Was born om May 1, He graduated with a music De leon wrote piano

1912 Teachers diploma,major in composition,hymns,marches,

In penaranda,nueva conducting,in1939.Much later,he art songs,chamber music,
ecija. took advanced studies in symphonic poems,overtures,
His parents were juan composition under Vittorio band music,school songs,
de leon abd Natalia Giannini of the Julliard School of orchestral works,operas,
Padilla. Music in New York,USA.De leon kundiman,and zarzuelas.He
Felipe de leon married received many awards,such as was known as a nationalist
pianist lluminada Composer of the year composer who expressed the
Mendoza (1949),Manila Music Lovers Philippines cultural identity through
With whom he had six Society;Musician of the year his compositions.His two operas
children.One son (1958),UP Conservatory of Noli Me Tangre (1957) and
Bayani is Music.He was conferred an El Filibusterismo(1970),are
A well-known honorary degree,Doctor of Considered his masterpiece
composer,and philosophy in the Humani- And have been staged in the
Another son felipe Jr.is Ties,by the University of the Philippines and abroad.He also wrote
a writer and the Philippinesin 1991. a march during the Japanese regime
present chairman of entitled
Felipe P. De leon Sr. the National Tindig,Aking Inang Bayan and
Commission for Another march Bagong Lipunan
culture and the during the martial law period.He
Arts(NCCA). wrote the
Popular Christmas carols
Payapang Daigdig(1946),
Noche Buena (1965).
Was born on February San Pedro is known as a His orchestral composition
11, “romantic nationalist”.He Are best represented by the
1913 in Incorporated Philppine folk Suite Pastorale(1956),a poetic aural
Angono,Rizal.He elements in his composition description of his hometown
Started composing as With Western forms to create Angono,and
early highly tonal melody His nationalistic symphonic
As his elementary And rich expensive Poem Lahing Kayumanggi
days.He harmonise.His chords have a rich (1962).His other composition
Studied the banjo expressive tonality,as include songs,as well as pieces for
which Represented in his well-loved Sa violin,cello,piano,
Inspired him to Ugoy ng Duyan,a lluby melody And chorus.His work for the
become a sung by his mother. Symphony Band were his most
Lucio D. San Pedro Serious musician.He profilic and productive,
later pursued his Both as a composer and conductor.
music degree at the
UP and Julliard School
in New York,USA.
Upon returning to the
Phi-
Lippines ,he become a
professor of theory
and composition at
the UP
College of Music.
 Hillarion F. Rubio
Was born om May 1, 1912
In penaranda,nueva ecija.
His parents were juan de leon abd
Natalia Padilla.
Felipe de leon married pianist
lluminada Mendoza
With whom he had six children.One
son Bayani is
A well-known composer,and
Another son felipe Jr.is a writer and
the present chairman of the
National Commission for culture
and the Arts(NCCA).
Felipe P. De leon Sr.
Was born on February 11,
1913 in Angono,Rizal.He
Started composing as early
As his elementary days.He
Studied the banjo which
Inspired him to become a
Serious musician.He later pursued
his music degree at the UP and
Julliard School in New York,USA.
Upon returning to the Phi-
Lippines ,he become a professor of
Lucio D. San Pedro theory and composition at the UP
College of Music.
He graduated with a music
Teachers diploma,major in
conducting,in1939.Much later,he
took advanced studies in
composition under Vittorio Giannini
of the Julliard School of Music in
New York,USA.De leon received
many awards,such as Composer of
the year
(1949),Manila Music Lovers
Society;Musician of the year
(1958),UP Conservatory of
Music.He was conferred an
honorary degree,Doctor of
philosophy in the Humani-
Ties,by the University of the
Philippinesin 1991
San Pedro is known as a
“romantic nationalist”.He
Incorporated Philppine folk
elements in his composition
With Western forms to create
highly tonal melody
And rich expensive harmonise.His
chords have a rich expressive
tonality,as
Represented in his well-loved Sa
Ugoy ng Duyan,a lluby melody sung
by his mother.
De leon wrote piano
composition,hymns,marches,
art songs,chamber music,
symphonic poems,overtures,
band music,school songs,
orchestral works,operas,
kundiman,and zarzuelas.He
was known as a nationalist
composer who expressed the
Philippines cultural identity
through his compositions.His two
operas
Noli Me Tangre (1957) and
El Filibusterismo(1970),are
Considered his masterpiece
And have been staged in the
Philippines and abroad.He also
wrote a march during the
Japanese regime entitled
Tindig,Aking Inang Bayan and
Another march Bagong Lipunan
during the martial law period.He
wrote the
Popular Christmas carols
Payapang Daigdig(1946),
Noche Buena (1965).
His orchestral composition
Are best represented by the
Suite Pastorale(1956),a poetic
aural description of his
hometown Angono,and
His nationalistic symphonic
Poem Lahing Kayumanggi
(1962).His other composition
include songs,as well as pieces for
violin,cello,piano,
And chorus.His work for the
Symphony Band were his most
profilic and productive,
Both as a composer and
conductor.
 Was born on May He is a popular contempo- Among his numerous compositions
4,1954 Rary composer who als has are the award-
In manila.He obtained classical compositions to his Winning Kay Ganda ng Ating
his credit,such as Misa,Four Poems Musika(1978),as well as the
Bachelor of Music for Soprano and Piano ,and Te Modern zarzuela Alikabok
degree at the UP Deum.His (2003),the opera Spoliarium with
College of Music compositional style makes much liberetto by Fides Cuyugan-
And became a faculty use of syncopation, Asensio,and a varie-
Ryan P. Cayabyab Member for Extended chords,and chro- Ty of choral pieces and song cycles.He
Composition at the Matic harmony.He spans both has also produced
same University. popular and classical worlds with Numerous recordings,includ-
his pop music,ballads,operas Ing the memorable album One,where
he personally sang the
unaccompanied
Songs on different tracks to produce
16 voices.

