Thank you Sponsors

Date: January 1, 2021 Author: admin

A most heartfelt thank you to our sponsors for their generosity and spirit of giving.

Your help will go a long way to helping those affected by super typhoons Rolly and Ulysses.

Thank you so much and Happy New Year! 

Third WINter Harmonics Performance

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Our third and final video is now up! A collaboration with Filipino-American artist AJ Rafael, our final WINter Harmonics is a holiday medley of “Love Is A Compass” from the Disney UK advert From Our Family To Yours and the traditional Christmas song O Come, All Ye Faithful. Thank you to all who have supported our project and to all who took part in the third video. Happy New Year!

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https://www.every.org/@maxinne.vergara/Waraynon-Initiative-Network

First WINter Harmonics Performance

Date: December 12, 2020 Author: admin

Our first WINter Harmonics performance is the classic Tagalog Christmas song, Pasko Na Sinta Ko as performed by the WIN Chorale. A song about love, it was written by a composer and songwriter after being inspired by a couple’s love story at university. We hope you enjoy our take on this beautiful song!

“Pasko Na Sinta Ko” Music by Francisco Dandan Lyrics by Aurelio Estanislao Arrangement by Gines Uy Audio Mix/Mastering by William Babiano Video Editing by Maxinne B. Vergara

WIN Chorale

Soprano: Pie Ortega, Tetet Uy Alto: Tess Corpin-Agner, Gina Ibarrola Tenor: William Babiano (Soloist), Peter Caludac Bass: Jessie Reyes

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WINter Harmonics Schedule

Date: December 11, 2020 Author: admin
Here is our video release schedule for WINter Harmonics! Our first video will be premiering this Friday, and we can’t wait to show you what we have been working on.

WINter Harmonics Video premieres on December 11, 2020.

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One day left till our first WINter Harmonics video premieres! Please join us at our Youtube channel as we live premiere our first video tomorrow at 7PM. A link will go up on our Facebook page Friday morning. We hope you like our first video and please share our project with your friends and family!

Meet the WINter Harmonics Team!

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Maxinne Vergara
Maxinne B. Vergara is a Filipina-American multi-instrumentalist, entertainment professional, and non-profit organizer born and raised in Southern California. A founding member of the WIN Orchestra, Maxinne has gone from flutist to auxiliary officer to board of directors with the Waraynon Initiative Network. Currently, she is WIN’s VP of Project Planning & Networking and part of the Board of Directors 2020-2021. Performances with WIN have brought her to the Philippines, in 2015 for the Grand Papal Visit and in 2017 for WIN’s Medical and Cultural Mission Trip. She is active as a volunteer in the music industry as well as her alma mater, USC, and continues to educate others on opportunities for Asian Americans in entertainment behind the scenes, on camera, and in animation.
AJ Rafael
AJ Rafael is a singer/songwriter from Moreno Valley, CA. With over 970,000 subscribers on YouTube, and 900,000 listeners on Spotify. AJ was recognized as a Fil-Am Game Changer by the City of Los Angeles in 2017. His debut album, Red Roses, charted on Billboard and at #4 on the Pop iTunes Charts. AJ continues to make music and upload videos as he did when he first started back in 2006. He is also active in the theatre world, performing and music directing in theaters around the United States such as East West Players, Performance Riverside, & American Repertory Theatre.
Alexander Juhan is a Filipino-American composer for film, television, video games, and all other forms of media. He is an active member of the Southern California music scene, teaching lessons, composing for various projects, and performing in a variety of settings. 
Gines Uy
Gines’ one true passion for music started in the Philippines; it took him to Seoul, Korea, and eventually to the US, where he now resides with his wife, Marites, in Los Angeles. He is an accomplished director and arranger of various school and church choirs and secular shows for Filipino pop artists. Currently, Gines is the VP for Ensemble, Training, and Development of WIN and its Chorale Director. Gines creates a unique harmonious melody in every song.
Cecille Omega is currently a student at the University of California, Riverside studying biology. She was born in Tacloban City Philippines and raised in Los Angeles. When she is not busy with school, Cecille follows her passion for the arts by participating in many music projects in school and outside school as a violinist or vocalist. She was UCR’s big performance singer for their annual Filipino Cultural Night and also performed for one of the largest student-run Philipinx American event in the nation, Friendship Games. Cecille started out in WIN as a violinist and is now the VP of Marketing.