and since then, up to the present, it has been
performed all over the Ilocos region and Manila. After "Riri ken
Tiri", a new sarzuela, "Dagiti Naulbod", soon followed, also
commissioned by the UP-PCCA. Other compositions/arrangements are
the musicals "Bisperas ng Pasko" (misical) for the Dulaang UP and UP Concert
Chorus (staged in December, 1995 and 1996) , synthesized
orchestral arrangement of Mozart’s "Magic Flute" for the UP-PCCA
(1995), orchestral arrangement of Rey Paguio and Fides
Cuyugan-Asensio’s "Mayo...Bisperas ng Liwanag" for the Philippine
Music Theater Foundation, Inc. (1996-98) which also toured the
US in 1998, a series of arrangements for string orchestra and
piano for Ateneo de Manila’s Papuri concert (1997), "Singkil" for
the Department of Tourism’s entry to the 1998 Rose’s Parade in
Pasadena, USA, "La Viuda Allegre" with the UP Playwrights
Foundation (1998), film scoring for the documentary film, "Saga
of Filipino Warriors" (1998), re-orchestration of Ramon Tapales’
"Binhi ng Kalayaan" (UP-PCCA, 1998), and "Parangal", an album of
nationalistic songs and musical scoring for the National
Centennial Commission Literary Prize Awards (1998). Subsequent
works include "Father Image" (1999), "Sonus Dei" (1999, orchestral
arrangements for the Manila Millennium Orchestra (2000), musical
"Trip ni Emman" (2000) , "We Shout Laoag!" (2000) , musical "Refuge
and Strength" (2000) for the Manila Cosmopolitan Church and "Paano
Kita Mapapasalamatan" (2000), an album of the UP Concert Chorus.
Among his other arrangements include numerous choral pieces
performed by the UP Concert Chorus, UP Cherubims and Seraphims,
Ateneo Glee Club, DBP Chorale, Ilocos Norte National High School
Choir and other singing groups, soloists and instrumentalists in
the Philippines, Europe, USA and Brunei.
His recent tours include "On Wings of Song" 2000 and 2003 with the
Philippine Music Theater Foundation, Inc. which spanned several
states in the US over a three-month period. He served as musical
director, arranger and accompanist. He also recently composed
original music for the album "Silence" (2001) for the Ayala
Foundation as a companion CD of a book of the same title by Randolf S. David and Jaime Zobel, and soundtrack for
short films "Life is a
Beach" (2003) and "A2B" (2005)by Canadian student director, Chad Costen. He has
also produced 2 albums, "Inner Silence" and "Voyage".
He now works as in-house musical director for the Philippine
Cultural Foundation, Inc. in Tampa, Florida and is directing
Musikong Kawayan (Bamboo Orchestra), an anklung ensemble which
is gaining recognition in the area. He is also the music
director at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ybor City, Tampa.
He is also currently writing the musical "Maria Makiling" for
Fides Cuyugan-Asensio and another upcoming films, "Eunoia" and
"The Coming" by Chad Costen.
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