The Mandaluyong Children’s Choir was formed as a training program by its Artistic and Administrative Director, Sebastian Trinidad in 1999 that aims to develop and nurture the musically gifted among the underprivileged, and since then, the program has become a spring of hope and pride for the town folks with its talented trove of 8 to 16 year old boys and girls, majority of which are sourced from the public schools system of the City of Mandaluyong. Topping the roster is being the first Filipino choir to win in the prestigious International Choral Kathaumixw in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada. The choristers also won awards at the 2nd World Choir Olympics in Busan, South Korea and represented the country in the 2005 World Children’s Choir Festival in China. Aside from garnering accolades in the choral scene, the young choral internationalists also triumphed in music videos; Only Selfless Love (2002) and Power to Unite (2006) which both won Best MTV in Catholic Mass Media Awards and also garnered awards in the New York Festival. To date, aside from being featured in nine independently produced albums, the Mandaluyong Children’s Choir also had recorded teleserye (television soap opera) theme songs and numerous commercial jingles. The choir also had appeared as guest artists in television specials and regular programs of the television networks in the country. Children under our wings are not only trained musically, but more so, they are also exposed to lessons in leadership for we believe that these Earth Angels would be future catalysts towards building a brighter Philippines.
