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Hiraya Men’s Chorus has steadily made itself known to the chorale world through its delightful and meaningful interpretations of songs.
The name Hiraya, loosely means “vision,” “imagination” and “dream.” It appropriately defines their beginnings and their unique character.
Hiraya is a group of young workingmen who spend their free time singing.
Hiraya Gallery, established in 1980, is committed to the promotion as well as development of serious, imaginative, and relevant Philippine art, especially by young but talented Filipino artists.
Hiraya eschews too much commercialism in art, and frowns on capitalizing, for easy success, on the attraction of "established" names.
Hiraya supports artists not because they are commercially viable, but because it believes strongly in what they are trying to achieve.
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Hiraya did not bank its reputation on well-known and popular artists and instead took risks on the might of the artistic visions as commentaries on the Filipino way of life, its society and institutions.
The loafer, the rambling thinker, and the mischievous observer is the 31-year old MAYA MUÑOZ, who filled her canvasses with snapshots of human gestures drawn with scrawled lines and blurred images.
The exhibition at Hiraya Gallery is her first one-woman show in Metro Manila and in the Philippines.
Since its inception in 2000, Hiraya Men's Chorus has steadily made itself known to the chorale world through its delightful and meaningful interpretations of songs.
The name Hiraya, also rendered in traditional alphabet, loosely means "vision", "imagination" and "dream", and appropriately defines their beginnings and their unique character.
Unlike most Philippine choirs which are based in schools, churches or aligned to corporate institutions, Hiraya is a group of young working men from diverse professional backgrounds who choose to spend their after-work time singing.
HIRAYA is a Filipino Male Vocal Ensemble formed on January 2000.
Since its successful debut concert last November 2000 to a packed audience at the Don Francisco Santiago Hall, PCI Bank Tower, HIRAYA is starting to emerge as the country’s premiere all-male chorus.
From the self-titled debut concert in Fort Santiago Hall, PCI Bank Tower, the Hiraya Men’s Chorus Manila brings you a wide range of music, from classical pieces to Filipino pop arrangements.
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But what separates the November show in Hiraya from the last time he had an exhibition of works on canvas entitled Alma Matters held in the Corredor at the UP College of Fine Arts in February 2004 is that his works have become even bigger.
The UP show last year carried the signature "Sanctuary," all of 6 x 12 feet; in the Hiraya show, the work to see is "Refuge," all of 7 x 14 feet.
The Hiraya Gallery is the richer for being the venue to present these markings in Caratings continuing artistic odyssey.
The first episode of Hiraya went on air around 1995 when Sineskwela was making headway in the arena of educational television.
These could be as diverse as Hiraya’s story treatments: respect for elders, honesty, cleanliness, perseverance, trust, strength of character and a lot more.
To make the show more attractive, and in the tradition of Sesame Street, Hiraya’s production team convinces name stars to pitch in their time and talent by gamely appearing as witches, kings, merlins and the like.
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Dateline: NAGANO, Japan, May 11 (EDS: UPDATING WITH VOTE RESULT) Twelve-year-old students for the first time in Japan on Sunday were allowed to vote in the village of Hiraya, Nagano Prefecture, in a merger referendum in which a majority favored a merger.
The village granted the voting right to eligible residents as young as 12 in junior high school, totaling 25 or 5% of the village's eligible voters, last December because it "wanted the students to participate in the future of the village."
Hiraya, a mountain-ringed community, is the smallest village in the...
She looked the list over one more time, eyebrows knitted, and when she still couldn't find my name, she gave me a look that I took to mean "I'm sorry, maam, you are not on the guest list." Oh God, I thought, she thinks I'm a guest of the band Hiraya.
ikaw yung bagong bokalista ng Hiraya (you are the new vocalist of Hiraya)?"
But we were alive, tight (except for the mistakes), well-received, and a got a very genuine thumbs up from the one musician and critic I was hoping to please: Nino Avenido- even if he's my boyfriend, he would never lie if he thought my band sucked.
And since her dad is a singer, its no surprise that Ala will sooner or later become one as well.
She has a good answer to that quoting her from her blog its not that I have stage fright, everyone knows Im pretty kapal-mukha and have no problem with being in front of a crowd.
The world of rock and roll isnt exactly new to Ala since her boyfriend is also in a band (Greyhoundz) but its still different when youre the one singing and performing on stage.
Severo - This upcoming band from the south has had a major following in their shows because of the intense rock and original compositions that they have.
Hiraya - This band was nominated for their song "Hiraya" at the 2003 Awit Awards.
The Band was also included at the Red Horse Muziklaban Compilation Album under Alpha Records.
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Anyone breaking the rules or doing something offensive will be attended to asap, forced to leave the board, have their account deleted and be eaten by the great arrow doggy.
The Hiraya Oekaki is part of the Hiraya Network.
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Hiraya Gallery http://www.hiraya.com pays tribute to Santiago Bose in "Cellars," which opens at 6pm on Saturday, March 19, 2005 Contact the gallery for opening hours and the closing date of the exhibition.
Herzon, Giovanni, Rhea and Glace Dela Rosa, the children of Ibarra Dela Rosa, will mount their latest works celebrating harvest, nature and the religious with impressionistic colors and realistic brushstrokes at Galerie Y http://www.oleosakambas.com/subpage-galleries-mandaluyong-galerie-y.html, SM Megamall.
For more information, you can also call Hiraya Gallery on (02) 523 333 or email them at: hiraya@info.com.ph - or visit their website at http://www.hiraya.com
Current : Hiraya...a word I don't have any idea of what the meaning is. Tried searching and here's what I got: Hiraya or Kinaray-a is a language of the Western Visayas in the Philippines.
I tried making the layout as dark as possible and eliminate all shades of pink (unfortunately, I wasn't successful on that shades-of-pink part.) Music is definitely Hiraya's.
And why is nobody's home after that scary thunder woke me up?