PH Embassy’s Sentro Rizal Rondalla Brings Holiday Spirit at Brunei Music Society Event 

Philippine Ambassador to Brunei Christopher B. Montero delivers his welcome remarks at the opening of the event “A Festive Night of Music” organized by the Brunei Music Society. (Brunei PE photo)

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN 28 DECEMBER 2020 – The Sentro Rizal Brunei Rondalla brought the spirit of the holidays by performing traditional Filipino and Christmas carols at an event entitled “A Festive Night of Music” on 18 December 2020 at the Lanes Hotel in Tutong District.

Organized by the Brunei Music Society (BMS), with the support of the Philippine Embassy in Brunei, the musical event was attended by invited Ambassadors and High Commissioners and members of the diplomatic corps, government officials, members of the BMS and music aficionados in the Sultanate. 

“The performance of the Sentro Rizal Brunei Rondalla heralds the beginning of the Embassy’s goal of creating greater awareness of rondalla instruments in Brunei, in the hopes that we will be able to form groups that will perform Filipino music not only for activities organized by the Philippine Embassy but also in mainstream cultural events,” Philippine Ambassador to Brunei Christopher B. Montero said.     

The Sentro Rizal Brunei Rondalla was recently formed under the auspices of Sentro Rizal Brunei and is composed of young students aged 11 to 17 years old from the district of Kuala Belait. They play a full set of rondalla instruments that was acquired by the Philippine Embassy early this year consisting of five banduria, three octavina, three laud, and one double bass or bajo de arko instruments. 

During the event, Filipino musician-members of the BMS (a pianist and three violinists) also played Christmas carols and classical music compositions to an enthralled audience. END    

The Sentro Rizal Rondalla performs at the Christmas Musical event “A Night of Festive Music”. (Brunei PE photo) 

Ambassador Montero in a group photo with the members of the Sentro Rizal Brunei Rondalla. (Brunei PE photo)

The musician-members of the Brunei Music Society, composed mainly of Filipino musicians, render Christmas carols and classical music at the event. (Brunei PE photo) 

Ambassador Montero joins the musicians of Brunei Music Society for a group photo. (Brunei PE photo)

For more information, visit https://www.bruneipe.dfa.gov.ph, https://www.philippine-embassybrunei.org, or https://www.facebook.com/PHinBrunei/.