NCCA Ambassador Catriona Gray opens choral competition for PH Music Week

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NCCA Ambassador Catriona Gray opens choral competition for PH Music Week  Miss Universe 2018 and National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Ambassador Catriona Gray says that the NCCA’s choral competition for Philippine Music Week showcases the creative expression that can nurture young Filipino talents. In her speech on Aug. 2, 2025, Gray said that her love for music stemmed from her own personal experience in school choirs. 'Being in a choir was my first introduction to music,' she revealed, recalling how choral singing shaped her early passion for the arts.   VIDEO BY ALLEN LIMOS  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe Visit our website at [https://www.manilatimes.net](https://www.manilatimes.net/)  Follow us: Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion  Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Check out our Podcasts: Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #TMTNews

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00:00...your performances later.

00:02Hello.

00:07First, I'd like to thank NCCA Mayor

00:09Miguelino Macamanalo at the Board of Commissioners.

00:12Thank you so much, President De De Chimbo.

00:14And of course, NCCA Executive Director Dr. Mary Zerudo

00:17and the representatives of the Office of the President.

00:20To our former groups,

00:22to the amazing people who support

00:25and also ... groups who are here in Crescent Dade.

00:29Thank you so much.

00:31And also, I'm just really having a good day here.

00:34Can you bend?

00:35Not many people know this,

00:38but I was just having a conversation earlier.

00:41Being in a choir was my first introduction to music.

00:45I think I was only eight years old

00:48when I joined a choir in a school

00:50and I continued to be in my school choir

00:52to the age of 17.

00:53So really, for the whole of my school experience

00:57from the age of eight, I was a part of the fire.

01:00The reason that I look back so fondly

01:02on the memories of being a martyr of a choral school

01:05is that not only did it introduce me to the joy of music,

01:09for some reason.

01:10So you really exposed while reading sheet music.

01:12Back then, while I was ta-na-na,

01:14I know, I don't know.

01:16Also, the range of your voice.

01:18Am I an alto?

01:19A soprano?

01:20It also really allowed me,

01:24as someone and all of us start that way,

01:27that we're so used to just hearing a single voice

01:30resonating from our bodies.

01:32but there's something emboldening about finding yourself surrounded by other voices

01:38and that's exactly what a choir and being a part of choir allows us to experience

01:44we're trying to think about it to be a metaphor for many things in life

01:48so it gives me a lot of joy see that the love of the music is present in so many of you that are

01:54here with us today and I pray and hope that this will be just the beginning of our musical journeys

02:00as you explore and pursue Filipino excellence in music and craft

02:06hope money to be seen on the global stage as well as you so I'm not excited to happen

02:10to all of our leaders and our global leaders thank you so much for this important guidance

02:17that you give your groups and a lot of time and effort moves into teaching the pieces

02:22rallying the kids together bringing out what joined and that comes out so evidently on the stage

02:27so I do want to acknowledge the contribution that you so give

02:32to people that you know these things together and I'm just looking forward to seeing you

02:36like theソ said that you should be the other side and then I'm gonna take that and

02:41see you in the future as a forest.

02:43So absolutely I continue to speak.

02:44Thank you for listening to my development.

02:46I hope you've been up for now and I hope that you've helped me out.

02:50So I hope you've enjoyed this video.

02:50I hope you enjoyed this video being liked and I hope you enjoyed this video.

02:52Thank you for a lot of people you haven't started looking forward for me.

02:54I hope that you enjoyed this video of the guessing and then

02:56you could go give a lot of answers.

02:58Thank you for listening.

03:00Thank you for listening.

03:02You

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