Nilo Alcala
Latest News on Nilo Alcala:
JACK Announces 2023 Fall/Winter Season! (Jul 6, 2023)
Hoff-Barthelson Music School Students to Perform World Premiere Meet the Composer at a Composers Conversation On May 21 (May 6, 2023)
White Snake Projects Presents WP of FRACTURED MOSAICS, Addressing Anti-Asian Racism (Feb 16, 2023)
JACK Announces 2023 Fall/Winter Season! (Jul 6, 2023)
Hoff-Barthelson Music School Students to Perform World Premiere Meet the Composer at a Composers Conversation On May 21 (May 6, 2023)
White Snake Projects Presents WP of FRACTURED MOSAICS, Addressing Anti-Asian Racism (Feb 16, 2023)
BIO
Trailblazing composer and artist NILO ALCALA is carving a legacy for Philippine Arts internationally. He is the first Philippine-born composer to receive the COPLAND HOUSE Residency Award (2017), as well as to be commissioned by the Grammy-winner Los Angeles Master Chorale. He is also the first Filipino-American artist to be featured as Musical America Worldwide's Artist of the Month, and winner of the Professional Division, Major Choral Works Category of The American Prize.
Alcala’s awards include POLYPHONOS Young Composer Award from The Esoterics (Seattle, WA), IGNITE Commissioning Competition of C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective (New York, NY), Asian Composers League Young Composer Award (Israel), and two Ani ng Dangal (Harvest of Honor) awards from two Philippine Presidents.
His commissions include White Snake Projects (Boston), San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra (California), Asia-Europe Foundation; Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Festival; Korean Ministry of Culture; National Music Competition for Young Artists; Metro Manila Community Orchestra, Manila Symphony Orchestra, and other ensembles and artists. Notable collaborations include several performances by the World Youth Choir, San Francisco Girls Chorus, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra, UP Symphony Orchestra, Filipino American Symphony Orchestra, Boston Lyric Opera, and many others.
Alcala's virtuosic choral works have been performed by countless winning ensembles in prestigious competitions and festivals in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. He was composer-in-residence of the Philippine Madrigal Singers (UNESCO Artist for Peace) and has released and album entitled ONOMATOPOEIA: The Choral Works of Nilo Alcala.
An Asian Cultural Council grantee, Alcala was a Billy Joel Fellow at Syracuse University where he received the Irene L. Crooker Music Award. He holds a BS Development Communication degree from UP Los Banos, and a BM in Composition at the University of the Philippines College of Music, Diliman, graduating Magna cum laude and recipient of Gawad Chancellor Natatanging Mag-aaral.
www.niloalcala.com
News
JACK Announces 2023 Fall/Winter Season!
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 6, 2023
This Fall, Brooklyn performance and civic space JACK wrestles with family - both chosen and related in two theatrical premieres and the return of their experimental performance festival Radical Acts.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 6, 2023
This Fall, Brooklyn performance and civic space JACK wrestles with family - both chosen and related in two theatrical premieres and the return of their experimental performance festival Radical Acts.
Hoff-Barthelson Music School Students to Perform World Premiere Meet the Composer at a Composers Conversation On May 21
by A.A. Cristi - May 6, 2023
Hoff-Barthelson Music School students will present the world premiere of Nilo Alcala's composition, “To the Others” at the culminating concert of the School's Music of Our Time Festival on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at 7:00 pm at the Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation at White Plains, 468 Rosedale Avenue, White Plains, NY.
by A.A. Cristi - May 6, 2023
Hoff-Barthelson Music School students will present the world premiere of Nilo Alcala's composition, “To the Others” at the culminating concert of the School's Music of Our Time Festival on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at 7:00 pm at the Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation at White Plains, 468 Rosedale Avenue, White Plains, NY.
