Bukidnon folks, may I introduce to you a dear friend of mine who sings with a voice of an angel cascading up and down the scales like a roller coaster. Her promising talent as a soprano would influence young people and develop their talent.
Joanna Sario was born and raised in Bukidnon to a religious family and a pastor’s kid. She is the second child among the four children. Since from her childhood years, Joanna was always exposed to the good news of gospel music, the 4 siblings were trained by their mother who is a church pianist including Joanna to sing and offer their God given talents in their church.
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| Joanna Sario in her Bukidnon ethnic costume. |
Joanna Sario was born and raised in Bukidnon to a religious family and a pastor’s kid. She is the second child among the four children. Since from her childhood years, Joanna was always exposed to the good news of gospel music, the 4 siblings were trained by their mother who is a church pianist including Joanna to sing and offer their God given talents in their church.
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| Joanna Sario performing at the Cultural Center of the Philippines for NAMCYA 2004. |
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| Joanna Sario together with her pianist at the Cultural Center of the Philippines for NAMCYA 2004. |
In year 2004, while she was a 3rd year
student in Bukidnon National High School, she joined and represented Region 10
in the Kundiman Vocal Solo competition of the National Music Competitions for
Young Artist (NAMCYA), a famous competition in the Philippines for performing
arts and music. In the Regional’s competition, she performed well the contest
piece entitled “Ang Maya” and was chosen as the winner among the entire
finalists. After her triumphs in regionals, Joanna went to the next level of
the competition which is the national level. The 2004 annual National Music
Competitions for Young Artist was held at the prestigious Cultural Center of
the Philippines in Manila. She was one of the finalists in the national level,
belonged to category B/high school, and performed the contest piece entitled
“Sa Batis ng Ligaya”.
After her musical career in high school, Joanna
entered theater arts when she was in college. In 2007, she portrayed the role
as “The Fairy God Mother” in the Cinderella Musical in Rhodellsa Hall, Liceo De
Cagayan University, as well as in 2008, the same hall, she portrayed the famous
role as “Maria” in the all time favorite Broadway Musical “The West Side
Story”.
Currently, Joanna is one of the soprano singers in
Bukidnon State University Chorale, an internationally acclamied choir who
toured in Europe specializing indigenous and ethnic music of Bukidnon.
8 Comments
The first time I saw her was in BSU. She's delicate and beautiful. You will know that she is a singer because of her beautiful speaking voice like Barbie. It's good to know that she represented Bukidnon in a prestigious competition in Manila. How I wish to listen to her singing as a solosit not in the choir. Mabuhay ang talentong Bukidnon!
ReplyDeleteHi KharlaC, thanks for dropping by. Yes, Joanna Sario is one of Bukidnon's treasure in music. She represented Bukidnon during the NAMCYA 2004 at the CCP, Nicanor Abelardo Hall. Truly she is one a kind and very talented.
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I can't believe she is DJ Joe. I met her at DXBU station in BSU during an interview as AB-English graduate. She is very charming and true, her speaking voice is very beautiful. Plus she is very, very beautiful. I hope I can listen to her singing Kundiman songs. She can be a model too. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Joan, your name Joan is the nickname of Joanna Sario. Currently, Joanna is a DJ. You can listen to her music trivia if you'll tune in to DXBU 104.5
DeleteSi Dj Joe na? murag dili man?
ReplyDeleteHi, she's Dj Joe, in real name Joanna Sario. She's just young in the NAMCYa photos.
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Filipinos were rich in its culture..in any arts..to its finest. its our heritage, borne with extra ordinary skills..and this young lady was then an exceptional..and there one should be proud to be a Filipino..
ReplyDeleteHi! Very well said of you, it shows the opulence and rich culture of the Filipinos. And Joanna is one of precious gems in the musical world. Very talented and humble.
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