NAMCYA just recently held its pocket home concert “The Cellist and the Apprentice” presenting the NAMCYA winners – Dr. Renato Lucas, the three-decade Principal Cellist of Philharmonic Orchestra and presently the President of NAMCYA as he demonstrated the beauty of traditional Filipino music together with Joshua Ethan Dakanay, 2018 First Prize NAMCYA winner and Michael Valenciano, pianist and 2nd Place, 2018 Junior Piano Category.
They played classical music – Salud d’Amour, Op.12 (Greetings of Love) and Le Cygne (The Swan), Filipino works – Cavatina and Romanza, cello duelo – Concerto for 2 Cellos and some contemporary music. “The Cellist and the Apprentice” was held at Alabang 400 Village Clubhouse recently and was attended by mostly residents from the village.