Bukidnon State University Chorale

The Bukidnon State University Chorale is the premier cultural group of the Bukidnon State University specializing in Bukidnon indigenous music. It is a mixed choir composed of students and employees of the institution.
The choir represented the Philippines for the 2011 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space in Prague, Czech Republic on June 16–26, 2011. They also performed at the inauguration of the exhibition of traditional Philippine garments at the Blumentritt-Rizal Bastion in Litoměřice, Czech Republic. They also participated in two celebrations marking the Philippines’ 113th Independence Day in Prague, with a diplomatic reception at the Hotel Hilton Celnice and at the Shrine of the Holy Infant Jesus. The chorale unleashed its boundless gifts of talents and brought Philippines to the world stage at through music and dance for the 150th Birthday Celebration of Dr. Jose Rizal at Náměstí Republiky in Prague.
The group is the resident performer at the "Piniliyapan" Cultural Night of the annual Kaamulan Festival in Bukidnon.
Performances.
International.
Prague, Czech Republic
June 2011
Hilton Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic
June 2011
Shrine of the Holy Infant Jesus
Czech Republic
June 2011
Namesti Republiky
Prague, Czech Republic
June 2011
Blumentritt-Rizal Bastion, Litomerice, Czech Republic
June 2011
Prague, Czech Republic
June 2011
Vienna, Austria
July 2011
Local.
Bukidnon State University Auditorium, Malaybalay City
September 28, 2011
Assistant of Cultural Affairs of the United States of America in the Philippines
Malaybalay City
July 2011
The Monastery of the Transfiguration, San Jose, Malaybalay City
August 2011
Iligan City
April 2011
Mall of Asia, Pasay
April 2011
Siliman University, Dumaguete City
January 2010
Malaybalay City
March 2010 & 2011
Clark Expo, Pampanga
March 2010
Intramuros, Manila
March 2010
Grand Men Seng Hotel, Davao City
June 2010
Malaybalay City
November
Clamshell, Intramuros, Manila
May 2009
Roxas Blvd., Pasay, Metro Manila
July 2008
Cebu city
December 2008
Ambassador of France to the Philippines
July 2006
Recognitions.
 Champion
March 2014, Bukidnon State University, Malaybalay City
Champion
February 2008, Bukidnon State University, Malaybalay City
 Champion
February 2006, University of Southern Mindanao, Kabacan, North Cotabato
 1st Runner-up
July 2008, Philippine Normal University, Taft Avenue, Manila
 1st Runner-up
July 2006, Bulacan State University, Malolos, Bulacan
Choir Director.
Mercibelle Barroso-Abejuela earned her bachelor's degree in Music at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. She was a full scholar of the late jeweler Ms. Fe S. Panlilio and her son Mr. Gabriel S. Panlilio. She majored in Voice Performance under Ms. Rachelle Gerodias, Professor Gloria D. Coronel, and the late Maestra Salvacion Oppus-Yniguez. She had been under the chorus classes of Professor Dick Mazo and Professor Fidel Calalang Jr. She has performed at the Cultural Center of the Philippines with the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music Chorus. Also at the CCP, she has performed as Neneng in the Opera Abal Santo Niňo by Fr. Manuel Maramba. In 1999, she pursued her dream to serve the people in her province as a music director. She joined the Bukidnon State University as a music teacher, and in 2001 was appointed as the choral director of the University. She has attended choral conducting workshops with Jonathan Velasco, Eudenice Palaruan, Mark Carpio, Anna Tabitha Piquero, to name a few. Being a native of Bukidnon, she has envisioned the Bukidnon State University Chorale to become the premiere cultural group of the Bukidnon State University specializing in Bukidnon Indigenous Music. This earned her one of the credits to be accorded the rank of "Bae", her tribal name being "Kahukdungan Bae Manlilimbay", which means ”an educator and a singer.”