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A musical name to reckon with in Ilocos Sur 

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Minervina Dario-Singson is the matriarch behind the successful brood of Singsons from Candon, Ilocos Sur. 

Greatly associated with music, the name Minervina Dario Singson is a famous one in Ilocos Sur. The fact that she can still play the piano with bent fingers due to arthritis, sends everyone in awe, especially as she is turning a century old on Dec. 14.

One who admires do much this musical giant is National Artist Maestro Ryan Cayabyab who paid her a visit last May during the first Candon Music Festival of which he was the festival director. Mr. C was greatly in awe for her music memory and piano-playing skills remain sharp and on point.

Eversince she was young, Ambin (as she is fondly called) had already shown an aptitude for music. She started singing at age 6, having  inherited her talent from her mother who was a very good pianist and who became her first teacher. It helped to encourage her, the fact that her father owned a school for musical instruments

She studied at the UP Conservatory of Music Major  in Piano. She was mentored among others Prof. Julio Esteban Anquita from Spain and Prof. Pacita Nolasco-Torralbaamong others. Af friend, Abbot Rabang, encouraged her to compose songs.

In 2008, the Minervina Dario Singson Heritage Music Foundation was established. It aims to send and support talented young musicians of Candon to study music at the St. Paul Conservatory of Music in Manila.

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So far, the foundation has seven graduates and one about to graduate. The foundation also gives free violin, wind, percussion and voice lessons. They have 50 violin beginners, 40 chamber  orchestra members, 40 chorale members, 45 in the children’s choir and 30 winds and percussion members

Ambin has been acknowledged by the UP Conservatory of Music as the oldest living alumnae of the institution.

 

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