new Filipino musical composers of popular music

music 10

1. NEW COMPOSERS MUSIC 10: QUARTER III

2. Composers of experimental New Music in the Philippines include Jose Maceda , Lucrecia Kasilag , Ramon Santos, Manuel Maramba , Jerry Dadap, Francisco Feliciano, Josefino “Chino” Toledo, and Jonas Baes. They retained the Filipino spirit by incorporating traditional music forms as well as indigenous rhythms and instruments in their compositions.

3. JOSE MACEDA (1917 – 2004) National Artist for Music Born in Manila on January 17, 1917. He started his music studies at the Academy of Music in Manila. He went to Paris to study with Alfred Cortot . He eventually pursued advanced studies in the USA with E. Maceda’s musical style changed when he encountered the music of the indigenous tribes of Mindoro in 1953. He then embarked on his life’s work, dedicated to the understanding and preservation of Filipino traditional music.

4. JOSE MACEDA (1917 – 2004) National Artist for Music His compositional approach tended to be Western in style, Maceda combined sounds of the environment with ethnic instruments. His compositions were usually for large groups of musicians.

5. JOSE MACEDA (1917 – 2004) National Artist for Music WORKS Ugma-Ugma (1963), a work for voice and ethnic instruments; Agungan (1975), a piece for six gong families; Pagsamba (1968), a musical ritual for a circular auditorium using several ethnic percussion instruments; Cassettes 100 (1971), a composition for 100 cassette tape recorders; and Ugnayan (1974), an ethnic piece played at the same time over several radio stations.

6. JOSE MACEDA (1917 – 2004) National Artist for Music

7. JOSE MACEDA (1917 – 2004) National Artist for Music WORKS Udlot-Udlot - (175)- rot bamboo instrument and voices.

8. LUCRECIA R. KASILAG (1918 – 2008) National Artist for Music Born in San Fernando, La Union on August 31, 1918. She went to Manila to pursue a degree in Music at the Philippine Women’s University. She then obtained her Master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music in New York, USA. Her compositions were influenced by her professors Irving McHose and Wayne Barlow.

9. LUCRECIA R. KASILAG (1918 – 2008) National Artist for Music Compositional style demonstrated a fusion of Eastern and Western styles in using instruments, melody, harmony, and rhythm. She is particularly known for incorporating indigenous Filipino instruments into orchestral productions.

10. LUCRECIA R. KASILAG (1918 – 2008) National Artist for Music WORKS Toccata for Percussion and Winds (1959), composed for indigenous Muslim instruments and Western instruments. The Legend of the Sarimanok (1963), composed for chamber orchestra and Philippine ethnic instruments; Divertissement and Concertante (1960), compositions for piano and orchestra combining Western and Eastern forms, harmonies, and intervals; Dularawan (1969), a musical drama combining a dance solo with a chorus and an ethnic orchestra

11. LUCRECIA R. KASILAG (1918 – 2008) National Artist for Music

12. RAMON P. SANTOS (1941 – ) National Artist for Music Born in Pasig on February 25, 1941. He completed his Bachelor of Music degree at the College of Music, University of the Philippines. He finished his Master of Music degree at Indiana University, USA. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Composition at the State University of New York, USA.

13. RAMON P. SANTOS (1941 – ) National Artist for Music Compositional style features chromaticism, music seria, and electronic components, combined with indigenous Philippine music elements. He had also pursued graduate studies in Ethnomusicology at the University of Illinois, USA.

14. RAMON P. SANTOS (1941 – ) National Artist for Music WORKS Ding Ding Nga Diyawa , Nabasag na Banga at Iba’t iba pang Pinag-ugpong-ugpong na Pananalita sa Wikang Pilipino para sa Labing Anim na Tinig , and L’BAD. He had done extensive research on the gamelan music of Java as well as the traditional music of the Ibaloi , Maranao, Mansaka , Bontoc, Yakan , and Boholano tribes in the Philippines.

15. RAMON P. SANTOS (1941 – ) National Artist for Music

16. FR. MANUEL MARAMBA, OSB (1936 – ) One of the most accomplished musicians and liturgists in the Philippines emerging during the second half of the 20th century. He was born on July 4, 1936 in Pangasinan. When he was 11 years old, he gave his first public performance at the Bamboo Organ in Las Piñas . He became the official accompanist of the Las Piñas Boys Choir at 14 years old. He was the youngest finalist to participate in the National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA) piano competition in 1978.

