international choral competitions and festivals. Novo won a gold medal in the Mixed Chamber Choir category and two silver medals in the Folk Music and Musica Sacra a cappella categories at the 2nd Choir Olympics held in Busan, South Korea in 2002. The Novo Concertante Manila has also won the Grand Prize at the 1st ever Voyage of Songs International Choral Competition held in Genting Highlands, Malaysia is 2003. The group won 1st Prize in the Folklore Category and 3rd Prize in the Open Mixed Choir Category. In 2007, the Novo Concertante Manila won a gold medal in the Folklore Category and two bronze medals in the Renaissance and Romantic Categories at the 23rd Takarazuka International Chamber Choir Competition in Japan. The choir has also been invited in international choral festivals such as the Singapore based Jubilate Choral Festival.
The Novo Concertante Manila is based at the Christ the King Parish in Green Meadows, Quezon City and sings regularly every first and second Sundays of the month, 12:00 p.m. and 10:30 a.m., respectively.
Awards received by the Novo Concertante Manila
23rd Takarazuka International Chamber Choral Contest
(Takarazuka, Japan – 2007)
• Gold Medal – Folklore Category
• Bronze Medal – Romantic Category
• Bronze Medal – Renaissance Category
21st Century Cultural Arts Development International Choral Competition
(Genting Highlands, West Malaysia – 2003)
• Grand Prize
• 1st Prize – Folkloric Category
• 3rd Prize – Advanced Choir Category
2nd Choir Olympics
(Busan, South Korea - 2002)
• Gold Medal – Chamber Choir Category
• Silver Medal – Musica Sacra a cappella Category
• Silver Medal – Folk Music a cappella Category
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