The Cultural Center of the Philippines will be a-thumping with the sound and beat of jazz music when it holds The Story of Jazz: 1St CCP International Jazz Festival 2011 on August 23-28, 2011. 

More than 150 jazz musicians from different jazz groups will converge at the CCP to jive and jam in various venues of the CCP that will be transformed into one big jazz club with intimate music lounges. Jazz players and singers from the Philippines and abroad will tell the story of jazz through talk and music. Lectures on and performances of jazz in all its variety of styles---bebop, blues, ragtime, modal, experimental, big band and fusion will be held. 

Leading the roster of performers is the world renowned royal hartigan and  blood drum spirit  from the USA. Percussionist and pianist royal hartigan and his blood drum spirit ensemble have performed all over the world, exploring the great music traditions of the world through live jazz performances. The group has been described by music reviewers as “the confluence of different musical traditions, combining non-Western rhythms with a standard jazz quartet to create a series of impressive originals” 

Other performers include the Korean Soul and Beat Project Group from Korea, Stelzhamma from Austria, Shun Kikuta from Japan, Neris Gonzalez from Spain, Charito, Michael Bourne and the Bleu Rascals, Lowcal, Blue Rats, Faith Gospel Singers, the UP Jazz Ensemble, UST Jazz Ensemble, Cooky Chua and her band, Majam and Emi Munji and the AMP Band. 

A video documentary on the Story of Jazz in the Philippines produced by Richie Quirino and Collis Davis Jr. will also be shown. Performance venues include the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater), Tanghalang Huseng Batute (Studio Theater), and the Silangan Hall. The MKP Multi-Purpose Hall will serve as the venue for all the lectures. 

On August 28 at the CCP Main Theater, the Festival will come to a swinging finish in a concert headlined by the UP Jazz Ensemble, Charito with the AMP Band. 

"The event will not only see the largest gathering of local and foreign jazz artists at the CCP for the first time. It will also be a time for these foreign and local artists bond together and collaborate, in this enjoyable language of musical expression.", CCP Music Division head Menchi Mantaring said.

Tickets prices to the events at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater) are P800, P600, P400 and P200. Ticket price to all concerts at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute and the Silangan Hall are at P300. All lectures and workshops at the MKP Multi-Purpose Hall are at P100. The standard 50% discount for students and 20% for senior citizens apply.

LIMITED Festival passes will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Festival pass--- Php1,200.00 
- access to all shows at the Main Theater (TNA), TNA Stage, Silangan and Tanghalang Huseng Batute, and to all the lectures and workshops at MKP 

Flexi pass---Php 500.00 
- access to one (1) performance at the Main Theater (TNA) or Main Theater (TNA) Stage, one (1) performance at Tanghalang Huseng Batute, and one (1) access to a lecture or workshop at MKP 

One day pass--- Php 500.00 
- access to all shows, lectures and workshops in one day 

To avail of the passes, call at 832-3706, 832-3704 or at 0920-949-7821 (Gemma Marco)

 

 

 

Schedule:

DATE/TIME	VENUE	EVENT	LECTURER/PERFORMER
Tues., Aug. 23
1 – 3 PM	MKP	Lecture: Roots of Jazz	royal hartigan and blood drum spirit
5	THB	Peformance: Blues, Gospel	Faith Gospel Singers
8	TNA	Performance: African-American Music:  History of Jazz from its African Origins to the Future	royal hartigan and blood drum spirit
Wed., Aug. 24
1-2	MKP	Lecture: Early/Chicago Blues	Joric Maglanque
3-4	MKP	Lecture: Blues in Modern Setting	Shun Kikuta
6-7	TNA Lobby	Performance:  UST Jazz Band in Performance	UST Jazz Band
7:30	THB	Performance: Blues Night	Michael Bourne/Bleu Rascals Shun Kikuta/Blue Rats
Thurs., Aug. 25
1-3	MKP	Lecture: Beginning of Be Bop	royal hartigan and blood drum spirit
3:30 – 4:30	MKP	Lecture: Influence of Indian Music on Jazz	Joey Valenciano
5	TNA Stage	Performance: Be Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz	royal hartigan and blood drum spirit
8	Silangan Hall	Performance: Be Bop	Emy Munji, Majam
Fri., Aug. 26
1-2	MKP	Lecture: Free Jazz	royal hartigan and blood drum spirit
3-4	MKP	Lecture: Brazilian Jazz	Neris Gonzalez/Lowcal
5	THB	Performance:Brazilian Jazz	Neris Gonzalez/Lowcal
8	TNA	Performance: "Dreams from the Ancestor"	Korean Soul & Beat Project Group
Sat., Aug. 27
1-3	MKP	Lecture: African Jazz	royal hartigan and blood drum spirit
5	TNA Stage	African Jazz Concert	royal hartigan and blood drum spirit
8	Silangan Hall	Performance: Cooky Chua and Bluesviminda	Cooky Chua and Bluesviminda
Sun., Aug. 28
1	MKP	Jazz Singing Workshop	Charito
3	Drean Theater	Video Documentary: The Story of Jazz in the Philippines	Richie Quirino & Collis Davis Jr  (Free Admission)
5	Silangan Hall	Performance: Frisch aussa-Tour 2011 Just let out, what you`ve got inside"	Stelzhamma
8	TNA	Jazz Finale	royal hartigan and blood drum spirit UP Jazz Ensemble/; Charito/AMP Band

**MKP – Museo ng Kalinangang Pilipino Multi-Purpose Hall, 4/F 
THB – Tanghalang Huseng Batute (CCP Studio Theater), Basement 
TNA – Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater), 1/F 
Silangan Hall – 4/F 

 

 

 ***  Ticket prices are P100.00 for MKP; P300.00 for Silangan Hall and THB.  For TNA. tickets are priced at P800.00 for Orchestra Center, P600 for Orchestra Side; P400.00 for Balcony 1 and P200.00 for Balcony 2.   For more information, call CCP Box Office at tel. no. 832-3704 and CCP Music Division at tel. no. 832-1125 local 1605.

***LIMITED Festival passes will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Festival pass--- Php1,200.00 
- access to all shows at the Main Theater (TNA), TNA Stage, Silangan and Tanghalang Huseng Batute, and to all the lectures and workshops at MKP 

Flexi pass---Php 500.00 
- access to one (1) performance at the Main Theater (TNA) or Main Theater (TNA) Stage, one (1) performance at Tanghalang Huseng Batute, and one (1) access to a lecture or workshop at MKP 

One day pass--- Php 500.00 
- access to all shows, lectures and workshops in one day 

To avail of the passes, call at 832-3706.