SERENATA

SERENATA December 30 Performance
Organization:	Non-profit/children's choir
Location:	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Season:	1
Musical Director:	Sylvia de Silva-delos Santos
Debut concert:	March 3, 2006

SERENATA is a nonstock, non-profit organization for the children of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This organization is a choir under the musical direction of Mrs. Sylvia de los Santos, a piano and music teacher in the same area. She is best remembered as the director of the Philippine Centennial Choir organized in Jeddah during the 1998 Philippine Independence Day celebrations. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 588 KB) Summary SERENATA Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A nonprofit organization (sometimes abbreviated to not-for-profit, non-profit, or NPO) is an organization whose primary objective is to support some issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes. ... An Overseas Filipino is a person of Philippine origin who lives and works outside the Philippines. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A choir or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. ... A grand piano A piano is a keyboard instrument, widely used in western music for solo performance, chamber music, and accompaniment, and also as a convenient aid to composing and rehearsal. ... Music is an art, entertainment, or other human activity which involves organized and audible sound, though definitions vary. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nations assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony or part of another state. ...

Mission

SERENATA's mission is to commit itself to seek the total formation of the person through the integration of musical excellence, values refinement and sociocultural sensibility, thus uplifting the Filipino image globally.

Season 1

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The first season of SERENATA lasted from August 26, 2005 up to its debut concert, March 3, 2006. Out of the 75 children who auditioned for this season, only 45 passed, mostly girls and 3 boys.

Concert

Its debut concert, entitled “SERENATA…songs from the heart” was held at the Saudi German Hospital Auditorium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia last March 3, 2006. It was a big success and it became famous in Jeddah. It introduced SERENATA and its songs, mostly Filipino and English.

It was also shown in television by ABS-CBN’s The Filipino Channel.

It had many sponsors, namely, Sheikh Khaled A. Bagedo of KAB Holdings, McDonalds, Giordano and Konica Minolta.

Its main beneficiary was supposed to be the unfortunate pupils of the Balbalasang Elementary School in Balbalasang, Balbalan, Kalinga, Northern Philippines. However, the local government of Balbalasan gave financial support to the school and so it won’t need SERENATA’s financial support so SERENATA gave its financial support to the victims of the recent Southern Leyte mudslide in the Philippines.

Season 2

SERENATA plans to continue by Season 2 (2006-2007). Auditions will be held to know who will deserve to join the next season of the choir or not.

Out of the 45 children who joined SERENATA’s Season 1, only a few of them will be invited to join its next season. The other members who won’t be picked will no longer have the chance to join its next season.

Unlike the previous season, Season 2 will start in June, not August.