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Jacqueline Jimenez
Jacqueline Jimenez took her Bachelor of Music in Music Education, Voice Concentration at the Adventist University of the Philippines (AUP) and finished her Masters in Music (Voice) at Philippine Women’s University.
Hailing from Amadeo, Cavite, she was introduced to music by her parents and encouraged her to take piano and voice lessons at a young age. She was an active member of UCCP Amadeo Chancel Choir until she decided to take Music in AUP.
Her voice mentors include Inee Alcorin, Arnie Baker, Minerva Arit-Penaranda, Mary Ann Lanuzo and Prof. Mercedes Dugan. Jacqui as she was known to all was an Alto 1 member of the Adventist University of the Philippines Ambassadors (2001-2007) and The Philippine Madrigal Singers (2008-2013).
She then found the love of her life in Grand Rapids, Michigan and started her little family.
She co- founded Virtual Choir 6 Philippines (May 2020) and continues to share her talents by teaching aspiring singers virtually and singing with virtual choirs/musicians all to the glory of God.
Songs recorded for Hymns for Worship:
Balm in Gilead
Zernan Diaz
Zernan Diaz, or Enan as he is fondly called, is an accountant by profession but a musician by passion. Having been a bass singer and section head for the Adventist University of the Philippines Ambassadors and the Ateneo Chamber Singers, he now conducts the Manila Adventist Medical Center Church Choir which ministers to its listeners through music and prayer in churches, hospitals, and various locations in the Philippines and overseas. You can check out their Youtube channel!
He also conducted the Central Luzon Conference Mass Choir and currently serves as consultant for the CLC music department. Aside from being a chorister, he also enjoys singing solo, giving music talks, and sharing God’s word. He is husband to Jazel, an academy chaplain and college professor, and father to three daughters, Rapha, Moe, and Den.
Songs recorded for Hymns for Worship:
Give Me Jesus
Jewel Solidum
Soprano Jewel Bitco-Solidum enjoys both the academe and performance aspects of her musical career. She finished her Master of Music degree in Voice Performance at St. Paul University Manila in 2014.
After obtaining her Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education at the Adventist University of the Philippines in 2000, Jewel went to London, United Kingdom to pursue a number of concert stints alongside teaching at Therfield School and Croydon School as Music Department head.
She’s currently taking her Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) at St.Paul University Manila. Voice pedagogy She has been the conductor and musical director of the AUP Academy Chorale since 2001.
Intermittently, due to her stints abroad, she has collectively conducted the chorus for 11 years making her the longest serving director. She served as member and soloist of the world renowned Philippine Meistersingers (then AUP Ambassadors) for several years and was part of the ensemble on their US and Canada goodwill concert tours. In London, she was a member and the only Asian participant in The English Chorale.
Presently, she is a faculty/professor of the AUP Music Department under the College of Arts and Humanities, concurrently serving the Philippine International Church Music Ministry, as well as one of the voice coordinators for MTNA Philippines.
Songs recorded for Hymns for Worship:
How Firm a Foundation
Winner Silvestre
Despite poverty and being “too late”, he pursued an undergraduate music program at Adventist University of the Philippines and began taking his first formal music lessons in voice and piano at the age of 20. His musical talents were further developed under the tutelage of Dante Oblimar and Jewel Solidum in voice and Heidi Cerna, Erlinda Corral, and Jonathan Coo in piano.
He then served as a music educator and co-administrator to help pioneer a music program in Central Philippine Adventist College in 2012. His passion for choral music and mission connects him to diverse communities in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, and the United States of America.
After 5 years of service, he pursued a Master of Music degree in choral conducting at Andrews University under his main professor, Stephen Zork in 2018. While being a graduate student, he became a member of the American Choral Directors Association and had the rare opportunity to have a conducting master class with Anton Armstrong.
Currently, he resumes his teaching stint at CPAC in response to the need of training more music missionaries in the Philippines and Asia.
Songs recorded for Hymns for Worship:
Amazing Grace
Myrtle Mae Mosquera
Myrtle Mae Nocido Mosquera started singing in church at the age of 2 and has been active as a church musician since then. She went on to study in the Adventist University of the Philippines where she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education, major in Voice in 2003.
Tims, as she is known to her friends, is a former member of the AUP Ambassadors from 2000 to 2007. Then she moved to the US with the intention to change her career path. But God has other plans for her when she met her husband, Jay Mosquera, also a former member of AUP Ambassadors (1994-1999).
Tims loves homeschooling her 3 children while staying active in the choir. She is currently singing with Inspirare Vocal Ensemble, a choir based in LA.
She is most grateful to God for the gift of music and she aims to present Christ and share His love through music ministry.
Songs recorded for Hymns for Worship:
In the Bleak Midwinter
Oemer Rey Daquila
Songs recorded for Hymns for Worship:
Softly & Tenderly
Sarah Sofia Imperio-Rosa
As a kid, Sofia Sarah Imperio-Rosa grew in a community where music abounds–from singing in family worship to making music in church and school. With her passion for singing and desire to grow her talent, she joined the Adventist University of the Philippines Ambassadors (now known as the Philippine Meistersingers) in 2009 where she sang soprano 2, while also pursuing her degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. Her stint as a member of the world renowned choral group has opened opportunities for her as a chorister to participate in goodwill concert tours around the US and Asia, various performances around the Philippines, and the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod Choral Competition in Wales, United Kingdom.
As a woman, Sofia is a mother to her son, Kali, who she has been also exposing to music making by letting him sing at home, in church, and in various special family occasions. Recently, Sofia tied the knot with her elementary admirer and now forever partner, Ed. With so much love, they are building their new life together. Despite the many responsibilities she has as a mother, a wife, and a career woman who works in operations for an IT company, she still finds time to sing in churches and in various occasions, such as weddings, along with her choral friends. Singing will always be in her heart, a part of her being.
Songs recorded for Hymns for Worship:
Song of the Wanderer
