Workshops
Do you want to improve your performance technique?
Each school year, we hold a series of intimate and interactive workshops. We strive to develop the skill, technique and musicianship of our student musicians.
Each session is a master class led by one of our music clinicians and limited to approximately eight participants. Students will work one-on-one with the clinician and perform a piece of their choice for their fellow workshop participants.
After the performance, the clinician will identify and solve the student’s performance issues. The clinician will also welcome feedback from other workshop participants. We believe that an evaluation of our weaknesses, with the help of specialists and peers, make us stronger individuals — in music and in worlds outside of music!
Our adjudicated Music Education & Outreach Recital culminates our workshop series at the end of the school year. All students who participated in the school year’s workshop series will have an opportunity to perform and showcase what they have learned. Students will receive feedback from a panel of jurors.
Currently available workshops include:
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Voice
Our vocal workshops encourage healthy singing in singers of all ages. Topics include the mastery of chest and head voice, diction, International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), vowel shapes, coordinating vocal onset, breath control, establishing a balanced resonance, examining the voice’s vibrancy, and extending and stabilizing one’s vocal range.
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Strings
Workshops for string players address both technical and performance topics such as intonation, proper performance posture, left- and right-hand technique, timbre, scales, and vibrato.
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Wind & Brass
Wind and brass workshop topics include timbre, scales, vibrato and proper practice.
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Songwriting
Our songwriting workshops introduce fundamental songwriting techniques. Topics include creating memorable melodies, improving lyric writing, and incorporating catchy hooks.
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String Classes
We provide the violins and cellos—you provide the enthusiasm to learn!
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Composition Competition
The FASO’s annual International Composition Competition for Philippine Folk Music for students.
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College Scholarship
Earn $1,000 for college with your response to the prompt “What does Phillipine music mean to you?”