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Enthusiastic, dynamic and talented choir director who rehearses with self confidence and poise. Communicates with humor and clarity direct vocal examples of his desired outcomes of diction, tone quality, blend and musical expression. You can hear the choir instantly responding to his positive immediate coaching and promptings. Lawrence Laureano is demonstrating the real reason people want to sing in a choir, to be directed and guided into the emersion of their voice with other voices and become part of a uniquely human choral sound. God’s graces and blessings on this gifted young man and for many, many years to come, may he enjoy his chosen musical career.
Amen. I just chanced on this posting while doing home repairs and this immediately caught my attention! Lawrence has the talent, energy and heart to coach such a challenging and powerful choir piece! I shud know... I am George's younger brother from a family who loved classic music! Bravo to Lawrence!!
Being Filipino living in England for a long time hearing foreigners singing a song in my dialect made me emotional and teary eyed. It was a great recollection of my father's passion in teaching his elementary pupils (he was a 4th grade teacher)singing in a proper way. You Sir , reminded me of my loving father. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'm Tenor1 from Thailand. I used to sing this song many years ago. This song is a challenge every time when i sing it. Every time we sing, the tempo accelerates and # sounds unconsciously. To be must concentration and unity with the conductor to get this song to perfectly, Bravo👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Feel it, taste it, dwell on vowels, shape it, punch and take it back - great way to emphasize the Filipino chorale technique. Congrats to the conductor and the amazing choir here.
Omg I’m obsessed. He leads and communicates so clearly and passionately. The diction, the phrase selections and the expressive body language…perfection! 👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉
I love it when he says 'you really have to shape that, yah?!' because he is very particular with phrasing and intonations that give character to the song. 💚😍 A very respectful conductor.
Pag ikaw ay Filipino at kinanta Ng Ibang lahi Ang awitin nyo dito sa pilipinas Iba Ang nararamdan Ng iyong isipan at puso ! Proud Kang maging Filipino kahit nasaan Kang lugar Ng Mundo ! Thank you !
I was a member of a university choir in the Philippines, and I miss those years. Hearing this choir sing brings me back those rehearsal moments. Up to now, I still have the sheet music of Rosas Pandan.
Lawrence, you are indeed a very great and talented choir director. It runs in our 🇵🇭 blood and it makes me so proud. I once (now retired) directed our church choir for 25 years and I missed those years. God bless you in all your endeavors🇺🇸🙏🇵🇭✌🏼👍
This conductor makes the song sounds better than the actual version by Filipino choir. The conductor is genius and makes the song alive with feelings and emotions.
What a joy to watch and hear this music! This is an amazing choral director. I am thrilled to have stumbled upon this video. Now I will search for anything he does and watch to see a meteoric rise in his career.
What a surprising find on YT! This choral director is impressive. He really brings out the life and spirit of this song with unbridled emotion! My husband, a music major in college who has joined several chorales in Washington, DC, is totally amazed by his conducting skills! Kudos to you Lawrence and a new sub here!
What a great and tremendously skillful conductor. This is a beautiful Filipino folk song. Full of emotions!!! Mabuhay!!! The choir sings so beautifully!!!
Superb and fantastic for non Filipino Visayan speaking singers perfectly pronounced with correct diction singing Pilipino visayan folksong. I am a senior Filipino citizen and I salute, thank you the whole choirs.
Hello sir Lawrence. I'm from the Philippines. I am happy seeing and listening your rehearsal and version of our very own Song, Visayan Song "Rosas Pandan". I am so impressed with your Choral Directing you are so good. Congratulations. God bless you and the rest of the Group.
So nice to hear foreigners singing our song. I am from Davao City Philippines a retired teacher now based in Toronto, Ontario. We used to sing this song with me as bass. Teary-eyed 'cause i missed my Choir group the Davao City Teachers' Choir.
I was moved by this video. My mom was a music teacher back in her days and I hear this piece every single school year. I can see her passion in you, sir. ❤
I am from the Philippines we used to sing this Visayan Song.. I am from Luzon who speak Tagalog. All I can say is 👏👏👏👏👏. Especially the conductor. He knows technically details of the song. Congratulations and thank you for picking this Philippine song for your piece.
Yes BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO!! For a while you reminded me of my brother who arranged this Visayan song! Yes I am George's younger brother Ricardo... So I speak with a bit of authority.
@Cefer Ortz There's no doubt about it - it's Cebuano. How you mistook it is not a surprise given that the words in both languages have some similarities.
Wow! Ka nindot, I love it, I would like also to introduce this Rosas Pandan song to our dutch choir music conductor para ma kanta sad ni namo deri sa Holland. I am proud of you Mr. Lawrence Laureano ang talentadong kababayan. Proud Pinoy 🇵🇭 music conductor Yeah! 🥰
He cantado en coros y los he dirigido y por mi experiencia me atrevo a decir que este director es excepcionalmente bueno: dominio de las voces, técnica vocal, pedagogía, capacidad para transmitir sentimientos a los cantores... Enhorabuena.
And the song is so nice too. Miss this song and the choir is really really good. Glad to hear you sing our folk song. Thank you. So proud of being a Filipino.❤
Love this choral masterwork. Enjoy watching this dynamic, gifted director craft the sound from this choir. All the elements of choral musical expression addressed throughout rehearsal. Fine singers responding so well to his direction. Master rehearsal session.
