Nilo's Site

Nilo's Site http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/ Thu, 3 Jul 2008 03:16:18 -0000 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:12:28 -0000 Nilo's Site http://images.alcalanilo.multiply.com/logo http://alcalanilo.multiply.com 100 100 Madz, UST, DLSU, & Ms.Saigon singers - volt in! Fun Time in Los Angeles with friends from Madz, Ust Singers, DLSU Chorale, and Broadway's Miss Saigon!! Who said we don't get along? huh?!!! http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/50/Madz_UST_DLSU_Ms.Saigon_singers_-_volt_in Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:12:28 -0000 The original London Bridge in Arizona, USA It's amazing how engineers took down, shipped, and reconstructed the London Bridge (you know... from the song...is falling down...falling down...hahah) at Lake Havasu in Arizona!! Whew! an engineering marvel indeed!! Right after an afternoon at the Grand Canyon, we drove further to visit this site (Lake Havasu City, Arizona) Quite a day...Breakfast in Laughlin, Nevada, L:unch at the Grand Canyon, and Dinner near London Bridge at Lake Havasu City in Arizona :D haha (June 21, http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/49/The_original_London_Bridge_in_Arizona_USA Tue, 1 Jul 2008 23:51:26 -0000 First time to JetSki!!! Awesome experience at Silverwood Lake (Hesperia,CA) !!! Not bad for a first timer!!!! hahah With Kuya Al and nephew http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/48/First_time_to_JetSki Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:46:54 -0000 Grand Canyon!!! Visited the breathtaking Grand Canyon with my cousin's family!!! June 21, http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/47/Grand_Canyon Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:09:37 -0000 Casino!!! Visited my cousin's family in Hesperia,CA On our way to the Grand Canyon, we stopped overnight at the Aquarius in Laughlin, Nevada!!! I won..a few cents, hahaha!!!! Fun road trip with Kuya Al, Ate Michelle, cousin Aileen, Tita Amy, and nephew Mical and niece Marchela :D June 20, 2008 http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/46/Casino Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:05:19 -0000 I Won POLYPHONOS!!! Hurray!!! <img class="alignleft" src="http://images.alcalanilo.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SGr5FgoKCD8AAGFQMek1/esoterics.png?et=RYhey4yzE52BjW0PudbvRg&nmid=0" border="0">   I have just received news from Eric Banks,  director of <a href="http://theesoterics.org/about/Mission.aspx">The Esoterics</a> Vocal Ensemble in Seattle, WA that they awarded me the 2008-2009 POLYPHONOS Young Composer’s Commission!!!  I will write a new piece for their concert season next year (October 2009) The three winners include me, one from Argentina, and one from USA.!!!  (winners not yet posted in the website though, news still fresh and hot! hahaha) Praise God :D http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/journal/item/4/I_Won_POLYPHONOS_Hurray Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:49:20 -0000 Manhattan Beach, CA with Eni and Leo meron din palang Manhattan sa California, haha June 16, http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/44/Manhattan_Beach_CA_with_Eni_and_Leo Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:01:29 -0000 The Grove, Los Angeles With co-Madz Jo-Honey and Leo Salamat kay Mike sa pag-pasyal...at http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/43/The_Grove_Los_Angeles Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:48:50 -0000 Jo-Honey's Birthday (Los Angeles) quasi Madz alumni "reunion" sa West http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/42/Jo-Honeys_Birthday_Los_Angeles Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:43:13 -0000 Met Museum May 30, http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/40/Met_Museum Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:37:05 -0000 Model!!! My cousin Vim playing with his Nikon! Me as subject :D Minsan lang http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/39/Model_ Fri, 30 May 2008 02:44:22 -0000 Downtown Syracuse Everson Art Museum Onandaga War Memorial (includes Mindanao and Corregidor!!!) Salina Street Eerie Canal Syracuse http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/38/Downtown_Syracuse Fri, 16 May 2008 22:05:00 -0000 Richard Strauss - NOT a "Born Songwriter ???? (Op.10. No.8 Allerseelen) Just want to share this paper I wrote:       Richard Strauss:  Allerseelen (All Souls’ Day) Opus 10, No.8 (Composed 1885) Poetry: Hermann von Gilm    Nilo B. Alcala     ERNEST Newman, an English music critic in the early 1900s, has remarked in his book about Richard Strauss how the composer “is not a born song writer.”  He has dismissed a number of the composer’s songs “not as music but merchandise” and even deemed questionable Strauss’ taste in poetry.  Newman’s reasoning is that most of Strauss’ lieder are “absolutely formless, with no more organization than a jellyfish.”   