Here and There
PYO, city’s cultural rebirth
By Gerry Garcia
The amazing news is out! What this writer always used to think was an impossible dream has… or seems to have become true, at last?
The news, a good one, comes from saxophonist Jeslito Seen, Sr. chairman of the Pandaragupan Youth Orchestra.
Seen says “an evening of classical music” will be held on Sept. 23, 2006 at the old St. John Cathedral in the city “Several classic ‘master’ musician will perform together with Lyceum Northwestern University Chorale”.
The Pandaragupan group is a “youth orchestra consisting of musically talented children who can perform classical or standard music who are able to read and write musical notes. The lead instruments played are the violins or ing-ing, a piano and the drums.
Chairman Seen, however, did not mention the other members of the string section, like the viola (the bariton type of violin) and the violoncello or “cello” for short (the bass violin played standing upright with a bow.
The Pandaragupan orchestra, this writer presumes, most also have the brass section consisting of trumphets, clarinets, tuba, including the percussion instruments, like drums cymbals, etc.
Who is the orchestra conductor or trainer? Seen, who is chairman did not say, I wish Jeslito would tell me on what day the youth orchestra rehearse and at what time in the morning or afternoon?
Who have been teaching the young member to play the violin for free? And how are they provided with costly instruments, like violins or cellos?
But sure Jeslito said the PYO is anon-profit group composed of professionals, business leaders and volunteers whose aim is the development of the orchestra from poor but musically talented children, we had no reason to doubt the capacity to equip the young players with the needed costly instruments.
Good work Seen! Keep it up! We’re 100% behind the project.
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