White Snake Projects Presents WP of FRACTURED MOSAICS, Addressing Anti-Asian Racism
by Stephi Wild - Feb 16, 2023
Cerise Jacobs and her activist opera company, White Snake Projects (WSP), present the world premiere of Fractured Mosaics, an operatic response to anti-Asian racism (March 30; April 1 & 3). Comprising four scenes – bound together by musical interludes – of Asian Americans establishing themselves in the United States, Fractured Mosaics features music by Nilo Alcala, Randall Eng, Benjamin Kono, and Liliya Ugay, and texts by their writing partners – Deepali Gupta, Monique Truong, Cerise Lim Jacobs, and Sokunthary Svay.
by Stephi Wild - Feb 16, 2023
Cerise Jacobs and her activist opera company, White Snake Projects (WSP), present the world premiere of Fractured Mosaics, an operatic response to anti-Asian racism (March 30; April 1 & 3). Comprising four scenes – bound together by musical interludes – of Asian Americans establishing themselves in the United States, Fractured Mosaics features music by Nilo Alcala, Randall Eng, Benjamin Kono, and Liliya Ugay, and texts by their writing partners – Deepali Gupta, Monique Truong, Cerise Lim Jacobs, and Sokunthary Svay.
Phoenix Boys Choir Announces New Works Rising Winners
by Stephi Wild - Sep 9, 2022
Grammy-award winning Phoenix Boys Choir (PBC) has announced the three prize-winning entries in its inaugural choral composition competition, New Works Rising. The winning compositions were selected from 92 submissions received from composers around the United States and the world.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 9, 2022
Grammy-award winning Phoenix Boys Choir (PBC) has announced the three prize-winning entries in its inaugural choral composition competition, New Works Rising. The winning compositions were selected from 92 submissions received from composers around the United States and the world.
White Snake Projects Premieres COSMIC COWBOY
by Stephi Wild - Jun 17, 2022
Thanks to a recently announced $750k grant from the Mellon Foundation, Cerise Jacobs and her activist opera company, White Snake Projects (WSP), have announced their first complete season of performances in 2022-23. Kicking off the season is Cosmic Cowboy, a poli sci-fi opera composed by award-winning MIT faculty member and former Guggenheim Fellow Elena Ruehr that blends ancient history and fantasy to discuss the subject of colonization.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 17, 2022
Thanks to a recently announced $750k grant from the Mellon Foundation, Cerise Jacobs and her activist opera company, White Snake Projects (WSP), have announced their first complete season of performances in 2022-23. Kicking off the season is Cosmic Cowboy, a poli sci-fi opera composed by award-winning MIT faculty member and former Guggenheim Fellow Elena Ruehr that blends ancient history and fantasy to discuss the subject of colonization.
Los Angeles Master Chorale To Honor Grant Gershon At GALA 2022
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 10, 2022
The Los Angeles Master Chorale, the country’s preeminent professional choir, will honor Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director, in celebration of his 20th anniversary season, at GALA 2022, on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 10, 2022
The Los Angeles Master Chorale, the country’s preeminent professional choir, will honor Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director, in celebration of his 20th anniversary season, at GALA 2022, on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Los Angeles Master Chorale to Open 2021-22 Season at Walt Disney Concert Hall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 17, 2021
The Los Angeles Master Chorale, led by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director, will make its long-awaited return to Walt Disney Concert Hall and welcome back concertgoers on Saturday, September 25 and Sunday, September 26, 2021 with its season kick-off concert, Invitation.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 17, 2021
The Los Angeles Master Chorale, led by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director, will make its long-awaited return to Walt Disney Concert Hall and welcome back concertgoers on Saturday, September 25 and Sunday, September 26, 2021 with its season kick-off concert, Invitation.
