NAMCYA celebrates 45 th year with annual music competitions

PASAY CITY, METRO MANILA (July 25, 2018)— For the past 45 years, the National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA) has remained the most prestigious and biggest national musical competitions for young Filipino musicians.

Founded in 1973, the NAMCYA has continued to discover and develop Filipino musical artists. Through the many decades of the competition, it has produced numerous choral groups, rondalla ensembles, and solo instrument artists, as well as educators, researchers, and prominent people in various fields.

The NAMCYA continues to propagate Filipino music through its commissioned works which become part of the Philippine music literature. Likewise, it is instrumental in preserving and nurturing Philippine traditions through the Rondalla and Traditional Music Categories. This year’s categories include Junior Voice, Junior Piano, Junior Strings, Guitar, and Youth Solo Rondalla Instrument for the Solo Categories.

For the Group Categories: Children ‘s Rondalla Ensemble, Youth Choir – Equal Voices, Youth Choir – Mixed Voices, and Traditional Music Category (open for solos and ensembles). Entries must be submitted until July 27, 2018.

To join, visit bit.ly/NAMCYA2018 The NAMCYA is greatly supported by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) and Commission on Higher Education (CHEd).

The NAMCYA is a Resident Company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). NAMCYA has been a principal instrument in discovering major music talents from all over the country. Its projects have involved and continue to involve countless musicians, trainers, and administrators, all serving in the difficult but fulfilling process of selecting the best artists from all seventeen regions of the nation annually. The Foundation carries out a three-fold program: discovering outstanding young Filipino musicians from every region of the country through annual competitions; developing these musicians through Workshops and Training Programs, and enhancing and expanding the appreciation for and performance of Filipino music by way of mandated competition repertoire programs and commissioning of new works. (https://culturalcenter.gov.ph/programs/the-namcya/)

For more information, please call the NAMCYA Secretariat at +632 836 4928 to 29, +63 949 9932592, or email us at namcyainfo@gmail.com.