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Grace Nono

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  • Genre: Folk / Roots Music

    Location Ph

    Profile Views: 15460

    Last Login: 7/16/2011

    Member Since 1/27/2008

    Website gracenono.com

    Record Label Tao Music

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ..Born and raised in the river valley of Agusan, in Northeastern Mindanao, Southern Philippines, Grace Nono is a Philippine music performing artist, Philippine studies researcher/author, and cultural worker. For the past fifteen years, Grace has been studying and performing a number of sung oral traditions from Philippine elders, infusing these with her own contemporary voice and spirit to advance issues of living identity, women's rights, and indigenous spirituality. She has been a featured artist at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the House of World Cultures in Berlin, Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona and Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, the Music Village Festival in London, Slet Bubeniku in Prague, the Lincoln Center's La Casita Festival in New York, concerts in Paris and Monte Carlo, WOMAD in Yokohama, the Exposition on Nature's Wisdom in Aichi, the Asian Fantasy Orchestra tours of New Delhi, Bombay, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Miyazaki, Bangkok, Vientiane, Yangon, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, the Hong Kong Asian Arts Festival, the National Museum of Singapore and the Singapore Arts Festival, performances and conferences in Huairou, Bangkok, Jakarta, Nanning, Shanghai, Seoul, Penang, Taipei, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago, and many different parts of the Philippines. A product of the University of the Philippines where she earned her bachelor's degree in Humanities and master's degree in Philippine Studies, Grace is currently pursuing her doctoral studies in Ethnomusicology. She also received training from the Asia-Pacific Performance Exchange residency, the Asian Cultural Council residency, the Asian Institute of Management Arts Management Program, and the Asia-Pacific Cultural Center for UNESCO's training on Intangible Cultural Heritage. Her book, The Shared Voice: Chanted and Spoken Narratives from the Philippines (ANVIL Publishing, Fundacion Santiago) won in the 28th National Book Awards, Arts category. She is also currently working on a second book on the music of the Philippine babaylan. In collaboration with composer Bob Aves, Grace also produced an audio series on Philippine oral traditions and instrumental music, which are being used by a number of teachers and students in the study of Philippine music, arts and culture. Grace herself has taught Philippine Traditional Arts at the University of the Philippines-Diliman, and Philippine Oral History at Miriam College. As cultural worker/administrator, Grace has served as Founding Director for the Tao Foundation for Culture and Arts, a non-government organization engaged in cultural regeneration and holistic development initiatives, for which she has been granted support by the the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the National Commission for Culture and Arts,Toyota Foundation, the Ford Foundation, UNESCO, the British Council, Advocates of Philippine Fair Trade, AusAid, and local communities and institutions. To date, Grace has won over 40 awards, including TOYM or Ten Outstanding Young Men Award, TOWNS or The Outstanding Women Award in the Nation's Service, University of the Philippines Distinguished Alumni Award in Culture and Arts, National Book Award, numerous Catholic Mass Media, Katha, Awit, National Press Club, and other awards for her artistic and cultural contributions. .. ..For further information on Grace Nono as artist, please visit:.. ..www.gracenono.com.. ..

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  • Pamela Wildheart

     Hi Grace, I have your album and watched your show here in Singapore and till now, I truly admire the rare talent and the commitment to preserve and inculcate culture in our music. YOU ARE A RARE GEM of the Philippines...Love from Singapore

    1 year ago
  • VISITATION ARENA

     One Love and Peace on Earth

    2 years ago
  • Sabra

    siempre maravillosa!!
    Sa.

    2 years ago
  • 横浜銀蝿

    Thank you for de link up !
    Long time Respect.
    YOROSHIKU !

    3 years ago
  • Wolfgang von Boyen

    Thank you for music and friendship

    3 years ago
  • here and now

    here & now

    The idea was initiated by a friend
    whom I visited in the hospital.
    She had asked me to play only the cymbal for her.

    To give her the possibility to listen to the sound
    also when she is by herself,
    I recorded a sequence in our studio
    and experienced quite a pleasant and soothing effect.