Los Angeles Master Chorale Announces 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 27, 2021
The Los Angeles Master Chorale, led by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director, today announced its 2021-22 season and long-awaited return to Walt Disney Concert Hall, following the venue’s closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 27, 2021
The Los Angeles Master Chorale, led by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director, today announced its 2021-22 season and long-awaited return to Walt Disney Concert Hall, following the venue’s closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Los Angeles Master Chorale Postpones 2020-21 Season; Extends Contract for Artistic Director Grant Gershon
by Stephi Wild - Jul 22, 2020
The Los Angeles Master Chorale announced today that it will postpone the originally scheduled 2020-21 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall to the 2021-22 season due to the pandemic.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 22, 2020
The Los Angeles Master Chorale announced today that it will postpone the originally scheduled 2020-21 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall to the 2021-22 season due to the pandemic.
South Dakota Symphony Launches 'Bridging Cultures' Program In February
by BWW News Desk - Feb 1, 2019
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra will launch a new initiative for building an inclusive community in Sioux Falls when it performs music of five living composers from as many different cultures today, February 1 at 7:30 PM in Hamre Recital Hall at Augustana University.
by BWW News Desk - Feb 1, 2019
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra will launch a new initiative for building an inclusive community in Sioux Falls when it performs music of five living composers from as many different cultures today, February 1 at 7:30 PM in Hamre Recital Hall at Augustana University.
South Dakota Symphony Launches 'Bridging Cultures' Program In February
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 24, 2019
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra will launch a new initiative for building an inclusive community in Sioux Falls when it performs music of five living composers from as many different cultures on Friday, February 1 at 7:30 PM in Hamre Recital Hall at Augustana University.
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 24, 2019
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra will launch a new initiative for building an inclusive community in Sioux Falls when it performs music of five living composers from as many different cultures on Friday, February 1 at 7:30 PM in Hamre Recital Hall at Augustana University.
Copland House Announces 2018 Residency Awards
by Julie Musbach - Jul 24, 2018
An unusually diverse group of 12 highly-gifted composers has been selected to receive the 2018 Copland House Residency Awards. Ranging in age from 31 to 57, these four women and eight men from eight states come from widely-varied personal and artistic backgrounds, and have pursued divergent creative paths from concert music to jazz, acoustic to electronic, minutely-detailed to free and improvisatory, socially-engaged to abstract. They include a 2018 Pulitzer Prize Finalist, recipients of the Charles Ives Living award and Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Career Grant, and two much-acclaimed concert and jazz pianists.
by Julie Musbach - Jul 24, 2018
An unusually diverse group of 12 highly-gifted composers has been selected to receive the 2018 Copland House Residency Awards. Ranging in age from 31 to 57, these four women and eight men from eight states come from widely-varied personal and artistic backgrounds, and have pursued divergent creative paths from concert music to jazz, acoustic to electronic, minutely-detailed to free and improvisatory, socially-engaged to abstract. They include a 2018 Pulitzer Prize Finalist, recipients of the Charles Ives Living award and Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Career Grant, and two much-acclaimed concert and jazz pianists.
C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective Presents 'Water Music'
by BWW News Desk - Jun 7, 2018
C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective will present Water Music, the third concert cycle of its 2017-18 Love, Devotion and Water New York season on June 7 at 8 PM at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (?enter on 25th Street between Lexington and 3rd Avenues) and ?June 9, also at 8 PM, at Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street (south of Christopher Street), both in Manhattan.
by BWW News Desk - Jun 7, 2018
C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective will present Water Music, the third concert cycle of its 2017-18 Love, Devotion and Water New York season on June 7 at 8 PM at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (?enter on 25th Street between Lexington and 3rd Avenues) and ?June 9, also at 8 PM, at Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street (south of Christopher Street), both in Manhattan.
C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective Presents 'Water Music'
by Julie Musbach - May 24, 2018
C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective will present Water Music, the third concert cycle of its 2017-18 Love, Devotion and Water New York season on June 7 at 8 PM at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (?enter on 25th Street between Lexington and 3rd Avenues) and ?June 9, also at 8 PM, at Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street (south of Christopher Street), both in Manhattan.
by Julie Musbach - May 24, 2018
C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective will present Water Music, the third concert cycle of its 2017-18 Love, Devotion and Water New York season on June 7 at 8 PM at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (?enter on 25th Street between Lexington and 3rd Avenues) and ?June 9, also at 8 PM, at Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street (south of Christopher Street), both in Manhattan.
