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NEW MUSIC COMPOSERS

By: ANDREW GABIONZALNHS

JOSEMACEDA(1917 – 2004)National Artist for Music

Jose Maceda was born in Manila on January 17, 1917.

He started his music studies at the Academy of Music in Manila.Later, he went to Paris to study with Alfred Cortot.

Schmitz and earned a Doctorate Degree in Ethnomusicologyfrom UCLA.

Maceda’s musical style changed when he encountered the musicof the indigenous tribes of Mindoro in 1953.

He then embarked on his life’s work, dedicated to the understanding andpreservation of Filipino traditional music.

His extensive research and fieldwork resulted in an immense collection of recorded music taken from the remote mountain villages and far-flung inland communities in thePhilippines.

Although his compositional approach tended to be Western in style, Maceda combined sounds of the environment with ethnic instruments. His compositions wereusually for large groups of musicians.

Among his works are Ugma-Ugma (1963Agungan (1975), a piece for six gong families;Pagsamba(1968), Cassettes 100 (1971), a composition for 100 cassette tape recorders; andUgnayan (1974), avant garde musique concrète.

Professor of Piano and Musicology at the Collegeof Music, University of the Philippines from 1952 to 1990.

He was appointed ExecutiveDirector of its Center for Ethnomusicology in 1997. In the same year, he was conferredthe honor of National Artist for Music. He passed away in Manila on May 5, 2004.

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

Born in San Fernando, LaUnion on August 31, 1918. She went to Manila to pursue a degree in Music at the Philippine Women’s University.

Master’s degree: Eastman School of Music in New York, USA.Dean of the College of Music and Fine Arts, Philippine Women’s University. In the cultural field, she was the President of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. In the dance circles, she was the President and Music Director of the Bayanihan Dance Company. She also served as Chairman of the Asian Composers’ League and the League of Filipino Composers.

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Musical Style: She 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 productionsMusical Works:

Toccata for Percussion and Winds (1959),

The Legend of the Sarimanok (1963),

Divertissement and Concertante (1960),

Dularawan (1969),

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

Born in Pasig on February 25,1941.

School: University of the Philippines, College of MusicMaster of Music degree at IndianaUniversity, USA. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Composition at the StateUniversity of New York, USA.

He had also pursuedgraduate studies in Ethnomusicology at the Universityof Illinois, USA.

Compositional style:

Chromaticism, music seria, and electronic components, combined with indigenous Philippine music elements.

Works:

Ding Ding Nga Diyawa, Nabasag na Banga at Iba’t iba pang Pinag-ugpong-ugpong na Pananalita saWikang 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

FR. MANUEL MARAMBA, OSB(1936 – )

He was born on July 4, 1936 in Pangasinan.

11 years old: he gave his first public performance at the Bamboo Organ in Las Piñas. 14 years old: Became the official accompanist of the Las Piñas Boys Choir Youngest finalist to participate in the National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA) piano competitionin 1978.

School:

University for Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria. There, he earned with distinction the degree of Master of Arts in Church Music. He also received a Teacher’s Certificate in Organ. His musical career led him to the United States, where he performed at Carnegie

Sto. Tomas (UST), Bachelor of Music degree major in Piano at the Conservatory of Music.

Master of Music degree, Artist Diploma, Bachelor of Music degree inComposition, and Teacher’s Certificate in Theory from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, USA. He received a Master’s degree of Musical Arts in

Monk at Our Lady of Montserrat Abbey in Manila. He was the former director of the Paul VI Institute of Liturgy in Malaybalay, Bukidnon during which he composed the music for the papal mass.

A prominent canon lawyer, he served on the National Appellate Matrimonial Tribunal.

He was also a faculty member at the UST Conservatory of Music, St. Scholatica’s College, and Sta. Isabel College.

Works:

Aba!, Sto. Nino, La Naval, and Lord Takayama Ukon. Hisother major compositions are the music for Awakening which was commissioned by Ballet Philippines and music for Philippine Ballet Theater’s production of Seven Mansions; three masses – Papal Mass for World Youth Day, 1995; Mass in Honor of St. Lorenzo Ruiz, and the Mass in Honor of the Sto. Nino; three cantatas – St. Lorenzo Ruiz, St. Benedict, and St. Scholastica; Three Psalms; A hymn in honor of St. Lorenzo Ruiz, and the official hymn of the 1996 National Eucharistic Congress; a zarzuela entitled AngSarswela sa San Salvador, and three orchestral works – Pugad Lawin, The Virgin of Naval, and Transfiguration.

JERRY DADAP(1935 – )

Filipino composer to conduct his ownworks at the Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City Born on November 5, 1935 in Hinunangan, Southern Leyte.

School:Bachelor’s Degree in Music, major in Compositionat the Conservatory of Music, University of the Philippines(UP) in 1964.

In 1968, he went to the USA on a study-observation grantfrom the Music Promotion Foundation of the Philippines.

He received a full scholarship grant from the UnitedPresbyterian Church of USA from 1969 to 1971.

Postgraduate Diploma in Composition at the Mannes College ofMusic in New York, USA.

