BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1464587:Event:157734 DTSTAMP:20260421T150146Z SUMMARY:KULARTS PRESENTS NEW MUSIC BY FLORANTE AGUILAR, ASWANG-A TAGAL OG SONG CYCLE DESCRIPTION:KULARTS PRESENTS\nNEW MUSIC BY FLORANTE AGUILAR,\nASWANG-A TAGALOG SONG CYCLE AT BINDLESTIFF STUDIO, JAN 26-27, 2013, SF\n \n(S an Francisco, CA) – Composer Florante Aguilar creates ASWANG-A Tagal og Song Cycle, a music suite exploring the fantastic creatures of Pili pino legends and ghost stories. Performed by eight talented musicians and vocalists, Kularts presents this music in concert for two shows on ly: January 26-27, 2013, 8pm Saturday, 3pm Sunday at Bindlestiff Studi o, 185-6th Street @ Howard, SF,CA.\n\nTickets: $12 in advance; $15 at the door. Purchase now at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/308454\n \n Florante Aguilar’s ASWANG is inspired by the ghost stories he enjoye d sharing with other children when they were growing up in the provinc es of the Philippines. With this work, these creatures come alive to t ell their own stories from their point of view. Written and sung in cl assic Tagalog, Aguilar’s composition innovates traditional Pilipino musical forms of the harana (romantic serenade) and kundiman (courtshi p songs of intense longing) into a contemporary framework. The concert features performances by Florante Aguilar (Guitar), Chus Alonso (flut e), Sage Baggott (percussion) and Greg Kehret (double bass), with voca lists Giovanni Ortega, Leon Palad, Bryan Pangilinan, and Kristine Sina jon.\n \nThis production is made possible with generous support from the San Francisco Foundation and the San Francisco Arts Commission.\n\ nARTIST’S BIO\nComposer and Lyricist Florante Aguilar is considered one of the leading proponents of Philippine harana and guitar music in America today. He champions Philippine music through the medium of fi lm, recordings and live performances. His arrangements and composition s reveal a sophisticated and deep understanding of the form, successfu lly crafting the right balance between respect and redefinition of a t radition. Born in Manila, Aguilar grew up in Cavite province where he learned to play the octavina in a rondalla group. He trained as a clas sical musician at the University of the Philippines College of Music. After touring internationally, he moved to New York under a scholarshi p to study at the Manhattan School of Music with Sharon Isbin, Grammy Award winner and current guitar department chair of the Juilliard Scho ol. Florante later accepted a position with the pioneering Buffalo Gui tar Quartet where he toured and recorded the critically acclaimed CD N ew Music for Four Guitars (New World 384-2). Florante received his Bac helor of Music Degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 19 96 under the tutelage of David Tanenbaum. In 2012, Florante Aguilar jo ined with award winning director Benito Bautista to create the film Ha rana. Currently screening at the Dubai International Film Festival, Ha rana has toured several international film festivals, including a winn ing entry for the Audience Award at the Hawaiian International Film fe stival.\n \nABOUT KULARTS\nKularts is the nation’s premier presente r of contemporary and tribal Pilipino arts. Founded in 1985, Kularts p roudly serves the San Francisco Bay Area, home to the largest number o f Pilipinos outside of the Philippines. For more information, visit ww w.kularts.org. \n\nFor more information visit https://trueskool.com/e vents/kularts-presents-new-music-by-florante-aguilar-aswang-a-tagalog DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130126T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130127T150000 CATEGORIES:san, francisco, ca LOCATION:Bindlestiff Studio WEBSITE:http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/308454 URL:http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/308454 CONTACT:(415) 239-0249 ORGANIZER;CN=Kularts:https://trueskool.com/profile/Kularts ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2247931813?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Kularts:h ttps://trueskool.com/profile/Kularts END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR