PAAmilya: Honoring Excellence, Community, and Our Future
Sat 10/3 • 4PM - 8PM PDT
Private Residence [address provided upon registration] • Rancho Palos Verdes California
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Reconnect & Celebrate with the [UCLA Pilipino Alumni Association](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/pilipino-alumni-association/)
Please join us on October 3 for an inspiring evening with lifelong friends to honor our distinguished alumni, celebrate community excellence, and support our vision to empower Pilipino alumni, students, and friends of UCLA.
**Attire:** Filipiniana or elevated cocktail
#### **Event Highlights:**
* Stunning views of the Pacific Ocean at a beautiful private residence in Rancho Palos Verdes
* Musical performances by:
* Norm Tolentino ’97 and band “Beginner Luck”
* Emy Baysic and Herb Alpert School of Music students Joules Recana and Tyler Kuan (see bios below)
* Traditional Filipino dinner by [Tres Marias](http://www.facebook.com/manilasunrisecarson/) and drinks served throughout the evening
* Wine pouring by [Silva Road Wine](https://www.silvaroadwine.com/)
* Live auction featuring premium gifts, tickets, and experiences, including:
* Four days, three nights at a private lakeside Airbnb in Austin, TX
* Four-hour boat ride from Marina del Rey around Santa Monica Bay
* Two tickets to an L.A. Kings game
* Everly Reese facial and products
* Doterra essential oil + diffuser, and a free wellness consultation
* And more!
* Presentation of two prestigious UCLA Pilipino Alumni Association awards:
* Royal Morales Community Service Award | Honoring [Annalisa Vicente Enrile, MSW ’00, Ph.D. ’06](https://dworakpeck.usc.edu/academics/faculty-directory/annalisa-enrile)
* Distinguished Alumni Award | Honoring [Toni J. Jaramilla, Esq.](https://www.jaramilla.com/about/toni-jaramilla/)
#### **Tickets:**
Purchase by September 27 for an early bird discount!
* Now-September 27: $55/person
* After September 27: $75/person
Early Bird (through Sept 15) – $25 is tax-deductible
### [UCLA Pilipino Alumni Association](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-pilipino-alumni-association/)
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### About the musicians
#### Emy Baysic
**Emy Baysic** has performed as an actor and singer for over two decades. She started her professional career in New York City, where she joined the Broadway cast of _Miss Saigon_ and played the lead role of “Kim.” She later joined numerous other productions of _Miss Saigon_ throughout the United States (including the U.S. Second National Tour, The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Theater Under the Stars (TUTS) in Houston, Maine State Music Theatre, and the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, Illinois, where she was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical at the Joseph Jefferson Awards).
Other theater credits include: Ali in _Mamma Mia!_ (U.S. National Tour – Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Denver); Marcy Park in _The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee_ (North Shore Music Theatre, MA); Aysha in _Children of Eden_ (Paper Mill Playhouse, NJ); Tuptim in _The King and I_ (Civic Light Opera in Fullerton, CA); and Sister James in _Doubt_ (South Carolina Repertory Company, SC). She has also sung the U.S. National Anthem at Madison Square Garden for a New York Knicks basketball game. Emy is a proud alumna of Whitney High School (Cerritos, CA) and UCLA.
#### Joules Recana
Joules is a Sophomore at UCLA majoring in Music Industry in the Herb Albert School of Music. Joules graduated after six years from the Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) from Musical Theatre and Popular Music Conservatories. Joules was a featured vocalist for MONTAGE!, OCSA’s highly celebrated performance ambassadors sharing the stage with Pop and Broadway icons such as Pat Benatar, Blake Shelton, Susan Egan, Javier Muñoz, James Monroe Iglehart, Krysta Rodriguez and Adam Levy.
Joules is a national YoungArts Winner in Voice (Pop).
Joules performed at the Hollywood Bowl with Disney’s 100 Anniversary Concerts as “Zazu” and performed Christmas, Broadway, Pop and Jazz sets at The Grove in Anaheim, Segerstrom Center of the Arts, Balboa Bay Resort, the Citadel, South Coast Plaza, Newport Beach and Balboa Beach Resorts, and Montage Hotel.
#### Tyler Kuan
**Tyler Kuan** is a fourth-year at UCLA pursuing a double major in Economics and Ethnomusicology. A pianist whose musical background has been shaped largely by playing by ear, Tyler enjoys learning songs directly from listening and bringing that instinct into pop, jazz, improvisation, and accompaniment. His playing ranges across various genres of music and draws from jazz harmony, groove, and improvisation, developed through years of private study, jam sessions, and ensemble performance.
At UCLA, Tyler has performed in jazz-combo settings and across a range of musical traditions, including Filipino, Chinese, Thai, Klezmer, Balinese, Indian, and African American music and tradition. In addition to piano, he has performed on guzheng, erhu, tabla, pong lang, and phin, and has played lead keyboard with fellow UCLA students at multiple Filipino community events on campus. He was selected for two years as a pianist in UCLA’s Klezmer Ensemble through the Gluck Fellows Program and has also independently organized and performed music for senior-center audiences and pediatric patients since 2014.
Outside of music, Tyler has worked across finance, analytics, market research, and the entertainment business, most recently as an Investment Banking Finance Intern at Evercore in New York. He is grateful for the opportunity to perform at PAA’s PAAmilya event alongside Emy Baysic and Joules Recana.
