The legend has a name:INGRID SALA SANTAMARIA.

On Saturday, February 26, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. the Cebu Youth Symphony Orchestra together with a legend, Ms. Ingrid Sala Santamaria (the woman who was assisted in the picture below) organized an event which they believe will have a beneficial effect on the students, it is an educational concert of orchestra in which the structure and the instruments that composed it were explained singly. 

The concert opened with Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi (1841). This piece began quietly but when strings were plucked in unison as the orchestra tried to intensify the emotion inside the Waterfront Hotel, Grand Ballroom Hall, the violin and the cello dominated the hall as the sound resonated across hundreds of people watching the concert. It was a very overwhelming experience really.

 I  personally was amazed with the thought that I was actually sitting few meters away with these amazing people, maybe one thing that have influenced me, liking this type of concert is the movie If I stay and wait also, the anime Your Lie in April which also talks about classical music and artists. 

Photo taken by Gale Catubig  
(UP High School Cebu-SHS student)

I do believe apart from me, the other students from other schools were also obviously excited with the educational concert, as it is evident in their body language, who have patiently waited for Ms. Ingrid to finally get on the stage and hit the keys. And when she was actually on her way to the stage and was introduced to perform, the audience applauded, but it was cut shortly when Ms. Ingrid started caressing the keys of the piano she was facing.  

She performed Concierto, and within the whole play she managed to convey her message and moods to hundreds of pairs of ears listening to her perform for the last time. She made every part of her play very astonishing, leaving every audience awestruck as she successfully hit the keys and note by note. And that's what makes it a far more involving concert experience. She hits the tiles as though she was telling us to look at her, and that she still have a lot to give and show,as if she was proving us that NO, "Age really doesn't matter". People may age but your talent, your skills and your passion for music never will. For it'll stay forever in your heart, as it is already part of yourself.  

 I was so lucky to be there, to have witnessed all these as I laid my back on my seat, stiff, open-mouthed. I sit there like a kid watching her mom walk towards her with a cotton candy in her hand, I was so excited, amazed and I was pretty much caught up in the excitement of the moment that I care less about where my friends are sitting and I don't think a lot about what might happen next. 

Maybe, that's how passionate I really was that time. I even appreciated more the Classical Music  than to be that music I used to play whenever I study . Now, I consider it to be more than just that "kind of music" I use to refer to.  It is like an escape to me now, a remedy to my stressful and hectic student life. 

I don't know if it's appropriate to mention it here but I actually kind of already consider a Classical Concert to be an ideal date now. What do you think? Well, you can leave a comment below, I'd love to hear a feedback from you soon :)