Meron ka bang talent, energy, at pangmalakasang stage presence? Ito na ‘yon, ito na talaga ‘yon!

Kung ikaw ay artistahing COLLEGE FRESHMAN o GRADE 11 warriors sa Manila at Caloocan campus na handang magpamalas ng galing sa harap at likod ng entablado, baka ikaw na ang susunod naming kaanib!

-Registration Period: July 14 to July 24
-Interview/Screening: July 25, Friday | 4PM
-Audition Day: July 26, Saturday | 1PM to 5PM

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The UE Chorale, the singing group under the University’s Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA), has been awarded as the Grand Prix Winner of the 3rd Sing, Tarlac, Sing! Choral Festival and Competition (STSCFC)!

Led by former member and longtime choirmaster Darwin B. Vargas, the UE Chorale also won several other awards at the inter-choir competition:

• Champion of the Mixed Choir Competition*
• Champion of the Musica Sacra Competition*
• Best Performance of an A Capella Work, for John August Pamintuan’s rendition of “Laudate Dominum”

* The UE Chorale was awarded two golden-embossed laurels or gold diplomas for these category championships.

The Sing, Tarlac, Sing! Choral Festival & Competition 2025 was organized by Tarlac Männerchor and in cooperation with the City Government of Tarlac. This national choral festival “aims to gather the best choral groups across the country, and it is a non-profit event that promotes choral music appreciation and a continuous contribution towards a vision of a Singing Philippines” per the event’s Facebook page.

The UE Chorale bested some 25 other choirs from various parts of and beyond the National Capital Region, including those of Adamson University, Mapua University, Colegio de San Juan de Letran and National University.

Big, big congratulations and kudos to everyone in our prized UE Chorale!

Images from the STSCFC Facebook page: 

The UE Chorale, the singing group under the University’s Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA), has been awarded as the Grand Prix Winner of the 3rd Sing, Tarlac, Sing! Choral Festival and Competition (STSCFC)!

Led by former member and longtime choirmaster Darwin B. Vargas, the UE Chorale also won several other awards at the inter-choir competition:

• Champion of the Mixed Choir Competition*
• Champion of the Musica Sacra Competition*
• Best Performance of an A Capella Work, for John August Pamintuan’s rendition of “Laudate Dominum”

* The UE Chorale was awarded two golden-embossed laurels or gold diplomas for these category championships.

The Sing, Tarlac, Sing! Choral Festival & Competition 2025 was organized by Tarlac Männerchor and in cooperation with the City Government of Tarlac. This national choral festival “aims to gather the best choral groups across the country, and it is a non-profit event that promotes choral music appreciation and a continuous contribution towards a vision of a Singing Philippines” per the event’s Facebook page.

The UE Chorale bested some 12 other choirs from various parts from within and beyond the National Capital Region, including those of Adamson University, Mapua University, Colegio de San Juan de Letran and National University.

Big, big congratulations and kudos to everyone in our prized UE Chorale!

Images from the STSCFC Facebook page: 

Kasabay ng kamakailang pagtatanghal ng aming dula na “Itong Daigdig, Sa Kaniyang Dulang Astig,” ipinakita nito na ang buhay, bagama’t isang maikling palabas, ay may paghatol mula sa nakatataas na naaayon sa iyong naging landas.

Kaya sa araw na ito, muling balikan natin ang ating mga napagdaanan bilang mga tagahanga at nagmamahal sa teatro. Ang entablado na nagsilbing tahanan at ang mga kuwento na nagbigay-buhay sa ating diwa bilang isang komunidad. Kung nasaan man tayo ngayon sa daigdig, baon natin ang kaalaman, kahusayan, at disiplina na itinuro ng tanghalan. Kaya, anuman ang panghuhusga, patuloy pa rin tayo sa pagpapayabong ng ating mahal na sining.

