In preparation for the upcoming TINGUG International Conference scheduled for October this year, the Institute of Languages and Creative Arts (ILCA) of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), in partnership with HANDURAWAN, invited three (3) award-winning Mindanawon musicians to speak on the second day of the TINGUG: Performing Arts Workshop 2024 at the CIC-AVR. This two-day workshop holds significant importance as part of the University’s research program, emphasizing the role of IKSPs in fostering the creation of creative works that reflect Indigenous cultural heritage and oral traditions.

On the second day, Asst. Prof. Ariel C. Pedrano, Research Center Manager of CAS, extended a warm welcome to all participants and speakers. He emphasized the opportunity for personal and collective growth through refining techniques, exploring new artistic expressions, or sharing insights with fellow participants. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, he stated.

A Mindanawon artist and composer, Ms. Marie Anathea “Maan” Chua, the fascinating voice behind the hit songs “Itadyak” and “Sayaw,” known for her unconcealed singing and composing skills, graced the occasion to share her expertise, experiences, and insights in Writing Effective Lyrics: Tips and Techniques in Song Writing. She advocates to showing the magnificence of Mindanao through its culture, nature, unity, peace, and development. As a passionate and dedicated artist, Ms. Maan performed in Australia for the Philippine Independence Day celebration in 2018 and acted in the movie titled “Mindanao” in 2019. She also received several accolades in her artistic career, as she unanimously won the 1st Habi Kadayawan design competition for her exceptional neckpiece titled “Agung,” as well as her multiple victories in Kadayawan’s Tunog Mindanao songwriting competition. With the aid of advanced technologies, young people of this generation are enjoying Ms. Maan’s three music albums on social media platforms such as Spotify and YouTube.

USeP’s homegrown alumnus Mr. Maric A. Gavino and USeP’s former student Mr. Joshua Jimeno, who are slowly making their way in the Philippine music industry, take the challenge of teaching the Basics of Instrumentation: Choosing the Right Instruments to their fellow USePians. Both are emerging singer-songwriters and instrumentalists from Davao City. Moreover, Mr. Gavino’s lyrics were popularized through the Bisaya songs titled “Amplaya” and “Kapoy.”. Recently, his written song “Taliwala” became one of the Top 12 Grand Finalists of Philpop X Himig Handog 2024.

All three speakers invigorated participants’ musical and compositional potential by giving concrete feedback after every exercise.

In the afternoon, Team Theatre and Team Musical, led by Ms. Reah Izza Paglinawan, Program Head of Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Cultural Studies; and by Assoc. Prof. Angelo Lenard Yu, Program Head of the Master of Arts in Literature; respectively—performed their pieces “Balyan” and “Durian Legend.” As Ms. Paglinawan shared, 𝘛𝘐𝘕𝘎𝘜𝘎 [𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱] 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘳𝘦-𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦—𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘢.

Mr. Norman “Noi” Narciso provided feedback or insights on performances. He offered his experiential insights on the performances of “Balyan” and “Durian Legend,” suggesting that he uses a hands-on or practical approach to evaluating the performances. Also, his involvement in providing performance feedback aligns with the workshop’s goal of enhancing participants’ artistic skills and understanding of performing arts.

Finally, Asst. Prof. Joy R. Risonar, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), expressed her appreciation to the speakers and participants in her closing remarks: 𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘐𝘕𝘎𝘜𝘎 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥.

USeP-CAS and ILCA are set to inaugurate the 1st TINGUG International Conference with the theme “Voices of Ancestry: Safeguarding Indigenous Cultural Heritage and Oral Traditions.” Literary works will be showcased during the conference, providing a platform to highlight the University’s commitment to preserving and promoting IKSPs while addressing contemporary challenges and exploring opportunities for sustainable development in this area.

To know more about the conference, click here: https://www.facebook.com/ILCAUSeP/posts/438012522417346

Caption by: Frank Llyod dela Cruz
Photos by: Kristina Cassandra L. Caballero

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