User:Titopao
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[edit] About me
My name is Titopao. Translated into English, it means Uncle Pao. My moniker was coined by one of my nieces, based on one of my first names.
I was born in the City of Manila in 1981. My mother said that I was named after Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II, who made his first visit to the Philippines in 1981. Interestingly, during the years 1978 (year of Paul VI's Manila visit) and 1981, the name Paolo/Paola, Pablo and Paul/Paula (and its derivatives) were in vogue. As a result, I've always had classmates named Paolo.
I live in a relatively quiet barangay in the bustling town of Meycauayan, Bulacan since my childhood. Thus far, it is the only place I have called home.
Grandson of a former college dean and mother of a former college professor, I have read my first book at the age of five years old. I have never stopped reading ever since.
I had my elementary and secondary education in Meycauayan, Bulacan. I took my tertiary degree (in Computer Science and Information Technology) in one of the well-known institutions at Manila's University Belt district, which is walking distance from the President's residence at the Malacanang Palace. I have never taken any part in street demonstrations, although I would often notice demonstrators passing by our campus.
During my student life (from high school to college), I had been involved in different extracurricular activities, which include being a writer, an editor, a theater actor, a pianist/accompanist, a chorister, a composer/arranger, a répétiteur, a choral conductor, and a researcher of local history among others.
During college, I also worked as a graphic designer. After my graduation, I worked in an information technology firm in one of the financial districts in Metro Manila. At present, I am working in another company, also in an information technology firm.
I am still active in the music ministry of my parish church, although I still have plans of pursuing serious and more advanced musical studies. I am also working on my personal website, which will include a collection of my works and interests. I am still single and available...actually, I am single again ;)
[edit] My Wiki interests
On Wikipedia, I usually edit articles about or relating to my own country and articles about music (in particular, choral music (it shows). The following articles were created by me:
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- The European Choral Grand Prix - one of the most prestigious (and arguably the toughest) choral competitions in the whole world..."toughest", because you have to win one of six contests before competing in this one.
- Goldilocks Bakeshop - currently a stub. I created this to support the inclusion of Goldilocks under the Culture subsection of the Philippines article
- Hangad - a Philippine-based choir that has won an Awit Award (the Philippines' counterpart to the Grammy Awards). I also created articles for their four albums, viz.:
- The Jesuit Music Ministry - currently a stub. Hangad's publisher/producer and, arguably, the most influential religious music publisher in the Philippines; songs by their :composers are being sung in Holy masses in the country (including Sunday TV Masses on various stations), their MTVs are on TV stations, and their songs are even covered by pop artists.
Articles that I did not create, but am currently watching and cleaning up on a regular basis, are:
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- Jose Corazon de Jesus - the poet, not the actor (no relation to him)
- Philippine Madrigal Singers (The Madz)
- University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors (UPSA)
- University of the Philippines Concert Chorus (UPCC)
[edit] Wish List
Naturally, because of the edits I made, I found out that I would need to create more articles that are related to my interests. Among the articles that I'm wishing to write in the not-so-distant future are:
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- Awit Awards - the Philippines' version of the Grammy Awards
- Professors Andrea Veneracion and Mark Anthony Carpio - since the Madz are mainly responsible for literally creating the Philippine choral scene, these two persons deserve articles of their own: Prof. Veneracion is an institution of her own, and Prof. Carpio is her designated successor.
- The International Federation of Choral Music (IFCM) - most choirmasters are members of the IFCM
- World Youth Choir - a program under the IFCM
Jesuit Music Ministry (JMM)already created! Under the JMM, the following articles may also have to be created:- Fr. Manoling Francisco, SJ - currently the most prolific JMM composer. Best known for Hindi Kita Malilimutan---which, incidentally, is his first published composition.
- Fr. Eduardo Hontiveros, SJ - Fr. Manoling's predecessor. In the 70's and 80's (in the mid-80's at least, as far back as I can remember :-) Fr. Honti's compositions are everywhere, to the point of being cliche (see Papuri sa Diyos)
- The Bukas Palad Music Ministry - one of the JMM's leading artist-groups, an entirely different group from Hangad, but also won an Awit Award on its own right. I'm also planning to write articles for their different albums, but it might take me more time, so the best thing for me to do at this point is to start an article about them and about their popular songs/music videos (for example, I Will Sing Forever and Humayo't Ihayag (lit. "Go forth and proclaim")
- Individual articles for each individual contest under the European Choral Grand Prix (namely, the choral competitions in Arezzo, Debrecen, Gorizia, Tolosa, Tours and Varna)
If you'd like to help me out with creating these articles, or if you can provide me with more information about these topics to get me started, I would really, really, really appreciate it =))