    The following morning I woke up with the vision
    that people all over the world
    use the sound as a positive anchor -
    irrespective of their taste in music,
    spiritual orientation and worldview.

    It may be healing, peace, love, fulfillment, freedom
    a project, an aim or just breathing consciously,
    being present in the here and now...
    it may be simply a pure sound
    to have in the background...

    Every 20 to 45 seconds (for about 30 minutes)
    you will hear the single sound of the cymbal
    as a gentle reminder to your real focus -
    the quality you would like to confirm,
    your contribution to the big pool,
    from the field of intention into reality.

    What is your heart’s desire?
    - for yourself, for others

    Get the free download on „here & now“
    and spread the sound to the world!

    THANK YOU FOR THE ADD!
    and bringing your heart’s intention
    into here and now!



    3 years ago
  • VISITATION ARENA

    Thank you Grace, Your voice evokes a call from nature, and liberates the spirit within, amazing, Visitation Arena.

    3 years ago
  • Sabra

    =0
    S.

    4 years ago
  • Sabra

    saludos para Tí, S.

    4 years ago
  • Patrick

    Hello Grace, thank you for adding me, I'm very pleased to be among your friends and fans here - your music is beautiful!

    4 years ago
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Bio:

Born and raised in Agusan, Northeastern Mindanao, Southern Philippines, Grace Nono is a Philippine music performing artist, Philippine studies researcher/author, and cultural worker/ administrator. A product of the University of the Philippines where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Humanities and master’s degree in Philippine Studies, Grace is currently pursuing her doctoral studies in Ethnomusicology. She’s also received further training from the Asia-Pacific Performance Exchange residency, the Asian Cultural Council residency, the Asian Institute of Management Arts Management Program, and the Asia-Pacific Cultural Center for UNESCO’s training on Intangible Cultural Heritage.

For many years, Grace studied the performance of sung oral traditions from Philippine elders, infusing these with her own contemporary spirit to advance issues of living identity, environmentalism, women’s rights, and inter-faith dialogue.

She has been a featured artist at the House of World Cultures in Berlin, Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona, Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, the Music Village Festival in London, concerts in Paris and Monte Carlo, WOMAD in Yokohama, the Exposition on Nature’s Wisdom in Aichi, the Asian Fantasy Orchestra tours of New Delhi, Bombay, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Miyazaki, Bangkok, Vientiane, Yangon, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, the Hong Kong Asian Arts Festival, the National Museum of Singapore and the Singapore Arts Festival, performances and conferences in Huairou, Bangkok, Jakarta, Nanning, Shanghai, Seoul, Penang, Taipei, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago, and many different parts of the Philippines.

Her book, The Shared Voice: Chanted and Spoken Narratives from the Philippines (ANVIL Publishing, Fundacion Santiago) recently won in the 28th National Book Awards, Arts category. In collaboration with composer Bob Aves, Grace has produced an audio and print series on Philippine oral traditions and instrumental music, which are being used by a number of teachers and students in the study of Philippine music, arts and culture. Grace herself has taught Philippine Traditional Arts at the University of the Philippines-Diliman, and Philippine Oral History at Miriam College.

As cultural worker/administrator, Grace serves as Founding Director for the Tao Foundation for Culture and Arts , a non-government organization engaged in cultural regeneration and holistic development initiatives, for which she has been granted support by the Toyota Foundation, the Ford Foundation, UNESCO, the British Council, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the National Commission for Culture and Arts, Advocates of Philippine Fair Trade, AusAid, and other institutions.

To date, Grace has won over 40 awards, including TOYM or Ten Outstanding Young Men Award, TOWNS or The Outstanding Women Award in the Nation’s Service, National Book Award, numerous Catholic Mass Media, Katha, Awit, National Press Club, and other awards for her artistic and cultural contributions.

For further information on Grace Nono as artist, please visit: www.gracenono.com ..

Member Since:

January 27, 2008

Sounds Like:

BALELENG More info

Record Label:

Tao Music

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