NEW MUSIC COMPOSERS

(composers of Experimental New Music)

Jose Maceda
(1917 2004)
National Artist for Music

- Born: January 17, 1917

Manila
- He started his music studies
at the academy of Music in
Manila.
- He went to Paris to study.
- He eventually pursued
advanced studies in USA
and earned a Doctorate
Degree in Ethnomusicology
from UCLA.

Musical Style changed

when he encountered the
music of indigenous tribes
of mindoro in 1953. he
then embarked on his
lifes work, dedicated to
the understanding and
preservation of filipino
traditional music.

Maceda
combined
sounds of the
environment
with ethnic
music.

- He was considered
as the First Filipino
Avant Garde
Composer
- He specialized in
musique concrete in
1958, Paris.

- He served as prof. of
piano and musicology at
the College of Music, UP.
-Appointed Executive
Directo of its Center for
Ethnomusicology
- Conferred the honor of
National artist for music,
1997

Compositions:
- ugma-ugma
-Agungan
-Pagsamba
-Casettes 100
-Ugnayan
-udlot-udlot

Lucrecia KAsilag
(1918 - 2008)
National Artist for Music

- Born: August 31, 1918,

San Fernando, La Union
- She went to Manila to
pursue a degree in music
at the Philippine
Womens University.
- She obtained her
masters degree from
Eastman School of Music
in New York, USA.

- Kasilags compositions
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.

- Former Dean of the

College of Music and Fine
Arts, PWU
- President and Music
Director of the Bayanihan
Dance Company.
- Chairman of the asian
Composers League and
the League of Filipino
Composers

COMPOSITIONS:
- Toccata for Percussion
& Winds
- The Legend of
sarimanok
- Divertissement &
concertante
- Dularawan

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

- Born: February 25, 1941,

Pasig
- He completed his Bachelor
of Music degree at the
College of Music, UP.
- 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.

- He had also pursued his

graduate studies in
Ethnomusicology at the
University of Illinois,
USA.
- His compositional style
features chromaticism,
music seria, and
electronic components,
combined with
indigenous Philippines

- Former dean of the up

college of music from
1978-1988
- Present: head of the up
center of
ethnomusicology
- Professor emeritus
- 2014: National Artist For
Music

COMPOSITIONS:
- Ding Ding Nga Diyawa
- Nabasag Na Banga at
ibat iba pang pinagugpong-ugpong na
Pananalita sa Wikang
Pilipino Para sa Labing
Anim Na Tinig
- Lbad

Fr. Manuel Maramba, OSB

(1936 - )

- Born: July 4, 1936 in

Pangasinan
- Age 11: he gave his first
public performance at the
Bamboo Organ in Las
Pinas.
- Age 14: He became the
official accompanist of
the Las Pinas Boys Choir

- He was the youngest

finalist to participate in the
National Music Competition
for Young Artists (NAMCYA)
piano competition in 1978.
- After high School: he was
sent on full scholarship to
the University for Music and
Performing Arts in Graz,
Austria.

- Finished his Bachelor

of Music Degree Major
in Piano at the
Conservatory of Music,
UST.

- He earned with
distinction the degree
of Master of Arts In
Church Music.
- Teachers Certificate in
Organ
- Age 19: he performed
at Carnegie Hall.

- He received a Masters
Degree of Musical Arts in
Performance from Yale
Unversitys School of
Music, USA.
- He also studied sacred
music at the
Kirchenmusikschule in
Regensburg, Germany.

COMPOSITIONS:
-Operas: Aba! Sto. Nino, La
Naval, Lord Takayama Ukon
- Awakening, Seven Mansions
(commissioned by Ballet
Philippines)
- Papal Mass For World Youth Day
- Mass in honor of St. Lorenzo
Ruiz
- Mass in Honor of the Sto. Nino

Jerry DadaP
(1935 - )

- Born: November 5,
1935 in Hinunangan,
Southern Leyte
- The first filipino
composer to conduct
his own works at the
Carnegie Recital Hall in
New York.