17. FR. MANUEL MARAMBA, OSB (1936 – ) One of the most accomplished musicians in the Philippines, best known as a liturgical composer whose body of works lean towards religious figures and events. His versatility as a pianist, composer, arranger, theorist, and teacher is widely recognized in the local musical scene.

18. FR. MANUEL MARAMBA, OSB (1936 – ) WORKS Aba!, Sto. Nino, La Naval, and Lord Takayama Ukon. Pugad Lawin The Virgin of Naval, and Transfiguration Ang Sarswela sa San Salvador

19. FR. MANUEL MARAMBA, OSB (1936 – )

20. JERRY DADAP (1935 – ) The first Filipino composer to conduct his own works at the Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City. was born on November 5, 1935 in Hinunangan , Southern Leyte. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Music, major in Composition at the Conservatory of Music, University of the Philippines (UP) in 1964. Upon his return to the Philippines in 1971, he taught composition, ear training, and orchestration at the Sta. Isabel College of Music in Manila.

21. JERRY DADAP (1935 – ) Andres Bonifacio, Ang Dakilang Anak Pawis

22. FRANCISCO F. FELICIANO (1942 – 2014) National Artist for Music Born on February 19, 1942 in Morong, Rizal. Is one of Asia’s leading figures in liturgical music, having composed hundreds of liturgical pieces, mass settings, hymns, and songs for worship. At the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music, a school for church musicians which he founded, he supervised the publication of a new Asian hymnal containing mostly works of Asian composers.

23. FRANCISCO F. FELICIANO (1942 – 2014) National Artist for Music He was the musical director of the movie Ang Bukas ay Atin and provided orchestration for a number of musical productions including My Fair Lady and various Philippine productions. Feliciano composed more than 30 major works.

24. FRANCISCO F. FELICIANO (1942 – 2014) National Artist for Music WORKS Sikhay sa Kabila ng Paalam , Ashen Wings,and the monumental three-act opera La Loba Negra (1984). He also wrote music for theorchestra such as Prelude and Toccata (1973), Fragments(1976), Life of Wartime FilipinoHero Jose Abad Santos , and the ballet Yerma (1982). He has composed several prize winning works such as Pokpok Alimpako , (a favorite piece of choirs in international choral competitions ).

25. FRANCISCO F. FELICIANO (1942 – 2014) National Artist for Music Pokpok Alimpako

26. JOSEFINO TOLEDO (1959 – ) Recognized figure in the Asian contemporary art music scene. He received his Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, USA. Among his awards are the following: “Ten Outstanding Young Men” (TOYM); “International Award for the Arts”; “ Civitella Ranieri Fellowship in Italy”; and the “Chancellor Awards for Outstanding Musical Works,” University of the Philippines.

27. JOSEFINO TOLEDO (1959 – ) He is noted for conducting the premiere performances of the works of Filipino composers as well as other Asian composers. His own music has been performed by well-known international artists and ensembles. Toledo served at the Pangkat Kawayan (a bamboo orchestra) from 1966 to 1979 and the Philippine Youth Orchestra (PYO) in 1977-1978.

28. JOSEFINO TOLEDO (1959 – ) WORKS Kwaderno no.2: para sa perkusyon (chamber music) Sitsit Digidak (chamber choir) Irog koy pakinggan … Ang tula sa tulaq (female voice, gongs and tape) Awit sa ilog (Childrens Champer Opera) Isahan sa pagkakaisa ( rondalla ).

29. JOSEFINO TOLEDO (1959 – ) Isahan sa pagkakaisa ( rondalla )

30. JONAS BAES (1961 – ) Born in Los Baños , Laguna in 1961. He enrolled at the College of Music, University of the Philippines (UP) in 1977 as a student of Ramon P. Santos. Associate Professor in Composition and Theory, ethnomusicologist, cultural activist, and writer, has explored innovative territories and unusual musical treatments in his works.

31. JONAS BAES (1961 – ) known for writing music utilizing unorthodox musical instruments such as beanpod rattles, leaves, iron-nail chimes, and various Asian instruments such as bamboo scrapers, bamboo flutes, and vocal music using Asian vocal techniques

32. JONAS BAES (1961 – ) WORKS SALAYSAY , for solo voice, three percussionists, and pairs of pebbles distributed among the audience ; PATANGIS BUWAYA (and the crocodile weeps) for four sub-contrabass recorders or any blown instruments 2003.

33. JONAS BAES (1961 – ) PATANGIS BUWAYA

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