10 May 2007. Thursday. The Jesuit Music Ministry hosted a dinner for all its artists who participated at the Diocesan Youth Assembly. The dinner brought together the UP Filipiniana Dance Group, Musica Chiesa, Canto Cinco (C5), BukasPalad, Hangad, and Mr. Raymond Sajor of Philippine Idol. Mrs. Madde Marante-Casas our Marketing Manager and Fr. Ari Dy SJ, Director of Jescom briefly joined us for dinner.

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29 April 2007. Good Shepherd Sunday. The Diocese of Cubao's Commission on the Youth led by Fr. Steve Zabala and Fr. Jojo Monis invited the Jesuit Music Ministry to perform in their first Diocesan Youth Assembly at the covered courts of Christ the King Seminary in E. Rodriguez. The crowd's response to our performances was overwhelming. Our songs were well-received. The young crowd sang and danced with us. The notable performances were as follows.


Noel Cabangon performed Ako'y Mabuting Pilipino and Kanlungan.
Fr. Jboy SJ was emcee.

Hangad sang Magnificat and The Easter Journey
UP Filipiniana Dance Group: Mr. Van Manalo choreographed The Christ Child from the album, Pasko Na! They also performed the opening number, Children of Easter Morn and the finale, Papuri.

Reymond Sajor, Philippine Idol Season 1 sang Sa Yo Lamang, Sandaling Pinakahihintay, and Panunumpa with the young screaming and singing with him.
BukasPalad sang I Seek You for I Thirst and Humayo't Ihayag --- the audienced danced with them.
Musica Chiesa (Church Music) played Children of Easter Morn, Psalm 100, Stand By Me Still, Prayer to a Beautiful God and the medley of JMM songs. They accompanied Reymond Sajor and performed the last salvo: Papuri. Musica Chiesa performs every 11:00 am Sunday mass in UP.
Canto Cinco (C5) sang Make a Joyful Noise/Psalm 100, Stand by Me Still and the JMM Medley of I will sing forever, Anima Christi, Paghahandog, Ito ang Araw, Awit ng Paghahangad, and Tanging Yaman. Soloists were Ayel Olaguer, Jett Galindo, Julius Oliveros of C5, and Marife Villaroman of BukasPalad. The audience sang and waved their hands with us! Amazing!

More pictures here. Am still collecting the pictures from other cameras.

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6 February 2007. JMM gets a surprise visit from Philippine Idol's Drae Ybanez and Miguel Mendoza late night while Canto Cinco practices for their Valentine's concert at Megamall.

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Jerome Villadolid, Roma Escaner, Cynthia Sanchez, Marife Villaroman and I enjoyed the fans gathering of Reymond Sajor, Philippine Idol Finalist at the Sandbox, My Place in Katipunan. Reymond sang Panunumpa excellently during the affair.

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Philippine Idol's Arms Cruz, Drae Ibanez and Markki Stroem who flew from Switzerland came to visit us at the Jesuit Music Ministry. Early on, Raymond Sajor, was our guest at the office. Here are some pictures when they tried the Jescom, SFX Studio.

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Fr. Jboy with the cast of the movie, Idol: Pag-asa ng Bayan shown at the Irwin Lee Theater. The movie was co-produced by the Jesuit Communication Foundation. Cesar Evangelista and Cedric Jose, the director and main actor respectively, are with me in the picture. This movie is highly recommended for students.

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Reymond Sajor of Philippine Idol, who sang incredibly and excellently well especially Martin Nievera's "Be My Lady" and "Hindi Magbabago" visited JMM last Tuesday, 21 November 2006. He came with Oliver Oliveros, publicist, and Cynthia Sanchez, who does our orchestral pieces for concerts.

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