Performing Artists
ADAM & ARIELLE JACOBS
For Broadway Siblings Adam Jacobs and Arielle Jacobs, talent runs in the family. The siblings’ journey to Broadway began when they both got their first taste of professional theatre and performed in one musical called “Honor Song for Crazy Horse” at the Mountain View Center for Performing Arts in California.
DANABELLE GUTIERREZ
Danabelle Gutierrez is a multi-awarded writer, actress, and photographer. She is the author of poetry books "I Long To Be The River" and "Until The Dreams Come" available in Amazon. Born in Las Piñas and raised in Cairo, Vienna, and Muscat, Danabelle now lives in Dubai and is currently working on her next book Tears Across The Earth.
FLORANTE AGUILAR
Florante Aguilar is one of the leading figures championing Philippine music art forms in the US and international markets today. He advances and popularizes Philippine music through the medium of film, recordings and live performances. His arrangements and compositions successfully craft the right balance between respect and redefinition of a tradition.
GABRIELLA RESTO
Gabriella Resto is a 21 year old Filipina, mixed along with Mexican and Puerto Rican. Born and raised in West Covina California, she currently attends college studying to become an ultra-sound technician. Her passion is singing. Gabriella loves her Filipino culture, and although, she doesn’t speak the language, the Filipino Family community has always welcomed her and shown her endless love. She is proud to be Filipina.
GRANNY CART GANGSTAS
Granny Cart Gangstas is an all womxn Asian American sketch comedy troupe poking fun at pop culture, systems of oppression, and everyday life. They are a resident group at Bindlestiff Studio located in Ramaytush Ohlone land, specifically SOMA Pilipinas, San Francisco, California. You can find more videos at youtube.com/user/GrannyCartGangstas. This next performance features talented artist Ruby Ibarra known for her sharp lyricism and rhythmic multi-syllabic flows.
HAZEL FAITH
Singer-Songwriter-Actress-Influencer. This Filipina beauty with the penchant for Pop has been writing songs since she was 14. Born and raised in Manila, Philippines Hazel Faith, was first noticed by the media when she won the Glee Off To Hollywood Contest by Solar Entertainment and was sent to America for a camera role in Glee. After graduating BS. Architecture from Mapua Institute of Technology, she was practicing Architecture when she was asked to be an extra for a tv series. Soon after she landed a role as Olga in the film Ekstra The Bit Player. From there she was cast as Eds in the hit tv show Be Careful With My Heart. But her musical debut came through the songwriting competition, Himig Handog P-Pop Love Songs (2014) as both finalist and interpreter of Everything Takes Time, setting her songwriting career in motion. Now signed to Curve Entertainment Inc. and Viva, Hazel has written a string of hits. From her album, Keep The Faith with originals like, 'Di Na Kita Mahal the Awit Award nominated, viral hit Kinikilig and AsiaVision winning song, Love Fades. But she not only writes songs for herself, she has also written hits for Juris, Kim Chiu, Kisses Delavin, Ella Cruz and the likes. With a new ballad duet freshly released with Caleb Santos entitled, Wala Na, Hazel Faith keeps delighting with her versatility and growing as an artist to watch out for!
IKIGAI
Ikigai is a 6 piece band from Manila, Philippines. It is comprised of Ken Batto on vocals, Yi-nan Lin on rhythm guitar, Justine Opera on lead guitar, Von Mapalo on keys/synthesizers, James Temperante on drums/percussions, and Francis Bengco on bass.
JACKIE CHAVEZ
Give Jackie Chavez a guitar, and she will give you a song from the heart. Jackie has amassed a following that adores her sweet nature and heartfelt renditions of today’s popular music and OPM (Original Pilipino Music), with a voice and style that are easy on the ears. Self-described as an acoustic singer-songwriter, Jackie also writes original songs based off her personal experiences, and fans on Facebook and YouTube have flocked to her channels to see and hear this down-to-earth beauty work her magic on the guitar. Jackie has performed throughout the United States at festivals, concerts, showcases, and is a recurring artist for ABS/CBN-The Filipino Channel. Raised in the Philippines and now residing in Vallejo, California, Jackie discovered her passion for music when her grandmother showed her the basics of guitar-playing. She worked on teaching herself to pick up melodies and notes by ear and hasn’t stopped since. Jackie describes herself as a versatile artist whose musical interests range from R&B to country, and she wants to be known for her original songs in both English and Tagalog. With an album in the works under record label Audioneer, distributed by Warner Music Philippines, Jackie intends to share her fun-loving personality and acoustic melodies with the world.
JENN CLEMENA
Jenn Clemena is a San Francisco-based multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter. Starting at the age of 13, she taught herself how to play the guitar and learned everything by ear. Immersing herself in eclectic genres such as Gospel, Funk, and Jazz, she credits the work of artists like Stevie Wonder, Al Green, and Bobby Caldwell for inspiring her dynamic style of playing and songwriting.