Muli, ang UE Drama Company ay nakikiisa at bumabati ng isang maligayang World Theater Day sa aming kapuwa manlilikha, tagapagtaguyod, at sumusuporta sa Sining Tanghalan!

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Everyone in the UE community is invited to watch the UE Office of Cultural Affairs’ (OCA) presentation of “Trilogy: Ang Tatlong Obra,” this Thursday, November 26, 2024, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., at the UE Theater.

“Trilogy” tells the story of the country’s heroes in their quest for freedom as told through dance choreographed by OCA Director, UE Silanganan Dance Troupe mentor and Gawad CCP para sa Sining 2024 awardee Generoso A. Caringal. It is a combination of three stories, namely “Andres KKK,“ “Sultana,” and “Ako, Gamu-gamo,” all by Dir. Caringal.

Admission is free to the UE community.

See you at the show, Warriors!

The University of the UUֱ��, through its Office of Cultural Affairs, invites everyone in the UE community to watch the Miss Earth Talent Competition this Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 2 p.m., at the UE Theatre.

The event will feature 30 of the pageant’s contestants as they showcase their skills as part of the pre-pageant activities before the final round and program.

On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, all 76 eco-warriors will face the Pre-Judging of Intelligence and Environmental Awareness. The event will take place starting at 10 a.m., also at the UE Theatre.

Admission to these presentations is free to the UE community of the Manila and Caloocan Campuses.

(The Miss Earth 2024 finals will be on November 9 at Okada Manila.)

Thank you and kudos, Miss Earth Eco-Warriors!

UE graduate and longtime, pioneer UE Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA) Director Generoso Arguelles Caringal was recently recognized as one of the 12 awardees at the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining 2024—specifically earning this year’s Gawad CCP Award for Dance!

Held on the occasion of the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ (CCP) 55th Anniversary, the conferment and tribute program took place last Friday, September 20, at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Makati City.

Dir. Caringal was among the 12 honorees recognized for their contributions in the arts.

A known virtuoso of dance, Dir. Caringal became known for his choreography. An article by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) lists him as one in the current generation of choreographers who excels in both modern and classical ballet, having done choreography for productions such as Ballet Philippines’ ‘Ang Sultan’ and ‘Recuerdos,’ and Philippine Ballet Theater (PBT)’s ‘Vinta,’ ‘Prism,’ ‘Pinoy Komiks,’ ‘Andres KKK’, and ‘Darangen ni Bantugen’.

A UE 1980 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration graduate, Dir. Caringal was a member of the then UE Dance Troupe in his college days. As such, he trained under Corazon Generoso-Iñigo, whom the NCCA regards as one of the first-generation Filipino ballet dancers and choreographers.

As a UE Dance Troupe member, the young Gener joined off-campus productions such as Maureen Tiongco’s ‘The Flower Drum Song’ and Dance Theater Philippines’ ‘Mir-i-Nisa’. He became an original member of Ballet Philippines in 1970, where he was honed in folk dance, ballet, jazz and modern dance under the helm of Ms. Iñigo, Eddie Elejar, Tony Llacer, Alice Reyes, Pauline Koner, Norman Walker, Miro Zolan, Jan Stripling, Luminita Dumitrescu, Garth Welch, William Morgan, Vakhtang Chabukiani and Mikhail Kukharev. Courtesy of the ITI-Goethe Institute Grant in Dance, he got to visit several German dance companies in 1979, where he observed dance classes and exchanged views on artistic and administrative concerns in the field of dance.

From 1974 to 1987, Dir. Caringal was the Dance Director of the UE Dance Troupe, choreographing the group’s productions. Among them were ‘Sultan Kudarat’ in 1975, ‘Ibanyuhay’ in 1976, ‘Paglalakbay (Journey)’ in 1977, and ‘Ibong Adarna’ in 1979. He also became the Director of the Philippine National Bank Dance Troupe, the Yeh Shian Folk Ballet Company, the CCP Dance Repertory, and his own Gener Caringal Repertory Company.

