The Las Pias Bamboo Organ in St.

Joseph Parish Church in Las Pias City, Philippines, is a 19th-

The rondalla is an ensemble of stringed instruments played with the plectrum or pick and century church organ with unique organ pipes; they are made almost entirely of bamboo. It was
generally known asplectrum instruments. It originated in Medieval Spain, especially completed in 1824 by Father Diego Cera, the builder of the town's stone church and its first
in Catalonia,[1] Aragon, Murcia, and Valencia. The tradition was later taken to Spanish resident Catholic parish priest
America and elsewhere. The word rondalla is from the Spanish ronda, meaning "serenade."

The angklung is a musical instrument made from bamboo and tuned to the different notes of
A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most the scale. A musical note is sounded upon shaking the instrument and music is made when
often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass and woodwind instruments can in several of the instruments are shaken together.
certain traditions also be termed brass bands (particularly in the context of New Orleansstyle
brass bands), but may more correctly termed military bands, concert bands, or "brass and reed"
bands.

Pangkat Kawayan, popularly known as the Singing Bamboos of the Philippines, is an orchestra
that plays music using nontraditional bamboo instruments. Founded in 1966, it is always
composed of young students aged eight to 19 selected from the schools of Quezon City and
Manila.
The bands, whose name means "bamboo music", give marching tunes a distinctly Asian twist,
using the grass (bamboo) which is indigenous in South