Wow! Wow! Wow! Bravooo!!! Never heard such GREAT AND POWERFUL rendition of Rosas Pandan like this. Hat’s off to all of you! Standing ovation here!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I am very impressed!! They are not Filipinos singing native classic visayan song pronouncing each word perfectly. Congrats to the conductor and the Choir trainer, it’s a job well done!!
Loving how the choir is very receptive to instruction that made their sound authentically Visayan (Philippine southern dialect) throughout, from start to finish!
Fascinating. So much work, time and fine tuning to attain perfection. Lawrence is in full command, he knows his stuff. He uses his whole body, voice, facial expressions to convey what he wants from the singers. The singers are impressive too, learning the non-English lyrics, melody and proper pronunciation.
Im a tenor 1 in the Philippines under our choir master Renier Aguilar. Im so thankful that I had a chance to learned and performed rosas pandan. While watching you reminds me of my choir days, I just stopped singing in the choir when we migrated here in Canada. Hopefully you upload more videos so I can still sing with a choir. ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
In high school we sang this at a national choral contest in Manila along with Baleleng and Ako kini si angi /leron leron sinta and wonnnn. Am a proud Filipino/cebuano. Hearing this made me cry and remember such happy days as a child. I wonder if they understand the words. It is a very happy folk song about Rosa's life. Coming from the mountains selling stuff at the town market , to get by. She joins the town bonding or gathering which was a common tradition in the Philippines, without planning , people would gather to sing and dance. But Rosa is talented with BALITAW , an extemporaneous exchange of verses or words about love , done with graceful dancing , with a man who would challenge her for balitaw. Because she is really good at it , she wins over the man. And the man ends up druelng over her beauty and wishing he could win her love.
Kaya usong-uso sa probinsya ang mga sayawan o 'bayle' kung tawagin sa Cebuano tuwing may fiesta kasi pagkakataon ng mga binata na makausap ang mga dalaga at upang mahawakan ang kani-kanilang mga kamay.
Even without seeing the actual performance I could predict the outcome to be superb just by seeing the meticulous attack of the conductor to every minute detail of the exact pronunciation and accent of this Visayan song which is one of our best Philippine folk song. Congratulations and thank you for giving justice to our native song.
I am from the Philippines and I sing as Bass in a choir. Nice rendition. you sound nearly authentic even though it is not your native language. Nice Job :)
Beautiful music of Pinas , Time of my lola , Bnisaya pa gyud oiii. Thank you po sa Choir 🙏 Ang Gandaaaa Musika at mula sa Pinoy. Nakaka_ luha sa Saya .At Boses ng mga anghel ang kumakanta ,OMG 💝💝💝💝💝💝💝 at Galing ni Maestro 🎉🎉🎉 💪💖💖💖 Galing Nila Lahat 🎉🎉🎉💝💝💝
I’am from the Philippines and speak the language that you are singing right now . Oh it melt my heart and it make me proud that a group of foreigners sing the song that I grow up with . I wish my son who is a member of Strachmore Philharmonic Corale will do the same .
This song is always played every Sunday in a local radio station in Cebu. My father when he was still living he used to listened a lot Cebuano folk or cebuano songs
Hello Lorenz, I happened to watch different choirs singing same song no comparison,the way your choir sung it I am truly impressed ...... You did it no kidding aside
Love to hear how your chorale sung the song "Rosas Pandan" and the way you conduct them. Love and proud of being a Cebuano from the Queen City of South Philippines. More Visayan folk song please..🥰😍❤❤❤ Congrats
I would love to learn more in reading music notes & be mentor by this talented conductor. How I wish my church choir has a music coach or conductor like him. Greetings from Labuan, Sabah.
How splendid and heavenly! Hat's off! Bravo! This is my mom's fave song. So heartwarming and soothing... She must be smiling up in the heavens. Thank you,God for the gift of music!❤️💛💙🌹😇🌹
Bravo!!! I am a Filipino i close my eyes while listening i thought the choir members are all Pure Blooded Filipino, Guys you sounded like a true Filipino, the diction and intonations are all on point. Great Job!
You are a genius sir you got the ear, the voice, detaiked even in diction, the passion and everything in music. I keep on repeating this video, really beautiful!
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderfulworks of yours. One of the best song that a best chorale group can sing with a best conductor like you. Bravo!!❤️👏👏👏
I am from Davao City,Philippines. I love the way he coaches for each member of the choir group....pls.allow me to apply your style sir...bravo...thank you very much ....I am so inspired to teach little children ages 8-12 y.o. how to sing this song in chorus and teach them to love our own Filipino songs...hoping for the best result....
I'm so happy watching this video, foreigners singing our folk song. The way the conductor teaches every voice and the correct pronunciation of the visayan words and his happy gestures really bring life to the chorale group.😮
This is just a very beautiful song. This is the best version by a foreign chorale. The diction and enunciation are on point. I hear no accent like it’s being performed by native bisayan-speaking singers.
Wow perfect Filipino inuncuation!!! I just love d precision and musicality.... As a Filipino I'm so proud of you guys. Saludo! Come to the Philippines everyone. I'm sure Filipinos will love you and your craft. ❤️❤️❤️🇵🇭
The conductor is very passionate and a perfectionist. I have been watching this many times. He is so inspiring. And the singers of course are equally passionate.
This deserve more views! MORE PLEASE! I just stumbled upon this video and now I'm hooked. New subscriber here! Looking forward to more beautiful videos.
I have been doing choir for 7+ years and I just clicked on this video by accident but dang man 3:57 4 minuets in and I’m hooked can’t wait to join a choir one day again, I can tell your a fantastic director you get your point across but are still fun! Keep up the good work man they sound awesome!
