what is opmonline?
OPMonline is a web-based content download portal. It contains thousands and thousands of music performed by Filipino artist from the 60’s era up to the present.
The website name was coined from the phrase “original pilipino music” or “OPM” and appended the word “online” to represent an element of e-commerce, web and internet.
The web portal was developed by Filipino IT experts from the ground- up, it was painstakingly designed, re-developed, re-invented and continuosly being enhanced to ensure that the user experience is at par with the leading web portals or better. Easy to navigate, user friendly functionalities and rapid page loading to ensure very minimal wait time and fast music downloads.
This is a Filipino website, this our home.

When opmonline established?
OPMOnline was launched last April 30, 2009. It can be accessed by the web addresses http://www.opmonline.com, http://www.opmonline.net, http://www.opmonline.com.ph and opmonline.ph

What are goal or aim of Opmonline?
The objective is to promote our Filipino artist globally. Reach out to all our countrymen around the world and and let them be always “at home” with our own filipino music.

I am a Lyndell John Rivera. a member of Himig Singers Association of Southern Mindanao. Like your group, the Himig Singers shall dedicate themselves to the pursuit of professionalism and excellence in choral performance, with the goal of showcasing the Filipino’s innate musicality and artistry. I would like to ask sir if maybe you could help us find a people who are willing to accommodate and arrange singing engagement for us in the US. We are scheduled to go to US on November for a 5 months concert tour and we are trying to find Filipino or American groups/association that are willing to help us.

You can visit the groups website http://www.himigsingers.org or contact coordinator@himigsingers.org for more information.

Thank You and Hope to Hear from you soon.

Lyndell John Rivera
Baritone-Himig Singers

Thanks for your help,

Mike Maupin

Hi Paul,

I’m hoping you will be able to help me. My name is Mike Maupin. In 1906 my father was born in Manila. His parents were Charles Socrates Maupin and Virginia Consuelo Balan / Maupin. Charles was in the US Army and met and married Virginia while stationed in the Philippines. They moved to the US around 1909 / 10 and never returned to the Philippines. I’m working on a family history project and although I have quite a bit of information on the Maupin side of my family, I know virtually nothing about my heritage from my Grandmother’s family.

I’ve heard that Virginia was born in the Philippine island of Mindanao. Her father may have been a civil servant and mother may have died at childbirth. The story goes that her father remarried, and Virginia had a half-sister. However, I do not know the accuracy of any of this. I do know she was a Catholic.

Do you know if you are related to Virginia? Any help you can give me in recovering this lost family history would really be appreciated. I have to say that the photo of you on your web site looks similar to some of my cousins. I have a photo that I believe is of my Grandmother as a child with (possibly) her sister. I can email it to you if you’d like. I also have a wedding photo of Virginia and Charles.

Thanks for you time,

Mike

Yard Sale Fundraiser
To Benefit FAL’s Collection & Programs

Saturday, June 27
8:00am – 2:00pm
1500 S. Stoneman Ave.
Alhambra, CA 91801

We are accepting donations of items that are in good or working condition for sale at this event. Please bring your donations to FAL (135 N. Park View St., Los Angeles) during Mondays-Fridays 1:00-5:00pm. To visit outside these hours, please schedule an appointment at filamlibrary@sbcglobal.net or 213-382-0488.

Founded on October 13, 1985 by “Auntie Helen” Agcaoili Summers Brown, FAL is the earliest and largest Filipino library in the country with a collection of more than 6,000 titles. Along with books, the collection consists of magazines, student papers, posters, DVDs, and CDs. The various sections include children’s literature, the history of Filipinos in Los Angeles, and Jose Rizal. FAL also features a permanent exhibition on its founder Auntie Helen, a variety of paintings by renowned artist Eliseo Art Silva, and Filipino books available for sale. Whether to browse or conduct research, FAL’s visitors include students, teachers, writers, families, and tourists.

FAL also advances its mission with its many programs. The Children’s Reading Program promotes the value of diversity to families in Greater Los Angeles through the reading of Filipino children’s books. In Bus Tours of Historic Filipinotown, a guide narrates the significance of sites, events, and individuals in and around the area to present an historical overview of Filipinos in Los Angeles. Authors also introduce their Filipino works of literature with residents of Greater Los Angeles through Book Launches. Finally, FAL has a benefit gala every October to commemorate its anniversary and Filipino American History Month.

If anyone would like to give a donation online, please feel free to visit http://www.filipinoamericanlibrary.org. FAL is located at 135 N. Park View St., Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, CA 90026-5215. It is open Mondays-Fridays 1:00-5:00pm and by appointment. For more information, please contact filamlibrary@sbcglobal.net or 213-382-0488.

Filipino American Library (FAL)
Our mission is to provide access to information and knowledge through the collection, preservation, and dissemination of a unique collection of Filipino American and Filipino reading material to those that seek knowledge. Through this collection and its community involvement, FAL seeks to provide access to cultural information and enrich America’s diverse cultural tapestry.

I am looking for some form of filipino cultural dance group to preform at my husbands 30th suprise party. If anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Malkah Yellin
818.233.1096

This will be great evening. Stop by and show your support!

Filipina Jazz Vocalist Flavia Meets the Gary Fukashima Quartet.
Flavia, a bright, new star on the jazz scene, will perform an evening of standards.

I am a freelance journalist and curator from the Philippines. I’m interested in linking up with US-based Filipino artists or Fil-American artists for research that will possibly lay the groundwork for a book that my curating partner Giselle Kasilag and I are planning on doing.
I’m doing some preliminary Internet searches for now, but would appreciate leads you can give us — for example, about groups or organizations of Filipino-American artists in different part of the US; maybe regular gatherings that they have; etc.
Any tips you can give us will be most appreciated.
Looking forward to hearing from you.

Susan