He continues that “…the music simply wanders on from one line to another without reason and without connection….you will have a sense of drifting aimlessly through one key after another, such vague emotions  as have been stirred now and then being quite unrelated to each other.” (Newman 1908, 89, 92-93) Newman declares that Strauss already has a... http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/journal/item/3/Richard_Strauss_-_NOT_a_Born_Songwriter_Op.10._No.8_Allerseelen Fri, 16 May 2008 00:49:21 -0000 Tenri Cultural Center - Premiere Performance Concert of works by Billy Joel Fellows. World Premiere of my work "Stream of Consciousness" May 4, 2008 New York City photos reposted from Leo Leal's multiply site (Thanks Leo) Other pix from Jongyun http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/37/Tenri_Cultural_Center_-_Premiere_Performance Tue, 13 May 2008 23:23:24 -0000 Pinoy Picnic - Green Lakes (Spring 2008) Celebrating the end of the school year! weeee And embracing Spring!!! (except spiring http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/36/Pinoy_Picnic_-_Green_Lakes_Spring_2008 Tue, 13 May 2008 23:11:49 -0000 Tenri Hall New York City - Billy Joel Fellows Concert <A class=select href="http://leopaololeal.multiply.com/photos/album/45/Nilo_Alcalas_New_York_City_Debut#1">Link</A> - photos courtesy of my friend Leo Leal http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/journal/item/2/Tenri_Hall_New_York_City_-_Billy_Joel_Fellows_Concert Tue, 6 May 2008 20:17:41 -0000 Commissioned work, "Silly Syllables" - premiere at Merkin Concert Hall/Kaufmann Center, NY City Premiere of commissioned work for children instrumentalists and chorus at Merkin Concert Hall (Kaufman Center), NY City Saturday, May 31, 2008, 8:30 PM performer: Long Island Children's Choir Director: Celia Ong Location: Kaufman Center Goodman House 129 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023 Tel: 1 (212) 501 3303 Fax: 1 (212) 874 7865 email: info@kaufman-center.org Merkin Concert Hall Tel: (212) 501 3340 Fax: (212) 501 3317 email: merkinhall@kaufman-center.org Box Office Tel: (212) 501 3330 Fax: (212) 501 3378 Box Office Hours: Sunday - Thursday: 12-7pm Fridays: 12-4pm* Summer Box Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 12-4pm *November- January the box office closes at 3pm on Fridays. http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/calendar/item/10002/Commissioned_work_Silly_Syllables_-_premiere_at_Merkin_Concert_HallKaufmann_Center_NY_City Sat, 5 Apr 2008 14:48:59 -0000 Premiere Performance- "Stream of Consciousness" - Tenri Hall, NY City Premiere Performance of Nilo Alcala's "Stream of Consciousness" (for fl, cl, vln, vcl, perc, pno.) in a concert of works by Billy Joel Fellows and other Syracuse composers, Tenri Cultural Institute of New York 43A West 13th Street New York, New York 10011 Tel. 212.645.2800 Fax. 212.727.3234 Email tci@tenri.org http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/calendar/item/10001/Premiere_Performance-_Stream_of_Consciousness_-_Tenri_Hall_NY_City Thu, 3 Apr 2008 15:52:07 -0000 University Singers at ACDA (Hartford, CT) February 2008 (wacky moments at the hotel) also - with composer Ola http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/35/University_Singers_at_ACDA_Hartford_CT Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:24:55 -0000 Syracuse University (at night) SU (Setnor School of Music) SU Orchestra (Setnor Auditorium) Open End Ensemble - reading of composers' works Judith Weir - visiting composer from http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/34/Syracuse_University_at_night Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:20:07 -0000 American Museum of Natural History New York City - Spring Break http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/33/American_Museum_of_Natural_History Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:11:44 -0000 New York City (Spring Break 2008) Apple Store, Central Park, M&Ms, Metropolitan Opera, Juilliard School, Kaufamann Center, NY Subway, Cafe Lalo (You've Got Mail), Spring Awakening - 2008 Tony's Best http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/32/New_York_City_Spring_Break_2008 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:53:46 -0000 SoundClick Widgets <a href="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=688036"><img src="http://www.soundclick.com/images/navigation/blank1x1.gif" border="0" width="300" height="250"></a> <img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/CIMP/JnB*PTEyMDM2MTI*NDAyMTgmcD*xNTgzNjEmZD*mbj1tdWx*aXBseQ==.jpg" /> http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/journal/item/1/SoundClick_Widgets Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:47:24 -0000 Id Excerpt from the First Movement of an old string quartet of mine, recently performed at Syracuse University Setnor School of Music (February 6, 2008) (due to copyright issues and other legalities, the name of the professional ensemble that performed this is http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/music/item/12/Id_ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:59:32 -0000 Chesapeake Bay - Baltimore, MD Strolling along Inner Harbor with the Sorras ...ships ..World Trade Center (Baltimore) ...Maryland Science Museum ...singing at Phillips Bar! :D ...Apple Martini (cheers cousin Triccie!) ...Hooters!!!! ... http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/31/Chesapeake_Bay_-_Baltimore_MD Tue, 8 Jan 2008 19:17:56 -0000 Christmas with nephews David and Simon :D South Carolina December 2007 playing with nephews food food food Magic Sing!!! pasyal! http://alcalanilo.multiply.com/photos/album/30/Christmas_with_nephews_David_and_Simon_D Fri, 4 Jan 2008 00:40:47 -0000