REVIEWER IN MAPEH (FOURTH QUARTER)

MUSIC
The emergence of the Filipino opera started to take shape during the middle part of the
19thcentury.Foreign performers, including instrumental virtuosi, as well asopera singers and Spanish
zarzuelaperformers came to the country to perform forenthusiastic audiences. The opera is an art and
music form in which singers and musicians performa dramatic work combining text (called a libretto)
and a musical score, usually in anelaborate theatrical setting. It incorporates many of the elements of
spoken theater, suchas acting, scenery, costumes, and sometimes includes dance. The performance is
typicallygiven in an opera house, cultural center,theater, or auditorium. It is accompanied byan
orchestra or smaller musical ensemble. The dialogueis entirely sung and not spoken.
Opera is part of the Western classical music form and tradition. It started in Italy at theend of the 16th
century and soon spread through the rest of Europe. While English,French, and Italian operaswere being
presented, it was the Italian opera that capturedthe creative imagination of composers, librettists, and
singers alike.
The CCP was established through Executive Order No. 30 s. 1996 by former President Ferdinand Marcos.
First Lady Imelda Romualdez- Marcos established the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1969 which
paved the way for other Filipino operas to be staged at a legitimate venue of International standard.
Nelia Manalo portrayed the leading role of Violetta in Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata. La Loba Negra is a
three-act Filipino opera. Acts I and II are based on a legend attributed to Fr. Jose Burgos. The music was
composed by National Artist Francisco Feliciano, with libretto by soprano Fides Cuyugan Asensio. The
premiere was held in 1984 followed by another presentation in 1985.
Les Miserables, after 19 years as a prisoner, Jean Valjean is freed by Javert, the officer in charge of the
prison workforce. Valjean promptly breaks parole but later uses money from stolen silver to reinvent
himself as a mayor and factory owner.

ARTS
Theater is the one major art form that brings together all the other art forms from painting and
sculpture, to installation art, to music, to dance, to literature, even to computer arts in a single
production. A story is acted out on stage (or other performance area) by actors portraying the
characters, bringing them to life and developing the plot through dialogue and actions, and sometimes
through song and/or dance.
I. PETA and Tanghalang Pilipino
With the American presence in the Philippines for the first half of the 20th century, it was inevitable that
many U.S. and European theater forms and scripts found their way here. Among them were the classics,
such as the plays of William Shakespeare, as well as the works of great American playwrights. At the
same time, local theater groups staged original Philippine zarzuelas which were plays performed in song,
similar to the European opera. In the past few decades, modern theater groups have continued to
express the distinctly Philippine interpretation of both originally-written plays as well as adaptations of
foreign works translated into Filipino.
At the forefront of these are the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), founded in 1967 by
Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, and Tanghalang Pilipino, the resident theater company of the Cultural Center of
the Philippines, founded in 1987.

In the 1990s, the Philippine theater group Trumpets also began mounting grand productions of
originally-written musicals with a slant towards good values for children and the whole family. Among
their plays have been Joseph the Dreamer; First Name; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; Little
Mermaid; Honk; N.O.A.H.; and The Bluebird of Happiness. The intention of Trumpets is to provide
wholesome theater experiences for Filipino youth while also building up the Philippine theater-going
public.
IV. New Voice Company
Also making its own distinct contribution to the Philippine theater scene is New Voice Company,
established in 1994 by Monique Wilson—also a Repertory Philippines’ protégée who went on to star on
the international stage. New Voice has earned a reputation for staging thought provoking productions
on daring and deep topics.
V. Philippine Opera Company
The Philippine Opera Company (POC) was founded in 1999 by a group of dedicated classically-trained
singers, led by soprano Karla Gutierrez as artistic directress. The POC seeks to develop performers as
well as audiences for classical music performances, both foreign and Filipino.
Roles in a Stage Production
Most visible on stage in a theater production are the actors and actresses playing their roles. However,
behind the scenes is an entire team whose work begins months in advance of the actual performance. It
is they who support the actors and enable them to truly bring the play to life. While the members of this
team may vary depending on how complex or simple the production is, below are the basic roles that
most plays require:

Producer – In a professional stage production, this is the person who takes the play from a mere
concept to an actual finished presentation. He or she chooses all the team members and assigns them
their functions, and oversees the casting of the actors and actresses for the different roles. He or she
also decides on major logistical matters like when and where the play will be staged, the production
schedule, and in most cases either finances all the production costs or else sources the funds needed.
Costume designer – The actors and actresses must look believable in their roles, and much of this is
owed to the costume designer. He or she studies the general setting (time and place) that the play is
meant to take place in, as well as each character in the script. He or she then decides what attire will not
only give the audience a clear sense of the setting, but will also express each character’s personality and
distinct qualities. The costumes may need to be designed and sewn to meet these requirements. Or they
may simply be assembled from available clothes and accessories, with some additional touches created
as needed. For a modern or avant-garde play, the actors sometimes wear regular street clothes with a
simple prop, a mask, or headgear to denote the characters they are playing.
Sound designer – Similar to the lighting designer, the sound designer serves a vital role in creating and
enhancing the atmosphere of the performance. Sound, in this case, includes music both on stage and as
background, which the sound designer may need to source to suit the general time and place of the
play, as well as particular scenes. Also involved are special sound effects like thunder, birds chirping,
rushing water, gunfire, passing cars, approaching footsteps, and the like. The sound designer works with
all these to support the action and interaction taking place on stage. He or she adds detailed notes to
the script to serve as a guide for the sound crew during rehearsals and the actual performance
Makeup designer – As the costume designer deliberates on the characters’ main attire, the makeup
designer is brought in to plan the hairstyles and makeup to complement the costumes. The work of the
makeup designer may be as simple as making the actors look natural for their respective roles—based
on their characters’ age and personality, and the time and place of the story. But it may also be far more
challenging, such as transforming the actors into mythical creatures, animals, a different nationality, or
futuristic beings.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Cheer dancing rooted from cheerleading. Cheerleading is the performance of a routine, usually
dominated by gymnastic skills such as jumps, tumbling skills, lifts, and tosses combined with shouting of
cheers and yells to lead the crowd to cheer. Cheer dancing was originated in the United States.

From the words CHEER and DANCE

• To cheer is to shout out words or phrases that may help motivate and boost the morale of a playing
team and perform better during a game
• Dance, on the other hand, is a physical activity where one expresses emotions or gestures while
performing bodily movements usually in time with rhythm.
The difference between Cheerleading and Cheerdancing is that cheerleading has its foundation in
Gymnastics. And as for Cheer dance, its foundation lies in the Choreography where Ballet seems to be its
foundation.
HEALTH
A Health Career Plan is an individual action or initiative in making career choice, in growing in chosen
career or in making a career shift which involves a very important discernment. Similarly, Career
planning involves four important steps which include: SelfAssessment, Career Exploration, Decision
Making, and Plan of Action.
Step 1. Self-Assessment. This is the first step in knowing the health career that suits you. This step
requires an honest evaluation of yourself. It is necessary for you to know yourself. You need to
understand your capabilities and shortcomings. The components of this step are your strengths,
weaknesses, interests, hobbies, personal experiences, family income, skills, and competencies.

Step 2. Career Exploration. Exploring health career options through different ways or methods is an
essential step to choosing a particular health career path to take. You can do this through reading
articles, browsing the net, attending fora, and meetings. This stage is about knowing where to look and
what to look for. It refers to searching different careers and work environments that suit you. This step
includes listing down of health career options, conducting informational interview, job shadowing (on-
the-job learning), job temping (short term job), attending internship, and volunteering.

Step 3. Decision Making. Once you have assessed yourself and explored the health career that you are
interested to pursue, you are now ready to make decisions. In this step, you need to consider both
current and future goals in life by narrowing down your choices. This step includes listing of pros and
cons, comparing your personal strengths and interests, choosing a specific health career to pursue,
considering suggestion of family, and finally deciding a health career to take.

Step 4. Plan of Action. Now that you have chosen a health career, you are now ready to make a career
plan. At this point, you will design your action plan or identify and organize the necessary steps to
achieve your desired goals. This step includes designing a plan to reach health career goals, identifying
short-term and long-term goals, identifying education and training requirements, developing job search
strategies, and creating road map considering possible problems that may arise along the way.

Allied health professionals are healthcare practitioners with formal education and clinical training
credentials through certification, registration and/or licensure. They collaborate with physicians and
other members of the healthcare team to deliver high quality patient care services for the identification,
prevention, and treatment of diseases, disabilities, and disorders.
Medical professionals – a group of individuals qualified to practice medicine.
Allied health professions – are lines of work that still deal with healthcare, but are distinct from
medicine.
Health Care Provider/Practitioner – a person who helps identify, prevent, or treat an illness or disability.
Allied Health Professionals – a trained healthcare provider practicing under supervision of a physician or
healthcare practitioner. They include pharmacists, dental hygienists, physical therapists and nurses.

EXAMPLES OF HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS

Disease Prevention and Control - People who specialize in this career path focus on communicable and
non-communicable diseases. Their work includes immunization, screening of newborns, promotion of
breastfeeding, infant diseases prevention, adolescent healthcare, and life skills.
Sample Careers: • Community Health Work • Education and Research
Maternal and Child Care - These health workers deal with complex public health issues that affect
women children and their families.
Sample Careers: • Midwifery • Community Health Educator • Outreach Specialist
Mental HealthCare - These medical professionals specialize in dealing with interpersonal and
intrapersonal relationships and life skills. These include cognitive and psychosocial development,
promotion of healthy self-esteem through feelings and anger management and identifying warning signs
or red flags of learning disorders such as ADHD, anxiety, mood disorders, stress, and bullying.
Sample Careers: • Social Work • Clinical Psychology • Psychiatry • Guidance Counseling
Prevention Healthcare - Professionals in this field perform healthcare related tasks in a personal care
level. These include monitoring patients; administering and assisting in personal care and hygiene;
performing housekeeping duties; and advising clients on related healthcare issues like infant care,
hygiene and nutrition.