The CLSU Maestro-Singers of the Central Luzon State University was organized in 1998 by a Classic Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Florante P. Ibarra. Serving as CLSU’s cultural ambassadors, the group had won numerous awards in local, regional, national, and international levels.

 

The group holds regular concerts for CLSU community as well as community services and extension programs inside and outside the university. Recently held last October 2020, a virtual concert for a cause for the CLSU student performers, December 2018 in partnership with the Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) a benefit concert for the Papal Charity Aid to the Church in Need to support persecuted Christians around the world. 2013, a benefit concert in partnership with St. Joseph Cathedral for the Tahanan ng Damayang Kristiyano.

 

After merely four years of existence, the Singers have gained a lot in terms of competition awards enough to say that they are successful in earning fame in choral singing. The group received the award as the best choral group in the 2022 Aliw Awards,  Recently the group received 3 International Awards First, in Changwon, South Korea to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Changwon Initiative on the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification was held on May 9-13, 2022, the group was hailed as the Winner of the Minister of the Korea Forest Service Award. Second, in Harumi Tokyo, Japan, the group received three major awards namely the Gold Prize Award, the Category V Winner under Virtual Choir Category, and the Audience Prize Award during the Tokyo International Choir Competition held on July 29-31, 2022. And lastly, during the Taipei International Choral Festival in Taipei, Taiwan held from July 29- August 2,

In 2022, the group won the Gold Award and was pronounced the Category V Winner for Virtual Choir Category.

 

The group also won 2 International awards in the Leonardo Da Vinci International Choir Festival hosted by Florence Choral in Italy namely Gold Medal, Gold Diploma and Category Champion in Virtual Choir Category V, Silver Diploma in Sacred Music Category last July 2021. The group also bagged awards in the 3rd BCS World Virtual Choir Festival hosted by Bandung Choral Society in Indonesia namely Gold Medal Award in the Folklore Category and the Most Viewed Friendship Concert Entry last May 2021. Awarded Gold Diploma Award in Mixed Choir Category and Silver Diploma Award in Sacred Music Category in the 4th Macau International Choral Competition held in Macau, China in 2019.

 

The group also won two Gold Awards both Sacred and Open Mixed Categories at the 11th Orientale Concentus International Choral Festival held on July 1-4, 2018 at School of the Arts, Singapore; the group was likewise awarded 1st runner-up in the 2017 National PASUC Culture and Arts Festival held at Siliman University, Dumaguete City; similarly, they garnered two gold medals in the Folkloric Category and two silver medals in the Mixed Category during the 4th Winter Choral Competition held at Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong (December 2013) and 1st Sing n’ Joy Manila International Choral Festival (December, 2013) respectively.

 

At present, the CLSU Maestro-Singers maintain their high standard in choral singing and sustain the university’s reputation as a dynamic and respected state university in the Philippines, not only in the field of agriculture and allied sciences but also in the field of choral music.