061509IW2

Iskolar ng sining


I-Witness documented a nerve-wracking and dazzling real-life reality show, but did not stage it -- a public high school did. The school is the only one of its kind, the famed Philippine High School for the Arts in the secluded woods of Mount Makiling in Laguna, the alma mater of such arts luminaries as Raymond Red and Grace Nono.

For the first time in its history, the PHSA called for a live audition of aspirants for 40 annual scholarships, worth 300,00 pesos per student per year.

Howie Severino and his team immersed themselves in the week-long auditions on PHSA's mountain campus, and focused on the lives of three applicants as they go through an emotional roller-coaster in a tranquil environment. Applicants become friends while competing as rivals for limited spots.

Ziv is a shy home-taught classical guitarist who lost his mother to breast cancer two years ago. Finally feeling at home in a school, he faces the prospect of rejection because another classical guitarist who is auditioning may be even better than he.

Applying for the second consecutive year, ballet dancer Joan was traumatized by her first rejection but wants to be a student at PHSA so much that she decided to try again.

Having never known his father, folk dancer aspirant Jason has been inseparable from his mother. But auditioning is the only way he can continue his education and help his mother alleviate their poverty.

Triumph in these auditions means not only a free, world-class arts education, but an opportunity for an artistic career and a chance to represent their country overseas, like many other PHSA alumni before them.

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Taun-taon, ala Britain's Got Talent ang gimik ng Philippine High School for the Arts o PHSA. May live audition kasi rito para sa mga estudyante ng sining na gustong magkamit ng 4-year scholarship mula sa gobyerno. Ngayon Lunes, susundan ni Howie Severino at ng kaniyang grupo ang pinagdadaanan ng mga Iskolar ng Sining.

Si Ziv nasa pagigitara raw ang talento. Wala siyang pormal na pag-aaral ng intsrumento pero umaasa siyang magiging sapat para sa audition ang turo ng ama na isang comics writer.

Pangalawang audition na ito ni Joan sa PHSA. Kahit hindi siya nakapasa noong isang taon, determinado si Joan na makalusot na ngayon. Pinagaling pa kaya ng una niyang kabiguan ang ballet dancer na si Joan?

Sanggol pa lang si Jason, ikinaila na siya ng kanyang tatay. Lumaki siyang walang nasilayang magulang kundi ang ina. Ang pagpasok niya raw sa PHSA ay di lang para mas mahasa pa siya sa pagsasayaw, kundi para na rin makatulong sa kaniyang ina.

Ang mapipiling mga iskolar ay magiging residente ng apat na taon sa
PHSA kung saan libre ang kanilang pagkain at tirahan at makakatatanggap pa ng buwanang sustento.

Higit sa lahat, magkakaroon sila ng pagkakataong maging kinatawan ng Pilipinas sa mga pagtatanghal at kumpetisyon sa ibang bansa.

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[kirazero7]

mabuhay pintados batch 2002

[kirazero7]

GoQuintURa...

[muroamie]

omg ang tatanda na natin, teacher na ang batchmates! good lord. dapat gawan ng docu ang 4yrs. mga laslasan, recital, ligawan, kick outan, mga kababalaghang bundok lang ng nagbibigay. woooo. OMG makiling. walang tatalo sa iyo.

[pearlans29]

go guys... next time ule...