Bitaw, mahal ra ang P3,500, especially for students. So we’ve decided to make it P2,500. Mahal ra gihapon? No. it’s two days, meals, snacks, accommodation, workshop kit, and it’s RUEL ANTIPUESTO! Date is July 18 and 19. Venue is Don Bosco Retreat House in Talisay. For reservation and more info, text 09228243800, 09267325355, or email insoymada@gmail.com, or leave a note here.

We’ll be posting more details this week. Thanks.

Where
Sentro sa Katilingban Bldg.,
Saint Theresa’s College, Gen. Maxilom Ave., Cebu City

When
May 8, 9, 10, 2009

Topics
Melody Writing, Lyric Writing, Musical Arrangement, Recording

Speakers
Jude Gitamondoc – melody writing
Cattski Espina        – lyric writing
Ian Zafra                  – musical arrangement
Brian Sacro             – recording

Registration Fee
P1,500.00
To cover the following:

• speakers’ honorarium
• rent for venue
• workshop kit
• snacks
• school supplies for Tsinelas beneficiaries

How to join
The workshop will only accommodate 25 participants on a “first come-first served” basis. An applicant confirms his participation upon full payment of the registration fee. Payment will have to be made directly to Lorenzo “Insoy” Niñal, executive director of Tsinelas, Ian Zafra, or Jude Gitamondoc. Receipts will be issued.

For more inquiries, Insoy can be reached at 0922 8243800, or at insoymada@gmail.com

Other info:

Each participant is encouraged, though not required, to  bring to the workshop an original composition either  in English, Tagalog or Cebuano.

Other personalities from Cebu’s music and literary scenes will be invited to perform for demonstration purposes or to interact during the open forum.

An event will be held at the Outpost for the culmination of the workshop, where participants will have the chance to perform their compositions together with the speakers. Certificates will be distributed at the event.

The workshop is not a stay-in activity. Morning session is from 9 to 12. Afternoon session is from 1 to 5. No lunch will be served.

We’re going to talk about the basics of melody writing, lyrics writing, musical arrangement and recording.

Award-winning musicians and recording artists Ian Zafra, Jude Gitamondoc and Brian Sacro have initially agreed to join us as speakers. I also invited myself as speaker, and myself said yes  (haha).

We’ll be inviting other established musicians to join us as interactors during the open forums.

Anybody can join the workshop as long as he brings with him an original composition – in Bisaya, Tagalog, Cebuano and in whatever genre.

As a bonus, we might – i repeat, we might – choose a song or two from among the entries to be recorded for free.

Number of participants is limited to 25. You can’t learn anything in a crowd.

The workshop is not for free. We need to spend for the seminar kits and honorarium for speakers. Not a centavo will go to the pockets of the organizers. Proceeds will be used to fund various projects of Tsinelas, especially since another school year is opening.

We’ll soon be posting more details.

Join. Not only you will learn a lot from the workshop, you will also get the chance to help poor kids stay in school.

Rakenrol, Bisayang musikero!