OPPA lets Filipino talent take flight
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 16:15:35 +0000
Nine young, aspiring artists have been named as the fifth batch of scholars of the Original Pilipino Performing Arts (OPPA) Foundation.
The nine students receiving full scholarships for their respective arts courses, mostly in music performance, in four OPPA partner schools: St. Scholastica’s College, St. Paul University Manila, University of Sto. Tomas, and Ateneo de Manila University.
All three of the St. Scholastica’s College scholars are on track to get their Bachelor’s degrees in music. Jose Marie Eserjose and Marloe Kyril Maruyama are Performance Majors for Violin and the Double Bass, respectively. Francine Allyros Tapaoan’s major is in Music Education with Violin Principal.
Charmers Bersaba, a violinist since childhood, is taking on his Bachelor of Music degree at St. Paul University along with Chaguz Antonio Oca, who is studying Music Education with a major in Technical Theater.
The most experienced in the group, Michael Jacinto has been conducting professionally for both marching bands and full orchestras. With the OPPA scholarship grant, he is now able to further hone his craft with a Master of Arts in Conducting degree at the University of Sto. Tomas, together with Jan Romina Montenegro and April Jasmine Rosales who are both working towards their Bachelor of Music in Music Theater degrees.
The only non-musical artist to be granted an OPPA scholarship this year is Elissa Joy Ofilada, a young poet and writer who is now enrolled in the Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Creative Writing program of Ateneo de Manila.
“OPPA is taking huge strides to nurture young homegrown talents since our inception in 2015,” shares OPPA president and First Lady of Philippine Musical Theater Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo.
Visit www.rwmanila.com/csr to learn more about RWM’s CSR inititatives. To learn more about OPPA, visit www.oppafoundation.org.
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