Nursing Chorale Sang their Hearts Out

By Michelle Angelique Parreñas

The UST-Nursing Chorale (UST-NC) kicked off their series of performances entitled Nursing Choral Monthly Special with a rendition of two Original Pilipino Music classics at the Medicine lobby last August 24.

With the guidance of their adviser, Ms. Estelle Rose M. Lerma, RN, MAN and conductress Ms. Victoria Ro Katigbak, the 24 students who participated in the said production performed the OPM songs in line with the Buwan ng Wika celebration. The UST-NC version of Gary Valenciano’s Sana Maulit Muli and the duet-rendition of Ogie Alcasid’s Bakit Ngayon Ka Lang? by Jacob Solis (II-9) and Eleanor Tan (IV-9) lingered on the viewer’s heads.

“Our plan to have regular mini concerts every month was carefully conceptualized and was deliberated as our kick-off project for this year,” Charlene Tabora (IV-9), UST-NC president said. “It is primarily a step-by-step process to revive the spirit of this organization and to present to the nursing students as well as to the faculty & staff that the chorale really does exist.”

In spite of the weather condition and the conflicts with their schedules, the UST-NC was able to manage their time effectively as they started their preparation during the last week of July along with a week-long practice before the actual event.

Unlike its latency for the past couple of years, the UST-NC, with an upsurge of 50 members are now ready to take it to the next level. One of their major projects for this year would be joining the annual inter-collegiate competition Himig Tomasino headed by the Student Organization Coordinating Council (SOCC).

“With the help of the monthly presentations we would be able to showcase the talents of the members and gather enough supporters for the upcoming competition on February. At the same time, we would be able to provide an expense-free entertainment for the students and the professors. The presentation would be of mutual benefit for the Nursing Chorale and the students,” Tabora said.

In addition to the aforementioned projects, the UST-NC would also have the Nursing Chorale Music Fest in November during the Nursing Week celebration.

“We would definitely take one step closer to what we aimed for. We hope the college will continue to support us and be where the music is, for the Nursing Chorale will definitely be bigger and better,” Tabora concluded.