7 Reasons To Watch "Ryan, Ryan! The Maestro and The Ryan Cayabyab Singers," Sunday, April 7

If you have heard of the music of Ryan Cayabyab, you should go watch the concert on Sunday, April 7 in Glendale, California. Use the Filipino American Chamber of Commerce Hollywood's special discount code - "FACCHO" when you purchase your tickets at www.ryanryan.eventbrite.com .  

If you have NOT heard or don’t know the music of Ryan Cayabyab, you SHOULD go, because:

(1)     MrC brings his entertaining triple threat vocal group, The Ryan Cayabyab Singers;

(2)       As a multi-award winning Musical Director, he selects a repertoire that works for all audiences, whether you listen to Filipino music or not; 

(3)     As TV host of his long-running TV show “Ryan Ryan Musikahan” he knows how to set up what may be new music to you;

(4)      You may have seen at AMC Theatres last January 2018, the movie musical “Ang Larawan” which he wrote recently won the Asia Pacific Film Festival for Best in Film Scoring;

(5)     Watch or discover the guest artists:​​

•      An exponent of his teen pop group Smokey Mountain, Geneva Cruz, who popularized the song “Paraiso” whose most powerful lyric is “…this tired and hungry land could expect some truth and hope and respect from the world”
•      Highly acclaimed jazz artists Mon David and Louie Reyes; if you have not heard them sing, you should;
•      From the cast of MrC’s numerous musicals and operas, Annie Nepomuceno, Miguel Vera and 20-year veteran of the Los Angeles Opera, Tenor Sal Malaki;
•      Fellow legendary Filipino singer-songwriter, Odette Quesada, who is the Carole King of the Philippines;
•      Folk dancers Kayamanan ng Lahi will collaborate with young hiphop dance group The Riot using MrC’s music;

(6)       Watch and be inspired by Philippine artists and culture with collaboration with local artists, as experienced their past tours. This is the Ryan Cayabyab Singers 3rd concert tour, and the first after MrC was conferred the title National Artist for Music, a lifetime achievement government award, the Philippine version of the Kennedy Center Honors. MrC received this not only for his music, but for his Elements, Songwriting Camp, Philpop Songwriting Competition, Akapela Open Acapella singing competition, and the Music School of Ryan Cayabyab. 

(7)      His 40-year career as a composer, music director, orchestrator and conductor all started with his award-winning song which goes “Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika, Ito ay atin, sailing atin, at sa habangbuhay, awitin natin.”

The concert will be in Glendale at the John Wayne Performing Arts Center, 1440 East Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205 on Sunday, April 7 at 6pm. If you had been to Music Arts Events productions at the Ford Amphitheatre, Valley Performing Arts Center, Aratani Theatre, and Alex Theatre, you would know that they do not do Filipino time. Get your tickets online on at www.ryanryan.eventbrite.com and don’t forget to use the promo code FACCHO. 

Tell your friends and family about the show!  Get your tickets now before they sell out!