ROSENDO E. SANTOS • ROSENDO E. SANTOS, JR.

WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 3,

JR. (1922-1994) 1922, IN CAVITE CITY, PHILIPPINES
• SON OF THE LATE ROSENDO AND CASTORA SANTOS,.
• AT AGE 11, HE STARTED COMPOSING BAND
MARCHES, INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL SCORES
AND CATHOLIC MASSES.
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• HE WAS EDUCATED IN CAVITE SCHOOLS. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES,
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.
• HE RECEIVED HIS MASTER’S DEGREE IN THEORY AND COMPOSITION FROM THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF
AMERICA IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND LATER SERVED ON THE FACULTY OF THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY,
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, AND HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
• HE WAS LATER NAMED A UNESCO SCHOLAR AND RECEIVED THE COMPOSER OF THE YEAR AWARD. IN
MANILA HE WAS COMPOSER OF THE YEAR IN 1956 AND 1957, AND WON 12 PRIZES CONSECUTIVELY IN
COMPOSITION CONTESTS. MOST RECENTLY, HE RECEIVED THE TITLE OF “THE PHILIPPINE COMPOSER OF
THE CENTURY.”
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• PROFESSOR SANTOS JOINED THE FACULTY AT WILKES UNIVERSITY, PENNSYLVANIA IN 1968, WHERE HE
PERFORMED AS A TIMPANIST, PIANIST, AND CONDUCTOR WITH SEVERAL ORCHESTRAL GROUPS.
• HE HAS ALSO CONDUCTED CHURCH CHOIRS IN MARYLAND, NEW JERSEY, AND MOST RECENTLY AT
LEHMAN, HUNTSVILLE AND SHAVERTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES IN PENNSYLVANIA.
• HE COMPOSED THE BACKGROUND MUSIC FOR J. ARTHUR RANK FILMS AT PINEWOOD STUDIOS IN
LONDON, ENGLAND, WHERE HE WORKED WITH MUIR MATHIESON AND MALCOLM ARNOLD. AMONG HIS
TEACHERS WERE AARON COPLAND, IRVING FINE, HUMPHREY SEARLE AND CONDUCTOR NORMAN DEL
MAR.
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• A PROLIFIC COMPOSER, HIS WORKS INCLUDE CONCERTOS, SONATAS, SYMPHONIES, SYMPHONIC POEMS,
FIVE OPERAS IN PHILIPPINE DIALECT, NUMEROUS BAND OVERTURES AND MORE THAN 200 MARCHES.
• HE WROTE 50 MASSES IN LATIN AND 20 IN ENGLISH AND HAS MORE THAN 1,000 MUSICAL
COMPOSITIONS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
• MELINDA’S MASQUERADE
• DIED NOVEMBER 4, 1994 AT HOME IN SWOYERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.
 • BORN ON OCTOBER 14,1929 AT STA. MARIA, BULACAN
ALFREDO • COMPOSER,CONDUCTOR AND TEACHER
BUENAVENTURA • HE GREW UP IN AMUSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND BECAME A
(1929 ) BAND MEMBER IN HIS HOMETOWN AT AYOUNG AGE.
• HE WAS DRAWN BY HIS FASCINATION WITH TRUMPETS
AND TROMBONES AND BECAME ONE OF ITS ARRANGERS
AND CONDUCTORS.
• HE WAS ONE OF TWENTY BOY SOPRANOS OF TIPLES AT
STO. DOMINGO CHURCH FROM WHERE HE RECEIVED
HISFIRST SIGNIFICANT MUSICAL TRAINING. AT THAT
TIME, HE ALSO WROTE HIS FIRST COMPOSITION, DANZA..
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• HAS COMPOSED OVER 50 MAJOR WORKS INCLUDING: FIVE FULL-LENGTH OPERAS, OPERETTAS, DANCE
DRAMAS, CANTATAS, SYMPHONIES, CONCERTOS, BALLETS, OVERTURES, PRELUDE, FUGUES, AND
CHAMBER MUSIC
• HIS COMPOSITIONS AND OTHER CREATIVE WORKS HAVE TRANSCENDED TERRITORIAL, RACIAL, AND
LANGUAGE BARRIERS AS THESE HAVE BEEN PERFORMED ABROAD BY INTERNATIONAL VIRTUOSI AND
RELIGIOUS GROUPS
• MANY OF HIS COMPOSITIONS ARE BASED ON FILIPINO HEROES, LEGENDS, AND EPICS
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• HE USES NATIVE SONGS, BOTH TRIBAL AND FOLK, AS THEMES OF HIS MUSIC COMPOSITIONS
• SOME OF HIS MAJOR WORKS INCLUDE THE OPERAS: MARIA MAKILING (1961), DIEGO SILANG (1966),
PRINSESAURDUHA(1969), CANTATASANG ATING WATAWAT (1965), PASKO NG BARANGAY (1964), THREE
PIANO CONCERTOS SUBTITLED CELEBRATION, DETERMINATION, AND EXULTATION,
• SYMPHONIES SUCH AS DAKILANG LAHI (1971), GOMBURZA (1981), AND RIZAL, THE GREAT MALAYAN
ANTAGONIST (1990). MINOR WORKS, 50 COVER. RELIGIOUS SONGS AND HYMNS FOR SPECIFIC
CELEBRATIONS SUCH AS THE SIXTEENTH CENTENARY OF ST. AUGUSTINE, MASS FOR THE 400TH YEAR OF
THE AUGUSTINIAN RECOLLECT, AND THE PHILIPPINE MUSIC FESTIVAL.
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• MUSICAL WORKS HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES,
METROPOLITAN THEATER, AND THE NATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITIONS FOR YOUNG ARTISTS (NAMCYA). IN
1960, OFFICIAL ORGANIST OF THE MANILA CATHEDRAL.
• DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY.
• MEMBER, LEAGUE OF FILIPINO COMPOSERS.
• AN AWARDEE OF THE – REPUBLIC CULTURAL HERITAGE AWARD – THE OUTSTANDING FILIPINO AWARD
(TOFIL) FOR MUSIC IN 1995.
 • BORN ON MAY 4, 1954 IN MANILA
• ACHIEVED BACHELOR DEGREE AT UP COLLEGE OF MUSIC

CIPRIANO “RYAN” • BECOME A FACULTY MEMBER FOR COMPOSITION AT THE

SAME UNIVERSITY
CAYABYAB (1954)
• POPULAR CONTEMPORARY COMPOSER
• CLASSICAL COMPOSITION: MISA, FOUR POEMS FOR
SOPRANO, PIANO AND TE DEUM
• HIS COMPOSITIONS ARE MOSTLY OF TRADITIONAL
WESTERN INFLUENCE
CIPRIANO “RYAN” CAYABYAB
• AWARD WINNING COMPOSITIONS: KAY GANDA NG ATING MUSIKA(1978), MODERN ZARZUELA
ALIKABOK(2003), THE OPERA SPOLARIUM WITH LIBRETTO BY FIDES CUYUGAN-ASENSIO, AND A VARIETY
OF CHORAL PIECES AND SONG CYCLES.
• RECORDINGS: ONE
• SERVED AS THE EXECUTIVE AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE SAN MIGUEL FOUNDATION FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS
• A PROFESSOR, MUSICAL DIRECTOR, COMPOSER,, ARRANGER, AND CONDUCTOR IN THE PHILIPPINES
CONCERT AND RECORDING SCENES