Skip to content
OurVote2022logo
mindanews-fact-check-logo-1
  • Business
  • Peace Process
  • Governance
  • Travel
  • Arts & Culture
  • Special Reports
  • Mindaviews
  • Pictures
Menu
  • Business
  • Peace Process
  • Governance
  • Travel
  • Arts & Culture
  • Special Reports
  • Mindaviews
  • Pictures

Dabawenyo tenor wins 3 first prize awards at the Queensland Vocal Competition  

  • Mindanews

-

  • May 28, 2023
Share this story

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 May) – Dabawenyo tenor Kevin Mikhail Hernandez Gomez won three first Nprize awards in the four categories he joined at the 21st Queensland Vocal Competition on May 27 and 28. 

Gomez won first prize in Open Sacred Music, Open Foreign Classical Aria and Open Operatic Aria and received a High Commendation certificate for the Open English Aria. 

He sang George Frideric Handel’s “Total Eclipse” from “Samson” for the Open Sacred Song category; Nicanor Abelardo’s kundiman, “Nasaan ka Irog” for Open Foreign Classical Art Song and Guiseppe Verdi’s “Questa o Quella” for Open Operatic Aria.

Dabawenyo tenor Kevin Gomez with his three first prize awards.

In the fourth category that he joined (Open English Aria) he sang Roger Quilter’s “Music When Soft Voices Die,” and got a High Commendation Certificate. 

He was accompanied by pianist Jennifer Enchelmeir for the Open Sacred Song and Open Foreign Classical Art Song while pianist John Woods accompanied him for Open English Aria and Open Operatic Aria. 

Queensland Vocal Competition on May 27 and 28, 2023 in Australia.

The Queensland Vocal Competition is hosted by the Queensland Music Teachers’ Association Incorporated. 

Gomez told MindaNews that all the pieces he sang that won him first prize “were introduced to me when I was still studying with my teachers from the Philippines, Mr. Christopher Arceo at the Arceo Voice Studio, and with Mr. Jonathan Velasco at the University of the Philippines College of Music.”

“Through my training at the Queensland Conservatorium at Griffith University with my current teacher, Dr. Margaret Schindler, and with my vocal coach, Jillian Stoll, I was able to prepare even more for the competition,” he said. 

In his Facebook post, Gomez said he did not participate in the festival to win “but really just to gain as much as I can as a performer.”

“Don’t do it to win. Do it to become a better performer,” he wrote. 

Tenor Kevin Mikhail Hernandez Gomez during his farewell concert on January 6, 2023 at the Ateneo de Davao University. Photo by SAMAHAN Creative Team

Gomez started his musical journey with the Ateneo de Davao University’s Subdominant 7 chapel choir in 2007. He became its Music head from 2008 to 2011. 

He finished AB Mass Communications at the ADDU in 2012, worked at the Xavier School in San Juan, Metro Manila as Campus Minister and enrolled in 2015 at the University of the Philippines’ College of Music in Diliman, Quezon City, where he majored in conducting, and graduated cum laude in 2020. 

Among his teachers were Professors Mark Anthony Carpio, Janet Sabas-Aracama, Beverly Shangkuan-Cheng, and Raul Navarro.

While studying in UP, Kevin became the choral consultant and  music director at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mt. Carmel in Quezon City, which gave him the opportunity to organize one of the biggest grand choirs in the 70-year history of the Basilica. 

He was also a member of the Ateneo Chamber Singers and the Villancico Vocal Ensemble. 

He held a farewell concert in Davao City on January 6 and left for Brisbane, Australia a few weeks later to further hone his timbre at the Griffith University’s Queensland Conservatorium where he is pursuing his Master’s Degree in Music Studies program, major in Opera Performance. (MindaNews)

Your perspective matters! Leave a comment below and let us know what you think. We welcome diverse viewpoints and encourage respectful discussions. Don't hesitate to share your ideas or engage with others.
Advertisement
Follow us on Facebook
Facebook
The MindaNews Podcast
-- ad here--

TOP STORIES

FACT CHECK: The West Philippine Sea is a major source of fishery resources

Fact Check November 30, 2023 2:00 pm

Grade 11 student killed in Pikit school attack

Ferdinandh B. Cabrera November 30, 2023 12:40 pm

Agusan Sur trial palay farms yield much better than national average

Chris V. Panganiban November 28, 2023 4:07 pm

Fire destroys 7 houses in Davao City

Ian Carl Espinosa November 28, 2023 3:01 pm

All set for ‘Duyog Kasadya: A Tuburan Institute Christmas Musical Offering’ in Davao

Antonio L. Colina IV November 28, 2023 2:05 pm

MINDAVIEWS

REVIEW: Pagpangga will always see us through

Joan Mae Soco-Bantayan November 26, 2023 6:39 pm

REVIEW: Pinangga takes us back to a courageous past 

Ismael P. Magadan Jr. November 25, 2023 9:08 am

COMMENTARY: Presidential visits and preferential treatment for national media

Ben Sumog-oy November 24, 2023 11:26 pm
Read more MINDAVIEWS

BUSINESS NEWS

2K internet subscribers in Agusan del Sur await service restoration 

Chris V. Panganiban November 26, 2023 9:10 pm

GrabCar launched in Davao

Allizah Keziah Manulat October 14, 2023 4:47 pm

Xiamen Air to resume direct flights between Davao and Quanzhou

Antonio L. Colina IV October 12, 2023 3:30 pm

18 homegrown cafés joining Davao Coffee Crawl

Antonio L. Colina IV September 20, 2023 3:12 pm

25 delegates from Mindanao to join international expo in Sabah

Antonio L. Colina IV September 13, 2023 2:00 pm

Senator Villar cites EU’s GSP+ during tuna congress

Bong S. Sarmiento September 7, 2023 5:21 pm

ARTS & CULTURE

KINURISKURIS: Victory Chapel

Keith Bacongco November 26, 2023 5:28 pm

VIDEO ESSAY | This Land is Mined: Selected short films from Davao de Oro

Jay Rosas November 13, 2023 6:13 pm

KINURISKURIS: Laundry shop

Keith Bacongco November 5, 2023 4:51 pm

KINURISKURIS: Sta. Ana Church

Keith Bacongco October 29, 2023 7:07 pm

KINURISKURIS: Buddhist Temple

Keith Bacongco October 22, 2023 10:18 pm

KINURISKURIS: Landmark

Keith Bacongco October 15, 2023 5:00 pm

MindaNews is the news service arm of the Mindanao Institute of Journalism. It is composed of independent, professional journalists who believe and practice people empowerment through media.

23C Saturn St. GSIS Subdivision, Davao City Philippines Tel. No.: 082 297 4360 editor [at] mindanews.com
Facebook Twitter

© MindaNews 2016 -2023 | All Rights Reserved

About Us

Privacy Policy