Upon his return to the Philippines in 1971, he taught composition, ear training, and orchestration at the Sta. Isabel College of Music in Manila.

Compositions

The Passionate and the Wild(1960), Mangamuyo I (1976) and Mangamuyo II (1977), The Redemption (1974), FiveLittle Fingers (1975), Tubig ng Buhay (1986), Dakilang Pagpapatawad (1986), AndresBonifacio, Ang Dakilang Anak Pawis, Ang Pag-ibig ng Diyos, Balitaw Nos. 1-7, LamangEpic, Lorenzo Ruiz, Chorale Symphonic Ode Nos. 1 and 2, Aniway at Tomaneg,Song Cycle, Nos. 1-4, Choral Cycle Nos. 1-3, and Diyos Ama ay Purihin. His majorworks as composer-conductor were performed at the concert “LAHI” that featured worksby local major composers.

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

Avant garde composer and conductorfor band and chorusBorn on February 19, 1942 inMorong, Rizal.

His first exposure to music was with the Morriz Band, a brass ensemble established and owned by his father, Maximiano Feliciano.

He started his music career inthe high school band where he had played the cymbals and theclarinet.

School:

Teacher’s Diploma in Composition and Conducting at the Conservatory of Music, University of the Philippines (UP) in 1964, and a Bachelor of Music degree major in Composition in 1967.

Master in Music Composition from the University of the PhilippinesDiploma in Music Composition from the Hochschule der Kunst in Berlin, Germany

Master of Musical Arts and Doctorate in Music Composition from Yale University School of Music, USA.

He studied composition with Jacob Druckman, Isang Yun, H.W. Zimmerman and Krystof Penderecki.

Choir conductor and instructor in music fundamentals at St. AndrewsSeminary in Quezon City.

He became an instructor at the UP Conservatory of Music andconducted the UP Symphony Orchestra.

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. Works:

More than 30 major works, including the musical dramas Sikhay sa Kabila ng Paalam, Ashen Wings,and the monumental three-act opera La Loba Negra (1984). Prelude and Toccata (1973), Fragments (1976), Life of Wartime FilipinoHero Jose Abad Santos, and the ballet Yerma (1982).

JOSEFINO TOLEDO(1959 – )

Recognized figure in the Asian contemporary art music scene.

School: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 RanieriFellowship in Italy”; and the “Chancellor Awards for OutstandingMusical Works,” University of the Philippines.`

Toledo served at the Pangkat Kawayan (a bamboo orchestra) from 1966 to 1979 and the Philippine Youth Orchestra (PYO) in 1977-1978. A principal percussionist of the Manila Symphony Orchestra in 1980-1983, he later became music director and principal conductor in 1985.

He attended the 1984 International Computer Music Conference in France. He was the country’s representative to the 1980 Young Composers Conference in HongKong, the ASEAN Composers Forum on Traditional Music in 1989 (Philippines) and 1993 (Singapore), the 1995 ASEAN Composers Workshop (Indonesia), and the 1996 International Composers Workshop (Gaudeamus, Amsterdam). He was also a fellow at the 1990 Pacific Music Festival and Pacific Composers Conference (Japan).

Toledo is a Music Professor at the College of Music, University of the Philippines (UP).

He is the founding music director of the Metro Manila Community Orchestra, the UP

Festival Orchestra, and the Crosswave Symphony Orchestra. He is noted for conducting the premiere performances of the works of Filipino composers as well as other Asiancomposers. His own music, including works for chorus, orchestra, chamber ensemble,solo instrument, and music theater have been performed by well-known internationalartists and ensembles.

JONAS BAES(1961 – )

Born in Los Baños, Laguna in 1961.

SchoolCollege of Music, University of the Philippines(UP) in 1977 , student of Ramon P. Santos.While at UP, he encountered the works of Jose Maceda and attended severalseminar-workshops of visiting lecturers. He researched on the music of the Iraya-Mangyan people of Mindoro, which later became the inspiration for his compositions. From 1992-1994, he studied with Mathias Spahlinger in Freiburg,Germany.

Baes is 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.

His early works in the 1980s were influenced by Maceda in the use of large numbers of performers.

Baes received the Gawad Chancellor para sa Pinakamakusay na Mananaliksik (Hall of Fame, 2003) from the University of the Philippines. He is currently an Associate Professor in Composition and Theory at the UP College of Music as well as an ethnomusicologist, cultural activist, and writer.

Works

Anderson for four bamboo scrapers, bamui trail caller, sarunai for oboe, khaen for mouth organ, and about a hundred iron nail chimes distributed among the audience; 1997/2001; WALA (Nothingness) for seven or hundreds of men’s voices 1997/2001; DALUY (Flow) 1994; IBO-IBON (birdwoman) (1996); SALAYSAY,; PATANGISBUWAYA (and the crocodile weeps) 2003; PANTAWAG (music for calling people) for 15 bamboo scrapers, 15 palm leaves, and 20 muffled “forest” voices 1981; and BASBASAN (blessing) for 20bean-pod rattles and 20 muffled men’s voices 1983.

TARA KANTA!!!