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Who is Andrea Veneracion?
Andrea Ofilada Veneracion or known as Ma'am
OA was a Filipino choral conductor and a
recipient of the 1999 National Artist for Music
award. She founded the Philippine Madrigal
Singers in 1963. She was born on July 11,
1928, to Macario Ofilada and Raymunda
Carriaga. She was died on July 9, 2013 at age
of 84 years old.
• In 1997, she was given the TOFIL (The Outstanding Filipino) Award
for Culture and the Arts For her contributions to the development of
choral singing in the Philippines. In 1999, she was named National
Artist for Music, the highest cultural award bestowed by the
Philippine government for an individual.