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Mus'ka Origin Manila, Philippines Genres Pop, rock, OPM Occupations Singer, dancer, model Years active 2002–present MUS'KA is a Philippine pop group formed in 2002.[1][2]
They have released their first album entitled "Today's Youth Tomorrow's Leader" last December 2002. The songs in the Album include May Kaibigan Ka. I cannot understand. What's Gonna Happen. Maligaya ba. Para lang sayo. Puwede sana puwede.sana.When I think of you. Their songs and Performances earned them a nomination at the Aliw Awards year 2003 in the Philippines
The vision and mission of the songs of Mus'ka is to see a wonderful and peaceful world, where all human beings are aware of their environment,country and community. To entertain people and encourage them to do something good by using their God-given talents.
Mus'ka had their first concert entitled children's power last December 7, 2003 at the Folk arts Theatre with pop star and Actress Jolina Magdangal and with the master showmanGerman Moreno[2][3] The concert Showcased the songs of Mus'ka with three additional songs entitled; Magulang ko Mahal ko,Manood kayo saamin and A better Future.[4] Now this pop group is in its 6th Children's power and is still performing for the entertainment of the viewers.
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Band history
2002
The members of Mus'ka met during the audition of the movie, mga Munting Tinig at LVN studio compound last March 2002.Over 150 applicants auditioned for the movie but only 15 kids(9 boys and 6 girls) passed the Standard of Director Gil M. Portes[5] After shooting the Movie Rosas Records have communicated with the six kids in the movie; Pierro,Cyline, Jocel,Rowell,Keno and Myko to form a Pop group along with two other selected members Michelle (Miss Enchanted Kingdom Talent and Smile) and Hazel ( stage performer and singer) thus the Mus'ka was formed.The word Mus'ka was derived from the original word Musika. The letter "I" was omitted for the simple reason that the kids' mission is to sing together in harmony and to perform with a love for music. The name also means that the love for music resides in everyone and everyone is free for everyone.
September 2002 the 8 members of Mus'ka started recording and rehearsing for their performances. They were trained for almost 4 months by the careful eye of their mentor, choreographer and manager, along with their composers, music arrangers, and vocal coach. Their first performance took place at the Farmer's Plaza Mall on December 21, 2002 and they released their first album on the same day. The departure of short-termed member Hazel Dacanay was replaced by a theater performer, Zaira.[citation needed]
2003
From that time on, Mus'ka have been scheduled to different malls in the Philippines such as Ali Mall, Ever Gotesco, Star mall and in all branches of SM super malls.[citation needed] They have also been accepted by German Moreno to perform once a month on his Master showman TV show in GMA.[citation needed]
From January - March 2003, The Mus'ka were busy appearing on T.V. Guestings, mall tour and out of town performances they also recorded additional songs (magulang ko mahal ko and A better Future) to include in their first album.[citation needed]
June 12, 2003 the Mus'ka was invited to perform in the hit morning show of ABS-CBN, Magandang Umaga Bayan, where they sang an original composition For the Independence Day segment. Shortly after their T.V appearance, the Mus'ka reached the cover of famous Philippine Magazines; Liwayway magazine on June 16, 2003,[6] Movie Star Magazine and Flash Movie Magazines. in 2003 Warner Brothers bought the distribution rights of the mga Munting Tinig movie, starring Alessandra De Rossi,[7] and was once again shown to the public. The film won many awards in the Philippines and in abroad and it was the time where one of the Mus'ka members, Pierro Rodriguez, got nominated as the best new actor' in the PMPC star awards for his role in the film.
Mus'ka was nominated as the best new group in the award giving body, Aliw Awards.October 2003, the group performed at the Cainta,Rizal gymnasium for a mini-concert with the students of the Sacred heart Catholic School of cainta .It was in late September when Rosas Records announced that Mus'ka will be having their first major concert at the Folk Arts Theater on December 7, 2003 together with,actress and pop star, Jolina Magdangal and hosted by German Moreno.[3][4] Several schools participated in the said event including major orphanage in the Philippines. The concert launched all the songs of Mus'ka with an additional song "Manood kayo saamin" that served as their opening number for the concert and the song "Magulang ko Mahal ko" was dedicated to all the parents in the event. The huge concert was directed by Robert Tongko.
2004
Summer of 2004 the Mus'ka was invited by the officials of Marinduque to have a concert in the said place. The Mus'ka members with their parents and manager stayed in the Island for more than two weeks, attending radio programs,personal appearances, etcetera.
December 16, 2004- was the date for The second Children's power to be held at the Cuneta Astrodome. This time, the concert became a gathering of different schools to show off their talents in singing and dancing. The Mus'ka performed their own version of My funny Valentine,Graduation day,Celebrate,Holiday and that's the way I like it, accompanied by "The Sisters" Jam and Toni Rodriguez. Song compositions of Mus'ka Members Cyline (A better future) and Pierro ( Sana Araw-araw ay pasko) was also launched in the concert. Michelle Rodriguez was voted the most popular Mus'ka member in the said event.
2005
Summer of 2005 when Rosas Records announced that the group Mus'ka will be having a movie With Camille Prats and Marco Alcaraz.[8] the movie,Mga batang Bangketa, started filming on August 2005 with the theme song Magulang ko Mahal ko by Mus'ka, the movie also served as the 3rd Children's Power. The movie mga Batang Bangketa premiered on February 2006.[9][10]
2006
February 2006 the movie was shown to over 30 cinemas in the Philippines.[10] April 2006, The Mus'ka was invited to perform in Pagsanjan.
