Jonathan Velasco, Author at The IFCM Magazine

Jonathan Velasco

Jonathan Velasco is a much sought after choral conductor, clinician and adjudicator in the world today. He studied at the University of the Philippines College of Music and at the Berliner Kirchenmusikschule. He was a member and assistant conductor of the World Youth Choir, and in 1996 became its first Asian conductor. Velasco regularly holds choral clinics and workshops in the Philippines and all over the world. He is a member of the jury in various choral competitions in Europe and Asia. He currently conducts the Ateneo Chamber Singers. Velasco is an advisor to the board of IFCM, and is the Philippine representative to the World Choir Council. In 2008, he was elected the first president of the newly formed Philippine Choral Directors Association.

Jakarta World Choir Festival

By: Jonathan Velasco

On: January 15, 2020

In: Choral World News

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Jakarta World Choir Festival

A Choral Cornucopia

Andrea Veneracion: Philippine Choral Ambassador to the World

By: Jonathan Velasco

On: October 15, 2013

In: Choral World News

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Jonathan Velasco

choral conductor & teacher

When Prof. Andrea Veneracion passed away on July 9, 2013 at the age of 85, it was, as former dean of the University of the Philippines College of Music Ramo…Read More →

Choral World Response to World-Wide Relief

By: Jonathan Velasco

On: April 1, 2014

In: Focus

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By Jonathan Velasco, choral conductor, President of PCDA

The Philippines had more than their usual quota of natural disasters last year. On October 15, a powerful quake of 7.2 magnitude rocked the islands of Bohol and Cebu, killing …Read More →