“FASO@10” is this Saturday! For this special artist spotlight, we’re announcing the winner of our first-ever Filipino American Symphony Orchestra College Scholarship. This scholarship for graduating high school seniors required each applicant to write an essay in response to this prompt: “What does Philippine music mean to you?”

Dr. Ramon Sison Geluz’s under the spotlight this week! Watch us play a medley of his masterpiece “Karim at Jasmin” at “FASO@10” on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. at the Alex Theatre! Read on to learn more about this award-winning composer and librettist!

It’s time to spotlight one of the most beloved composers from the Philippines. At FASO@10 on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m., we’ll be performing a work by the late Melvin Corpin, who inspired a generation of Samarnon and Leyteño musicians! Read on to learn more about this “wonderful one in a million musician” who dedicated his life to his family, his faith and his community!

Next up in this FASO@10 spotlight series is tenor and music educator Christopher "Pete" Avendaño. Watch Pete and many more at “FASO@10: A Decade of Music, Harmony and Community” on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. at the historic Alex Theatre!