During this time, Teo used a stage name Phil Mance, according to the Filipino Journal 1989. I learned from Mar Mance that Teo arrived in Winnipeg back in 1974 and joined a band named Mikrobyo (The Microbes) as a lead singer. In the article of Leigh Anne Sommers published in Filipino Journal in October 1989, she wrote that Teo Mance immigrated to Germany in 1971. He then left to work in Germany at the age of 21 where he found his freedom playing the guitar and got really good at it.
He asked me to join a rondalla group when I was in fourth grade so that we can have a guitar in the house. Teo is older than me by just over ten years. As young kids, we were deprived of many things that most growing kids our age enjoy. We had a fireworks business and small farm properties. Actually, Teo was hiding from our mother to play his guitar since our mother was very strict and a disciplinarian. He continued that “Love for music was kind of strong in our family and was reinforced by Teo’s passion.
Mar Mance, a friend folksinger and brother of Teo informed me that playing the guitar and singing is the passion of Teo and it was Teo who influenced him. Most of the senior buskers in the Forks also affirm that they know Teo. Everywhere I sing, somebody would tell me that there was once a guy sporting a pony tail who performs folksongs in the best venues here in Winnipeg. “I was kind of inspired by Teo to busk, you know,” Tim said.Īs a singer-songwriter myself, writing about peoples’ struggles in the diaspora, I was intrigued by Teo Mance. I also learned from Tim that it was about the time that he was inspired to do busking. Tim added that Teo used to play with at the Forks with his Caucasian partner as his buddy. I asked Tim if he knows of a Filipino folk singer who was busking way back at the Forks? He said he knows one and his name is Teofilo “Teo” Mance.
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Bojangles when suddenly Tim Miyai, another friend busker, came by to listen to Al, his full time work buddy. We hang out at the Human Bean Café to listen to Al and requested him to play Mr. Kane studied at the London College Of Music for his Masters of Music in Performance under Mr Anthony Roden and coached by Mr Stephen Rose, before furthering his studies at the Royal Academy Of Music for his Master of Arts degree under the guidance of Mr Ryland Davies and coached by Miss Audrey Hyland.Teo Mance: Revisited Levy Abad August 13, 2016Įarly August, I went to the Forks with my wife to listen to buskers. Kane won First Prize at the John Ireland Prise Competition in the United Kingdom. There he studied under astound vocal tutors Dr Wong Su Sun for a period of time before studying under local avid performer, Mr William Lim. By the age of 21, he was enrolled at the Singapore Raffles Music College, there he regularly performs under the name of the school at numerous concerts such as La Voix, Cantique 2010, and recently at the Esplanade Concourse. In a short span of 2 years, Kane obtained a Distinction for his ATCL from the Trinity Guildhall.
Thomas Kuek, a prominent vocal tutor in Singapore. Since 2006, he joined The Vocal Consort, and in the year 2008 became the Vice-president of the group, going on to win several international competitions such as Orientale Concentus II in the year 2009.ĭeveloping a passion for the classical voice, Kane began his journey into classical training under the tutelage of Mr. As the Vice-president of the choir Kane performed in Singapore’s acclaimed Singapore Youth Festival and was awarded a Gold award in the year 2007. With Anderson Junior College, Kane has brought the choir to Xiamen, China where they participated in the World Choir Games in 2006 when they won the category champion of the year. Nelson Kwei, Kane has achieved numerous awards. Singing with the Anderson Junior College and The Vocal Consort under renowned conductor Mr. Kane was first introduced to choral music at the age of 17. Kane Teo Yude is a Classical Vocalist, Voice Coach and Choir Conductor.
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