Los Angeles Master Chorale Hosts Chorus America Conference
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 7, 2017
Artistic leaders and managers of choirs from North America will gather in Los Angeles this month for Chorus America's 2017 Conference held Wednesday, June 21 through Saturday, June 24. The conference is being held at the Omni Hotel on Grand Avenue and is hosted by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, a resident company of The Music Center and choir-in-residence at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Chorus America is a 2,000-member national advocacy, research, and leadership development organization based in Washington, D.C.
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 7, 2017
Artistic leaders and managers of choirs from North America will gather in Los Angeles this month for Chorus America's 2017 Conference held Wednesday, June 21 through Saturday, June 24. The conference is being held at the Omni Hotel on Grand Avenue and is hosted by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, a resident company of The Music Center and choir-in-residence at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Chorus America is a 2,000-member national advocacy, research, and leadership development organization based in Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles Master Chorale Presents 28th Annual High School Choir Festival, 4/21
by Christina Mancuso - Mar 15, 2017
The combined vocal force of 1,000 high school students from 30 Southland schools can be heard in a free concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday, April 21 when the Los Angeles Master Chorale presents the 28th Annual High School Choir Festival. The 1,000-voice Festival choir will be led by Artistic Director Grant Gershon in a varied program that features works by this year's guest artist singer/composer Moira Smiley. Smiley will also teach the massive choir body percussion to accompany one of her songs.
by Christina Mancuso - Mar 15, 2017
The combined vocal force of 1,000 high school students from 30 Southland schools can be heard in a free concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday, April 21 when the Los Angeles Master Chorale presents the 28th Annual High School Choir Festival. The 1,000-voice Festival choir will be led by Artistic Director Grant Gershon in a varied program that features works by this year's guest artist singer/composer Moira Smiley. Smiley will also teach the massive choir body percussion to accompany one of her songs.
NY Arts Exec to Lead LA Master Chorale
by Tyler Peterson - May 21, 2015
New York Arts Executive Jean Davidson, who has been affiliated with some of the country's most innovative and successful arts organizations, has been named President & CEO of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC), the nation's largest professional chorus and Walt Disney Concert Hall resident chorus led by Artistic Director Grant Gershon and heralded around the globe for its unparalleled artistry, announces LAMC Chair David Gindler. She assumes the post on August 31, 2015. Davidson has served since 2011 as Executive Director & CEO of New York Live Arts, an internationally acclaimed interdisciplinary performing arts center under the artistic direction of Bill T. Jones. Guiding its phenomenal growth and success since its inception, she was instrumental in leading the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company through its merger with Dance Theater Workshop to create New York Live Arts, a new model of artist-led, producing and presenting arts organization unique in the United States. Today New York Live Arts, noted for commissioning cutting-edge new works, its vibrant community partnerships and as home base for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, presents more than 100 performances annually in its theater and studios inside its 20,000-square-foot facility in Chelsea, operating with a $5.8 million budget. Davidson is cited for her forward-thinking management style, fostering artistic innovation, developing and expanding creative partnerships with disparate educational and cultural organizations, and overseeing tremendous revenue development and programmatic growth. She previously served as Executive Director of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in New York City for six years prior to the merger, when the company launched two successful initiatives entitled Partners in Creation and Partners in Education; Managing Director of The Silk Road Project, Inc., a non-profit arts and cultural organization founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma which during her tenure commissioned 25 chamber works, launched a worldwide tour, released three recordings; and Production Administrator for the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. Davidson replaces LAMC President & CEO Terry Knowles, who steps down at the end of the season following a tremendously successful 15-year tenure with the chorus, during which time the Chorale experienced unsurpassed financial and artistic growth, toured around the world to critical acclaim, released six commercial CDs, created a recording partnership with Decca Classics, and twice received the ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming as well as Chorus America's prestigious Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence, the nation's highest choral music award. Davidson's appointment comes at a critical time in the Chorale's history, as it is poised to launch its 52nd season and a new period of strategic growth. The national executive search for Knowles' successor was led by Arts Consulting Group, the leading provider of executive search and other services for the arts and culture industry.