- He earned his Bachelors

Degree in Music, major in
Composition at the
Conservatory of Music,
UP in 964.
- 1968 went to the USA
on a study-observation
grant from the Music
Promotion Foundation of
the Philippines.

- He received a full
scholarship grant from
the United Presbyterian
Church of USA from 19691971.
- He obtained his
Postgraduate Diploma in
Composition at the
Mannes College of Music
in New York, USA.

- 1971: He taught
composition, ear training,
and orchestration at the
Sta. Isabel College of
Music in Manila.

COMPOSITIONS:
- The Passionate and the
Wild
- Mangamuyo I & II
- Five Little Fingers
- Tubig Ng Buhay
- Dakilang Pagpapatawad
- Andres Bonifacio
- Ang Dakilang Anak Pawis
- Ang Pag-ibig ng Diyos

Francisco F. Feliciano
(1942 2014)

-Born: February 19, 1942,

in Morong, Rizal
- Avant garde composer
and conductor for band
and chorus.
-first exposure to music
was with the MORRIZ
BAND, a brass band
established and owned by
his father.

-High School: he played

the cymbals and clarinet
- He obtained his Teachers
Diploma in Composition
and Conducting at the
Conservatory of Music,
UP in 1964.
- Bachelor of Music degree
major in composition in
1967.

- Master in Music
Composition UP
- Diploma in Music
Composition Berlin,
Germany
- Master of Musical Arts
and Doctorate in Music
Composition Yale
University School of
Music.

- Choir conductor and

instructor in music
fundamentals at St.
Andrews Seminary in
Quezon City.
- Instructor at UP
Conservatory of Music
and Conductor of the UP
Symphony Orchestra.

- Musical Director Movie:

Ang Bukas Ay Atin
- Orchestrated musical
Productions: My Fair
Lady
- Composed more than 3
major works.
- Musical Dramas: Sikhay
sa Kabila ng Paalam,
Ashen Wings, La Loba
Negra

- Founded the Asian

Institute for Liturgy and
Music (AILM) in Quezon
City.
- 2014: National Artist for
Music

Compositions:
- Prelude and Tocatta
- Fragments
- Life of Wartime Filipino
Hero Jose Abad Santos
- Ballet: Yerma
- Transfiguration
- Missa Mysterium
- PokPok Alimpako

JOSEFINO CHINO TOLEDO

(1959 - )

-Recognized figure in
the Asian
Contemporary art
music scene.
-Master of Music
Degree Cleveland
Institute of Music,
USA.

-Served at the
Pangkat Kawayan
(Bamboo Orchestra)
1966-1979.
-Principal
Percussionist of the
Manila Symphony
Orchestra, 19801983

- Music Professor at the

College of Music, UP
- Founding Music
director of the Metro
Manila Community
Orchestra, UP Festival
Orchestra and the
Crosswave Symphony
Orchestra

AWARDS:
- Ten Outstanding Young
Men (TOYM)
- International Award for
the Arts
- Civitella Ranieri
Fellowship in Italy
- Chancellor Awards for
Outstanding Musical
Works.

JONAS BAES
(1961 - )

-Born: 1961, Los Banos,

Laguna
-Studied at the College of
Music, UP in 1977
-he researched on the
music of Iraya-Mangyan
people of Mindoro, which
later became the
inspiration for his
compositions.

-1992-1994: he
studied in Freiburg,
Germany.
-He is known for
writing music
utilizing unorthodox
musical instruments.

AWARDS:
-Gawad Chancellor
Para Sa
Pinakamahusay na
Mananaliksik (Hall of
Fame, 2003)

COMPOSITIONS:
- Imgined Community
- After Benedict Anderson
- Wala (Nothingness)
- Daluy
- Ibon-ibon
- Salaysay
- Patangis-Buwaya
- Pantawag
- Basbasan