1st week of October when Rosas Records announced that the six members of Mus'ka will have their own Entertainment talk show on RJTV channel.[citation needed] The Talk show which was named after their song kaibigan" (composed by Ton llantada) was hosted by Mus'ka members and was co-hosted by Cherry Chastain.The T.V. show featured stories about different places and events here in the Philippines, it also tackled about different customs and traditions of different cultures. Board of directors from FAMAS and Quezon City Mayor Sonny Belmonte were some of the guests that appeared in the Kaibigan show of Mus'ka. Several schools were also given the chance to perform on the Show
- December 2006- the 4th children's power was held at the Amoranto sports complex.
2007
The Kaibigan T.V. show made it up to second season. While Jocel Escobal requested to leave the group for a while to rest. The five Mus'ka members continued hosting the T.V program and continued performing in mall shows. The third season(April 2007) the T.V show opened a new segment, it was a singing contests called "Pinoy Yata Ako". season 4 (August 2007)of The Kaibigan program was followed by the return of Jocel Escobal from the group Mus'ka.After four seasons in RJTV,the T.V. show finally said its goodbye to the viewers last October 27, 2007.[citation needed]
- the 5th Children's Power(December 15, 2007)was held at the Amoranto Sports Theater with over 15 school participants.
2008
The Mus'ka Group continued with their usual Performances in marikina Riverbanks,Ever Gotesco Ortigas and Common Wealth, Sta Lucia Malls and Robinsons malls,with a Radio Program at DWBL once a week. 2nd batch for the Pinoy yata ako singing contest was also opened .
2009
The Mus'ka had their first performance of the year 2009 at the Broadway Centrum stars Plaza accompanied by several performances in different malls and events they had also begin collaborating with another radio station DWDD armed forces radio. December 2009 Mus'ka had a Christmas part at Ever Gotesco Ortigas and the party was dedicated in helping typhoon victims of Ondoy
2010
February 14, 2010 was the performance date of the 7th children's power of the Mus'ka at Amoranto sports theater, over 15 schools participated and attended the event. after the Children's power, the group was invited at channel 13 for a guest appearance. currently the Mus'ka members are busy rehearsing new songs and performances for 2011 and of course the 8th Children's power
Shows,Tour and Concerts
- 2002- Album Tour (Today's Youth Tomorrow's Leader)
- 2002- performance at Cavite Province
- 2003- performance at Gapan Province
- 2003- Mus'ka summer mall tour
- 2003- Magandang Umaga Bayan(ABS-CBN) T.V. guesting
- 2003- Tining ng Kabataan (mini concert in Cainta Rizal)
- 2003- 1st Children's power(concert in Folk Arts theater)[4]
- 2004- Intramuros Tourism performances
- 2004- Aliw Theatre Performance
- 2004- Channel 13 T.V. Guesting
- 2004- Marinduque Province Concert
- 2004- March - June mall tour
- 2004- World Trade center performance
- 2004- 2nd children's power (concert in Cuneta Astrodome)
- 2005- RJTV "Jojo A. all the way"( T.V guestings)
- 2005- mall tour for mga Batang Bangketa movie
- 2005- 3rd Children's power (Enchanted Kingdom)
- 2005- ETK(ABS-CBN) T.V Guestings
- 2005- UNTV Guesting
- 2006- Performance in Pagsanjan Province
- 2006-2007- Hosted at Kaibigan (RJTV) T.V. Show for 4 seasons
- 2006- 4th Children's Power (Amoranto Sports Complex)
- 2006- Unang Hirit(GMA) T.V. Guesting
- 2007- 5th Children's power (Amoranto Sports Theater)
- 2008- Radio Program at DWBL
- 2008- Miss ITTE Tourism Performance( SM Complex)
- 2008- summer mall tour
- 2009- Broadway Centrum Stars Plaza (mini Concert)
- 2009- 6th Children's Power (Amoranto Sports Theater)
- 2009- Mus'ka 2009 mall tour
- 2009- Umagang Kay Ganda (ABS-CBN) T.V. Guesting
- 2009- 5th year anniversary of "saksi sa balita" newspaper
- 2010- 7th CHildren's power (Amoranto Theater)
- 2010- NCCA T.V. guesting
- 2010- regular T.V. Guesting
- 2010- Master Showman walang tulugan (GMA)
References
- ^ http://www2.clickthecity.com/event/detail.asp?evid=12063
- ^ a b http://web.archive.org/web/20040401091635/http://www.geocities.com/rosas_muska/artists.html
- ^ a b http://www.articlearchives.com/humanities-social-science/visual-performing-arts/155416-1.html
- ^ a b c http://web.archive.org/web/20040408084601/http://www.geocities.com/rosas_muska/Photos.html
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20040605095128/http://www.geocities.com/rosas_muska/aboutmovie.html
- ^ # http://www.geocities.com/rosas_muska/liwayway.html[dead link]
- ^ # http://movies.tvguide.com/small-voices/cast/137050
- ^ # http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife04_mar02_2006
- ^ http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/02/19/ENTR2006021956700.html
- ^ a b http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/rosasentertainment2/thecast.html&date=2009-10-26+01:50:15
External links
Categories:- Philippine pop music groups
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