He was appointed Head of the Philippine delegation to the 5th Asian Festival of Performing Arts in Singapore in 1985, featuring his work ‘Labaw Dunggon’. This led to an invitation to choreograph at the Gala Concert of the Singapore Dance Theater. This appearance also paved the way for Director Caringal to bring various local performing groups to European and Asian dance festivals.

He is one of the founders and was Chair of the Artistic Council of the Philippine Ballet Theater in 1986 and served as its Artistic Director in 1990 to 2008.

Director Caringal returned to UE in 1998 and became the Artistic Director of the now-renamed UE Silanganan Dance Troupe. In 2002, he was appointed to be the Director of UE OCA. As OCA’s Director, he has done choreography on various UE presentations, among them, ‘Salamism’ (2001), ‘Legend of Singkil’ (2001), ‘OPM’ (2002), ‘Fire’ (2003), ‘Dumbelli’ (2003), ‘Tiboli’ (2006), ‘Ulalim’ (2010) and ‘Ako Gamu-gamu’ (2011). Moreover, he is in charge of UE’s cultural groups which, aside from the UE Silanganan Dance Troupe, are the UE Band, the UE Chorale, and the UE Drama Company.

In 2005, he was elected as the Head of the NCCA Committee on Dance, a position he held up to 2007.

Dir. Caringal had been awarded Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan sa Sayaw (Gawad sa Sayaw) in 1997, and was recognized in 2008 with the Gawad Gatpuno Award.

He received the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from UE in 2006, on the occasion of the University’s 60th Foundation Anniversary.

He was bestowed the Diwa ng Lahi Award by the City Government of Manila, during the 2018 Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Awards on June 20, 2018, at the Marble Hall of the Ayuntamiento in Intramuros, Manila.

Dir. Caringal was awarded Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Awards by the Local Government of Manila to as part of the Founding Anniversary celebration of the City of Manila on June 20, 2018.

In December 2018, Dir. Caringal celebrated 20 years as OCA Director and UE Silanganan Dance Troupe mentor via ‘Baliktanaw’, a dance concert featuring some of the Dance Troupe’s former and current members at the time.

Dir. Caringal’s fellow Gawad CCP 2024 awardees are Jose “Joey” Ayala, Lea Salonga, Jose “Pete” Lacaba Jr., Miguel “Mike” De Leon, Gino Gonzales, Julie Lluch, the Loboc Children’s Choir, and the late Mario O’Hara, as well as Negros Cultural Foundation and Negros Museum President Marilyn Gamboa. Posthumous honors were given to Senator Edgardo J. Angara and Zenaida “Nedy” R. Tantoco for their unwavering support to the arts.

Congratulations, Warrior Dancer-Choreographer and UE OCA Director Caringal!

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Mga Mandirigmang Mag-aaral ng Pamantasan ng Silangan sa Maynila at sa Caloocan, halina’t panoorin sa inyong campus ang natatanging programang pagpapamalas ng talento ng iba’t ibang grupong pangkultura sa pamamagitan ng “Salubong sa Mag-aaral” na palatuntunan sa linggong ito ng UE Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA)!

Mapapanood sa programang ito ang apat ng cultural groups ng UE OCA: ang UE Silanganan Dance Troupe, ang UE Drama Company, ang UE Chorale at ang UE Band!

Tunghayan sila sa UE Manila ngayong Miyerkules, alas-dose ng tanghali, ika-14 ng Agosto 2024, sa UE Theater, at ngayong Huwebes, ika-15 ng Agosto 2024, ala-una ng hapon, sa UE Caloocan Gym!

Libre ang pagpanood nito para sa inyo, mga Mandirigmang Mag-aaral!

Ingat at maraming salamat at kayo’y naririto kung saan magsisimula ang inyong kinabukasan: sa Pamantasan ng Silangan!