Thomasian Chamber Choir Shares Love of Music, Performs with PH Consulate General in Chicago

The Thomasian Chamber Choir (TCC) headed by Nobel Gabasan (standing, rightmost) with Deputy Consul General Romulo Victor M. Israel Jr. (second from right), Consul Ryan Gener (third from right), Consul Melchor P Lalunio Jr. (leftmost) and Cultural Officer Noly Dulay (second from left). (Chicago PE photo)

CHICAGO 19 August 2019 — Fresh from their performance at the 2019 Idaho International Choral Festival (IICF) in Pocatello and at the Vernon Center for the Filipino community in Detroit, the Thomasian Chamber Choir made a stop in Chicago to share their genuine love and eclectic style of music with the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago on 24 July 2019.

The Thomasian Chamber Choir, formerly known as the UST Action Singers Alumni Ensemble, comprises “talented professionals as well as students from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Conservatory of Music, who banded together to share the joy of singing and glorifying God, inspired by their school’s patron saint, St. Thomas Aquinas.” They also traced their roots to the defunct UST Action Singers that was most active and prolific in the 1980s.

Under the direction of Nobleto “Nobel” S. Gabasan, the TCC spans a wide range of musical genre which includes classical, sacred, negro spiritual, ethnic, folk, contemporary, jazz, broadway, and pop music. For the IICF, their performance involves music that reflects Philippine folk and ethnic traditions.

The Choir has represented the Philippines in various international harmonic festivals for Filipino communities abroad. Recently before its return to the Philippines, TCC staged shows in Chicago, Connecticut and New York. END

Mr. Gabasan plays the piano as the TCC members, notwithstanding their tight travel schedule, sing their hearts out for the personnel of the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago with the popular OPM ballad “Minsan Lang Kitang Iibigin”, Cebuano folk song “Rosas Pandan”, followed by The Shadow of Your Smile, the love theme from The Sandpiper, and 525,600 Minutes. (Chicago PE photo)

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