by Tyler Peterson - May 21, 2015
New York Arts Executive Jean Davidson, who has been affiliated with some of the country's most innovative and successful arts organizations, has been named President & CEO of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC), the nation's largest professional chorus and Walt Disney Concert Hall resident chorus led by Artistic Director Grant Gershon and heralded around the globe for its unparalleled artistry, announces LAMC Chair David Gindler. She assumes the post on August 31, 2015. Davidson has served since 2011 as Executive Director & CEO of New York Live Arts, an internationally acclaimed interdisciplinary performing arts center under the artistic direction of Bill T. Jones. Guiding its phenomenal growth and success since its inception, she was instrumental in leading the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company through its merger with Dance Theater Workshop to create New York Live Arts, a new model of artist-led, producing and presenting arts organization unique in the United States. Today New York Live Arts, noted for commissioning cutting-edge new works, its vibrant community partnerships and as home base for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, presents more than 100 performances annually in its theater and studios inside its 20,000-square-foot facility in Chelsea, operating with a $5.8 million budget. Davidson is cited for her forward-thinking management style, fostering artistic innovation, developing and expanding creative partnerships with disparate educational and cultural organizations, and overseeing tremendous revenue development and programmatic growth. She previously served as Executive Director of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in New York City for six years prior to the merger, when the company launched two successful initiatives entitled Partners in Creation and Partners in Education; Managing Director of The Silk Road Project, Inc., a non-profit arts and cultural organization founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma which during her tenure commissioned 25 chamber works, launched a worldwide tour, released three recordings; and Production Administrator for the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. Davidson replaces LAMC President & CEO Terry Knowles, who steps down at the end of the season following a tremendously successful 15-year tenure with the chorus, during which time the Chorale experienced unsurpassed financial and artistic growth, toured around the world to critical acclaim, released six commercial CDs, created a recording partnership with Decca Classics, and twice received the ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming as well as Chorus America's prestigious Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence, the nation's highest choral music award. Davidson's appointment comes at a critical time in the Chorale's history, as it is poised to launch its 52nd season and a new period of strategic growth. The national executive search for Knowles' successor was led by Arts Consulting Group, the leading provider of executive search and other services for the arts and culture industry.
LA Master Chorale Announces 2015-16 Season at Walt Disney Concert Hall
by BWW News Desk - Feb 21, 2015
The Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) -- heralded around the globe for its unparalleled artistry and wide-ranging repertoire - announces its 2015|16 Season, its 52nd, at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Acclaimed Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director Grant Gershon, "a first-rate conductor" (Opera News) who marks his 15th season at the choir's helm, conducts 10 programs shaped by his keen creative vision, 5 of which are repeated, for a total of 15 performances at Disney Hall. The innovative season features numerous world, US and West Coast premieres as well as semi-staged and multi-media concerts designed to provide an immersive experience.
by BWW News Desk - Feb 21, 2015
The Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) -- heralded around the globe for its unparalleled artistry and wide-ranging repertoire - announces its 2015|16 Season, its 52nd, at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Acclaimed Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director Grant Gershon, "a first-rate conductor" (Opera News) who marks his 15th season at the choir's helm, conducts 10 programs shaped by his keen creative vision, 5 of which are repeated, for a total of 15 performances at Disney Hall. The innovative season features numerous world, US and West Coast premieres as well as semi-staged and multi-media concerts designed to provide an immersive experience.
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