Imusicapella
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Imusicapella is a church choir based at the Our Lady of the Pillar Parish in Imus
Imus, Cavite
The Municipality of Imus is a first-class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines, and it is the officially designated capital of Cavite...

, Cavite
Cavite
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, Philippines
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. 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.

Formed in 2002, Imusicapella is a non-profit, amateur, and self – supporting choir composed of young professionals and students coming from Imus and 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
Pilipinas Got Talent
Pilipinas Got Talent is a Philippine talent show on ABS-CBN that began February 20, 2010. It is based on the Got Talent franchise, a British TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCO company. "Pilipinas" is the Filipino word for Philippines. Anyone can join and showcase their talents...

 (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

• First prize, Mixed Choir Category
• First 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


Imusicapella has recorded four CDs, "You are the Light"(2003), “Joy to the World"(2003), “One More Gift”(2005) and "Cantate Domino"(2011)

Conductor

The conductor
Conducting
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 of the choir is Tristan Caliston Ignacio. He was the winner of the Conductor's Prize for Outstanding Artistic Performance at the 6th Harmonie Festival 2011 in Lindenholzhausen, Germany and the "Pro Musica Viva Maria Strecker Daelen Preis" Conductor's Prize for the Best Interpretation of a Contemporary Choral Work at the 10th International Chamber Choir Competition 2007 in Marktoberdorf, Germany.

Caliston Ignacio graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Tourism at the University of Santo Tomas
University of Santo Tomas
The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines , is a private Roman Catholic university run by the Order of Preachers in Manila. Founded on April 28, 1611 by archbishop of Manila Miguel de Benavides, it has the oldest extant university charter in the...

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. Caliston Ignacio is the Chairman of the 2011 National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA) - Youth Choir Category.

Awards

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

• First prize, Mixed Choir Category
• Third prize, Jazz Category

  • Sixth Harmonie Festival 2011 Lindenholzhausen, Germany

• First prize, Vocal Ensemble Category
• Second Prize, Mixed Chamber Choir Category

  • 40th Florilege Vocal de Tours 2011 FRANCE

• Fist prize, Free Expression Category
• Third prize, Mixed Vocal Ensemble Category
  • 1st California International Choral Festival & Competition 2007 San Luis Obispo, California, USA

• First prize, Required Pieces Category
• First prize, Folk Music Category
• Second prize, Choir's Choice Category (Free Programme Category)
• Public prize,
  • 43rd Montreux International Choral Festival 2007, Switzerland

• First prize / Jury prize
• Prize for Best Programming & Interpretation
• Public prize

* 10th Marktoberdorf International Chamber Choir Competition 2007, Germany
• Fourth place, Mixed Chamber Choir Category
• Public Prize
  • 5th Harmonie Festival 2005 Lindenholzhausen, Germany

• First prize, Mixed Chamber Choir - Vocal Ensemble Category
  • 1st Mundus Cantat International Choir Festival 2005 Sopot, Poland

• First prize, Gospel, Spiritual & Jazz Category
• First prize, Folk Music Category
• Second prize, Sacred Music Category
• Grand Prix
  • 10th Festival Choral International de Neuchatel 2003, Switzerland

• First 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

• Second place (Gold Diploma), Gospel / Spiritual Category
• Third place (Gold Diploma), Folk Music Category
• Fifth 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
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