Was born on September 3, As a UNESCO scholar,Santos was A prolific composer,he wrote

1922 in Caridad,Cavite City.
At age 11,he started compo-
Sing band marches,instru-
Mental and vocal scores,
As well as music for Catholic
Masses.Santos studied in
Cavite schools and later gra-
Duated from the UP Conser-
Vatory of Music where he
Eventually became a faculty
Member.He also pursued a
Rosendo E. Santos JR. Master of Music degree in
Theory and composition from the
Catholic University
Of America in Washington,
awarded the “Philippine Composer
of the Country”after receiving the
“Composer of the Year Award” in
Manila in 1956 and 1957.He joined
the faculty at Wikes University,
Pennsylvania in 1968.He performed
As timpanist,pianist,and conductor
with several orchestral groups.He
Conducted church choirs in mary
Land,New jersey,Lehman,Huntsville,
And Shavertown United Methodist
Churches in Pennsylvania,USA.He
Composed the background music
for J.Arthur Rank Films at Pinewood
Studios in London,England,where he
several piano concerti,sonatas,
Symphonies poems,five operas
In Filipino,numerous band
overtures,and more than 200
marches.He also wrote 50
Masses in Latin and 20 in Eng-
Lish.He has more than 1,000
Musical composition in the
library of the University of the
Philippines,Santos Last Musical
Work and only ballet composi-
Tion,Melinda’s Masquerade,
Was performed in 1995,a year
After his death.
 D.C,after which,he also served on Worked with British composers
its faculty as well as in West Malcolm Arnold Copland,Irving Fine,
Virginia University and Howard. Humphrey Searle,and conductor
Norman Del Mar.

Composer,conductor and teacher
Was born in Sta.Maria,Bulacan on
October 14,1929.He grew up in a
musical environment and,drawn
by his fascination with trumpets
and trombones,he became a
Band member in his hometown
at a young age and eventually
one of the band’s arrangers and
conductors.He was one of 20 boy
Alfredo S. Buenventura Sopranos of the Tiples at Sto.
Domingo church from where he
received his first significant
musical training.At that time,he
aslo wrote his first composition,
Danza.
A prolific composer,he has compo-
Sed over 50 major works including
five full-length operas,operettas,
Dance dramas,cantatas,symphonies
Concerti,ballets,overtures,preludes,
Fugues,and chamber music.His
compositions and other creative
works have been performed abroad
By international virtuosi and reli-
Gous groups.Many of his composi-
Tion are based on Filipino heroes,
Legends,and epics.He uses native
songs,both tribal and folk,as themes
of his music compositions;and a
number of his compositions make
use of Filipino indigenous
instruments.
Among Buenaventura’s major
Works are operas Maria Maki-
Ling(1961),Diego Silang(1966),
And Prinsesa Urduha(1969);
Cantatas Ang Ating Watawat
(1965)and Pasko ng Barangay
(1964),three piano concerti
subtitled Celebration,Determi-
Nation,and Exulation;and
symphonies such as Dakilang
Lahi(1971),Gomburza(1981),
And Rizal,the Great Malayan
Antagonist(1990).

