IMUSICAPELLA Imusicapella is a church choir based at the Our Lady of the Pillar Parish in Imus, Cavite. The choir sings at the 7PM mass every 2nd Sunday of the month at the Imus Cathedral and at the 7PM mass every 3rd Saturday of the month at the St. Peregrine Chapel. Imusicapella embarked in four international concert tours in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2011 in countries such as USA, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands, Poland and Czech Republic. They participated in several international choral competitions and won the following: 9th International Choirdays Mainhausen 2011, GERMANY • 1ST PRIZE, Mixed Choir Category • 3RD PRIZE, Jazz Category 6th HARMONIE Festival 2011 Lindenholzhausen, GERMANY • 1ST PRIZE, Vocal Ensemble Category • 2ND PRIZE, Mixed Chamber Choir Category • Conductor's PRIZE for Tristan Caliston Ignacio for his Outstanding Artistic Performance 40th Florilege Vocal de Tours 2011 FRANCE • 1ST PRIZE, Free Expression Category • 3RD PRIZE, Mixed Vocal Ensemble Category 1st California International Choral Festival & Competition 2007 San Luis Obispo, California, USA • 1ST PRIZE, Required Pieces Category • 1ST PRIZE, Folk Music Category • 2ND PRIZE, Choir's Choice Category (Free Programme Category) • PUBLIC PRIZE 43rd Montreux International Choral Festival 2007 SWITZERLAND • 1ST PRIZE / JURY PRIZE • PRIZE for Best Programming & Interpretation • PUBLIC PRIZE 10th Marktoberdorf International Chamber Choir Competition 2007 GERMANY • 4TH PLACE, Mixed Chamber Choir Category • PUBLIC PRIZE • PRO MUSICA VIVA MARIA STRECKER–DAELEN PRIZE, Conductor's Prize for Tristan Caliston Ignacio for the Best Interpretation of a Contemporary Choral Work 5th HARMONIE Festival 2005 Lindenholzhausen, GERMANY • 1ST PRIZE, Mixed Chamber Choir - Vocal Ensemble Category 1st Mundus Cantat International Choir Festival 2005 Sopot, POLAND • 1ST PRIZE, Gospel, Spiritual & Jazz Category • 1ST PRIZE, Folk Music Category • 2ND PRIZE, Sacred Music Category • GRAND PRIX 10th Festival Choral International de Neuchatel 2003 SWITZERLAND • 1ST PRIZE, Mixed Choir Category • PUBLIC PRIZE • GRAND PRIX 51st Concorso Polifonico Internazionale Guido d' Arezzo 2003 ITALY • 4TH PLACE, Polyphony Category • Finalist 3rd Johannes Brahms International Choral Competition 2003 Wernigerode GERMANY • 2ND PLACE (Gold Diploma), Gospel / Spiritual Category • 3RD PLACE (Gold Diploma), Folk Music Category • 5TH PLACE (Silver Diploma), Mixed Chamber Choir Category They also participated and represented the Philippines in six International Choral Festivals: • 46th International Festival of Choral Art 2003– Jihlava, Czech Republic • 22nd Semana Coral International de Alava 2003 – Vitoria, Spain • 5th Jornades Internationales Musica Coral 2003 – Burgos, Spain • International UNESCO Choir Festival 2003 – Alzenau, Germany • 14th Festival de Chant Choral 2007 – Nancy, France • 10th Festival Les Musicales en Confluence 2011 - Villandry, France They were considered one of the best choirs in all these festivals. As a consistent crowd-favorite, they were given the honor of closing (being the highlight and the last choir to perform) four of the said festivals. Formed in 2002, Imusicapella is a non-profit, amateur, and self – supporting choir composed of young professionals & students coming from Imus & its nearby towns in Cavite under the leadership of Tristan Ignacio. They were the recipient of the “General Licerio Topacio Special Award” during the 2006 Parangal ng Bayan ng Imus for being an outstanding group of the municipality. They finished as one of the top semifinalists at ABS-CBN's talent reality search- Pilipinas Got Talent (Season 1). They have been successful in achieving top prizes in local and national choral competitions. They won the following: 2009 Cultural Center of the Philippines National Choral Competition • 1ST PRIZE, Mixed Choir Category • 1ST PRIZE, Folk Music Category • 2ND PRIZE, Sacred Music Category (w/ no declared 1st Prize winner) • GRAND PRIZE, Island Cove Choir Competition 2002 • GRAND PRIZE, 1ST Magic 89.9 Voices Popcapella Competition 2002 • GRAND PRIZE, Wedding Expo Philippines Choir Competition 2003 With all these achievements, Imusicapella is indisputably, the most successful church choir from the Philippines, so far to venture the competitive world of choral music. Imusicapella has recorded four CDs, "You are the Light"(2003), “Joy to the World"(2003), “One More Gift”(2005) and "Cantate Domino"(2011) Imusicapella has the purpose to promote, advance and uphold Philippine culture in the country and internationally through an abiding commitment to choral excellence, to carry on their goal as Cavite's Cultural Ambassadors of Goodwill . They have become steadfast in their goal of attaining choral distinction and recognition as one of the Philippines' finest vocal ensembles. __________________________________________________ TRISTAN CALISTON IGNACIO Conductor Winner of the CONDUCTOR'S PRIZE for his Outstanding Artistic Performance at the 6th HARMONIE Festival 2011 in Lindenholzhausen, Germany and the “Pro Musica Viva Maria Strecker Daelen Preis”, the CONDUCTOR’S PRIZE for the Best Interpretation of a Contemporary Choral Work at the 10th International Chamber Choir Competition 2007 in Marktoberdorf, Germany, Tristan Caliston Ignacio is one of the Philippines' youngest and most promising choral conductors today. He has molded Imusicapella into one of the best choirs in the country. He has led Imusicapella in winning top prizes in national and international choral competitions. Under his direction, the group emerged as the first Philippine church choir to win First Prizes and GRAND PRIX AWARDS in international choral competitions. Graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Tourism at the University of Santo Tomas in 2003, he was a member of the Imus Institute Pitch Choir,the De La Salle University-Dasmarinas Chorale, and the UST Singers. He was a recipient of the 2009 Gawad Hen.Emilio Aguinaldo, the highest honors given by the Province of Cavite for his outstanding achievements in the field of music as well as the 2009 Col. Jose S Tagle Award given by the Municipality as one of the Most Outstanding Imuseño. He also conducts the Sisters of Mary Boystown Choir in Silang, Cavite and the Department of Energy Chorale in Taguig City. He is the Chairman of the 2011 National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA) - Youth Choir Category. http://www.facebook.com/choir.imusicapella imusicapella@yahoo.com . DISCOGRAPHY  
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 IMUSICAPELLA jamming with Brady Allredtaken during our workshop with Dr. Brady Allred, conductor of the Univesity of Utah Singers, 2006 EGP Winner
San Diego, CA
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PILIPINAS GOT TALENT PILIPINAS GOT TALENT semi Finalist Imusicapella will be performing Live at the Tanghalang Pasigueno on June 5, Saturday 7pm. Please support and text vote for Imusicapella. Voting time is from June 5, 8:30pm up to June 6, 8:30pm only.... more
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