07 July 2016 - Filipino students from the Miriam College High School Glee Club, led by its conductor, Ms. Nancy Roman, won the Diploma d’Oro Level III in the G2-Youth Choirs of Equal Voices category and the Diploma d’Oro Level II in the S3-Sacred Music Female Choir category at the 7th International Choir Festival & Competition held in Rome, Italy from July 01 to 05.
From the 16 competing international choirs, the Miriam College High School Glee Club, together with other five choirs, qualified the Grand Prize competition concert.
Philippine Ambassador to Italy Domingo P. Nolasco attended the Grand Prize Concert at the Basilica di Sant’Andrea della Valle on July 05 to demonstrate support to the Filipino students. The Ambassador congratulated and commended the group for making the country and the Filipinos proud. The competition provided an opportunity to showcase the Filipino talent and creativity to the Italian public.
The group was the only choir from Asia who qualified in the competition. Other participating choirs were from Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, USA and Ukraine. END