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.He eventually pursued
advanced studies in the USA
with E.Robert Schmitz and
earned a Doctorate Degree in
Ethnomusicology from the
University of California,Los
Angeles(UCLA),USA.
Jose M. Maceda
Was born in San Fernando,La
Union on August 31,1918.She
went to Manila to pursue a
degree in Music at the
Phillippine Womens
University.
She then obtained her Masters
Degree from the Eastman
school of music in New York,
USA,where her music was
Influenced by her professor
Lucrecia R. Kasilag Irving Mchose and Wayne
Barlow.
Maceda music style changed when he
Encountered the music of indigenous
Tribes of Mindoro in 1953.He the
embarked on his lifes work,dedicated
To the Understanding and preservation
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 the Philippines.
Kasilag compositions demonstrated a
Fusion of Eastern and Western styles in
Using instruments,melody,harmony,
And rhytm.She is particularly known for
Incorporating indigenous Filipino
instruments into orchestral productions
She is credited for having written more
Than 200 musical works,ranging from
Incorporating folk songs in her
composition to opera to orchestral
works.She continued to compose until
The time of her death.For all these out-
Standing achievements,Kasilag was
conferred the title of National Artist for
Although his compositional approach
Tended to be Western in style,
Maceda combined sounds of the
environment with ethnic instruments.
His composition were usually for large
Groups of musician.Among his work
are 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;Cas-
Settes 100(1971),a composition for
100 cassette tape recorders;and
Ugnayan(1974),an ethnic piece played
At the same time over several radio
stations
Among kasilag many composition are
Toccata for Percussion and Winds
(1959),composed for indigenous
Muslim instruments and Western
Instruments;The legend of the Sari-
Manok(1963),composed for chamber
Orchestra and Philippine ethnic
instruments;Divertissement and
Concertante(1960),composi tions for
piano and orchestra combining
Western and Eastern Forms,harmo-
Nies,and intervals;and Dularawan
(1969),a musical drama combining a

The first Pilipino composer to
conduct his own works at the
Carneige Recital Hall in New
York City,was born on Nov 5,
1935 in Hinunangan,South-
Ern leyte.He earned his
Bachelor’s degree in music,
Major in composition,at the
Consevatory of Music,UP in
1964.
Jerry A. Dadap
Is one of the most accompli-
Shed musicians and liturgists
in the Philippines 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 pinas.He
Bacame the official accompa-
Nist of the Las pinas Boys
Choir
At 14 Yrs old.He was the
Fr.Manuel P. Maramba Youngest finalist to participate
In the National Music Compo-
Sitions for Young Artist(NAM
CYA)piano competition in
1978.
Music in 1989.
In 1968,he went to the USA on study-
Observation grant from the music
promotion foundation of the Philippine
While there,he received a full scholar-
Ship grant from the United Presbyte-
Rian Church of USA from 1969 to 1971.
During that time,he obtained his
postgraduated Diploma in Composition
At the Mannes College of Music In New
York,USA.Upon his return to the
Philippines in 1971,he taught
compositon,ear training and
orchestration at the Sta.Isabel College
of Music in Manila.
Fr.Marmaba received his Bachelor of
Music Degree,major in Piano,at the
Conservatory of Music,University of Sto.
Tomas (UST).He then pursued his
studies abroad where he received his
Master of Music Degree,Artist Diploma,
Bachelor of Music Degree in Compositon
And Teacher’s Certificate Theory from
the Peabody Conservatory of Johns
Hopkins University,USA.He received a
Master Degree of Musical Arts in
Performance from Yale University’s
School of Music,USA.He also studied
sacred music at the Kirchenmusik-
Schule in Regensburg,Germa ny .He took
Further lessons in piano,organ and the
Harpsichord at the Hochschule fur Mu-
Sik In Vienna,Austia.
Dance solo with a chorus and an
ethnic orchestra.Her other works
include compositions for piano,instru-
Mental ensemble,and chorus.
Dadap started composing when he
was still studying at Siliman University
In the Southern city of Dumaguete.
Among his numerous compositions
are The Passionate and the Wild
(1960),Mangamuyo I(1976),Manga-
Muyo II(1977),the Redemtion(1974),
Five Little Fingers(1975),Tubig ng
Buhay(1986),Dakilang Pagpapatawad
(1986),Andres Bonifacio,Ang Dakilang
Anak Pawis,Ang Pag-ibig ng Diyos,Bali-
Taw Nos.1-7,Lamang Epic,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 major works
as composer-conductor were perfor-
Med at the concert ‘LAHI’ that
featured works by major local
composers.
He has compo sed operas like Aba!,
Sto.Nino,La Naval,and Lord Takayama
Ukon.His other major compositions are
the music for Awakening which was
commissioned by ballet Philippine and
the music for Philippine ballet theater
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 zarzula
Entitled Ang Sarswela sa San Salvador,
And three orchestral works-Pugad
Lawin,The Virgin of Naval,and
transfiguration.
 Ramon P. Santos

Francisco F. Feliciano

Josefino J. Toledo
 Jonas Baes

Levi Celerio

Constancio C. De Guzman

Mike G. Velarde JR.

Santiago Suarez
 Restie A. Umali

Angel M. Pena

Ernani J. Cuenco
George M. Canseco

Leopoldo R. Silos Sr.

Nicanor S. Abelardo