11/29/2019 12:57:25 PM
PhilPop Foundation has recently teamed up with the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) as part of the preparations for the events to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Victory of Mactan.
As part of this partnership, the country’s premier songwriting competition will serve as the screening committee responsible for curating a 9-track compilation album that pays tribute to the triumph of Lapu Lapu in the Battle of Mactan. The said milestone will commemorate in 2021.
Instead of relying on star power and mega-hits, Executive Director of PhilPop, Dinah Remolacio, highlights the importance of empowering underrated musical talents from all over the country; whose artistic blueprint and songwriting talent stand out from the ordinary.
“With guidance from our distinguished crop of industry professionals and award-winning mentors, this year’s selection strikes a balance between theme and form,” said Remolacio. “I’m proud to say that the compilation record serves its function in discovering the future of homegrown music.”
National Artist and PhilPop Music Fest Foundation Board Member and Bootcamp Master, Ryan Cayabyab, echo Remolacio's sentiments.
“It’s an honor to discover promising new acts who are capable of writing compositions that could impact people’s lives,” said Cayabyab. “Not only are they defying and challenging trends; these songwriters are also finding ways to develop their own artistic stamp while making sure that the material adheres to specific requirements of NQC content and vision.”
As an esteemed institution that provides a world-class and sustainable songwriting curriculum, PhilPop has selected eight songs from the PhilPop Bootcamp 2019 that it hosted on various venues (Batangas, Tagum, and Lingayen). Meanwhile, the final song – which will be a collaboration among PhilPop coaches – will launch soon.
“PhilPop was one of the institutions that came to mind when asked who we want to work within producing the Quincentennial songs,” said Ian Alfonso, NQC Head of Secretariat. “This time, we want to come up with a streaming playlist that best represents the collective musical taste of this generation, while also taking into consideration the Filipino-ness of pop music and the celebration of the quincentennial.”
Aside from the upcoming National Quincentennial Commemoration Playlist, NQC and PhilPop are set to produce music shows and concerts as part of its efforts to promote the half-millennium milestone of achievement in circumnavigating the planet for the first time.
“One of the objectives of the National Quincentennial Committee is to have multi-disciplinary activities, and to have PhilPop among our partners is also a way of support to OPM industry,” explained Alfonso.
The NQC executive also bared the partnership's plans join the international community in celebrating a 500-day countdown to the Victory of Mactan in selected key cities of Lapu-Lapu City, Davao City, and Manila.
“As we approach 2021, expect activities that will elevate the public's interest to the World our ancestors had, debunking misconceptions and myths that they were savages and uncivilized. Our very own Lapu Lapu will be the heart of the celebration, for he was among the rallying Symbol which Rizal and the heroes of the Philippine Revolution evoked as our nation was being founded in 1898,” concluded Alfonso.
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