JOCELYN ENRIQUEZ
Born in San Francisco, California, Jocelyn Enriquez has been widely regarded as a music pioneer, becoming the first Filipino-American artist to find success in the mainstream industry. Emerging from the Freestyle movement of the time, Enriquez was the first artist to sign with Classified Records and was quickly deemed by some as the “Queen of Freestyle”.
KARIKTAN DANCE COMPANY
Kariktan Dance Company of Concord, CA is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 to promote the Filipino culture thru dances and songs. Dancers are mostly high school and college age and come from all over Contra Costa, Alameda, and San Francisco. They perform all over the Bay Area, most recently at the Green Glam 2018 fashion show, Pistahan Parade and Festival, Kalayaan SF, and Adobo Festival. They also perform for private and corporate events. Kariktan holds weekly practice on Sundays at the Dance Connection Performing Arts Center in Concord.
Kawayan Folk Arts
Kawayan Folk Arts is a Fiipino-American performing arts troupe from the Bay Area of Northern California, comprised of adult professionals, engineers, nurses, teachers, designers, students, and service & retail workers. Their mission is to promote and explore folk and contemporary performing arts based on the rich cultural heritage of the Philippines.
KIN
Under the pseudonym KIN, Filipino-American artist Nicole Bonsol creates electropop for deep feelers. Born in Morocco and raised in Canada, Malawi, and Kazakhstan before moving to the San Francisco Bay, KIN embraces her eclectic upbringing through her music. She recently won a 2020 Independent Music Award for her music video for “Be a Little Lonely.” Stream it in all its strange glory at listentokin.com
LEE GRANE
Lee Grane, is a singer/songwriter & musician, who is passionate about creating conscious music that can inspire and connect people from all walks of life. Conscious music is bridging a way to relate to music beyond entertainment. She was part of the first season of The Voice of the Philippines in 2013. She is inspired to continue making music, creating series & content that connects the listener with themselves and the world outside. If you wish to be a part of her musical journey, you can tune in to Soulful Sundays Livestream, weekly at 9pm Manila time on her Facebook page, Lee Grane Music.
THE little manila dance collective
As part of Little Manila's programs, we revitalize the Filipinx American community by providing cultural dance education and leadership opportunities to residents of Stockton, CA and the greater area. The Little Manila Dance Collective (LMDC) preserves and promotes Stockton’s Filipinx culture through traditional dance and music. It nurtures a multi-generational community of artists, dancers, and choreographers. We value community, mentorship and discipline rooted in a passionate connection to folk and indigenous art forms of the Philippines. We ground ourselves in the wisdom and support of cultural resources and artists in the Bay Area, Sacramento, and the Philippines. Our goal is to develop consciousness to folk and indigenous dance, music, and attire.
MAHALAYA TINTIANGO-CUBALES
Mahalaya Tintiangco-Cubales started dancing at three years old at the Westlake School for the Performing Arts (WSPA) in 2007. Mahalaya is an award-winning dancer in classical and contemporary ballet, modern, jazz, and hip hop. She has received scholarships to attend intensives at the American Ballet Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Houston Ballet, Ballet West, Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Complexions, Body Traffic, Master Ballet Grand Prix Intensive, and Seattle Dance Advance. Mahalaya was most recently named the 2020-2021 National Teen Outstanding Dancer.
ONE COLLECTIVE DANCE
One Collective Dance is a Dance Company based in South San Francisco. Our goal as a Dance Company is to help remind the old and inspire the new. For us it's more than just dance. We enjoy growth as individuals and as a family and wish to share this with everyone we come in contact with personally or by chance. We hope you enjoy our craft in hopes it inspires you to go try and Dance as well!
PARANGAL DANCE COMPANY
We create awareness and advocate for Philippine Indigenous People's culture, traditions, and stories through attire, music, and dance.
RODELL AURE ROSEL
Rodell Aure Rosel is a guest of opera companies in the U.S. including the Metropolitan Opera Other notable companies where he has appeared include Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, Dallas Opera, Arizona Opera, Ravinia Festival, Florentine Opera (Milwaukee), Tulsa Opera, Kentucky Opera and Cleveland Orchestra.
He made his Asian debut at the National Taichung Theater in Taiwan as Mime in Siegfried, and recently made a notable European debut at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden as Monastatos and will return next season to perform all Four Servants in their new production of Les Contes d’Hoffman.
Steps, Styles & Spotlights
An all around dance company created by director Johnny Veloso featuring performance groups Mabuhay Folkloric Society and Rhythm Monsters with dancers ranging from ages 5 and above. They can be seen dancing at events and festivals across Northern California continuously spreading their love and passion for dance, music and the arts. Performing at Parish festivals, Filipino Heritage Nights for the San Francisco Giants, Oakland A’s, and more, Steps, Styles & Spotlights is committed to promoting the arts throughout each community and hopes to educate others about the filipino culture as well as various dance genres such as Hip-Hop, Ballet and Jazz.
