MUSIC

• Lucio San Pedro (February 11, 1913 – March 31, 2002) was a Filipino composer and conductor known for his significant contributions to Philippine music.
• Dr. Lucio D. San Pedro was born in Angono, Rizal, Philippines.
• Dr. Lucio D. San Pedro was named National Artist in 1991.
• Dr Lucio. D San Pedro inclination to music could be traced from his grandparents who were organist and singer during the Spanish regime.
• Dr Lucio. D San Pedro, His early musical instructions started when he was five years old.
• Dr Lucio D. San Pedro, His brother Antonio taught him how to play the banduria and octavina.
• Dr Lucio D San Pedro, He graduated from Pasig High School in 1932. It was in Pasig where he learned how to play the clarinet and saxophone from his father who had his own band.
• Dr Lucio D. San Pedro works include Orchestral Works: Ang Palabas Bukas (A Philippine musical in three acts, 1979), Lupang Mahal ng Araw (Cantata, 1980) Chamber Music: Melody in G for Violin and Piano (1937), Woodwind Quartet (1959)
• San Pedro is best known for his composition "Sa Ugoy ng Duyan" (In the Rocking of the Cradle), which has become a classic Filipino lullaby. This piece has been widely performed and recorded by various artists over the years and is considered a staple in Filipino musical repertoire.
• Dr. Lucio D. San Pedro works include Choral Music: Umawit Kang Masaya (1980), Motets for Organ and Voice (1984), Vocal Music: Sa Ugoy ng Duyan (1943), The Last Testament (1987)
• Bernardino F. Custodio was a composer, conductor, and teacher, He studied piano under Pedro Elioraga and later enrolled as a full scholar at the University of the Philippines Conservatory of Music in 1925, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Music in Piano in 1930.
• Bernardino F. Custodio studied composition and conducting under Alexander Lippay, Jeno Von Takacs, and Herbert Bernardino F. Custodio Zipper.
• Bernardino F. Custodio works include Orchestral Music: Malayan Suite (1932), Chamber Music: Serenade for Violin, Cello, and Piano (1932), Piano Solos Sarimanok (1976), Pauli-uli (1974), Retired Dance (1978), Vision (1981)
• Hilarion F. Rubio His parents were not musicians. His early exposure to music came from his uncles who were band musicians in their own hometown.
• Hilarion F. Rubio, His first musical lessons came from Father Amando Buencamino, an Aglipayan priest who served as a chaplain officer in the

  Philippine Constabulary.
• Hilarion F. Rubio was taught solfeggio and different musical instruments, including the clarinet, violin, and harmonium. He was under the priest's tutelage in music until he was in high school. After he had graduated from high school, he enrolled at the Far Eastern Institute, where he completed an Associate in Arts degree (1927).
• Hilarion F. Rubio obtained his teacher's diploma in Science and Composition at the University of the Philippines Conservatory of Music in

  1933.
• Hilarion F. Rubio works include Orchestral Music: Buhay at Kalikasan - Tularawan (1978), Simbuyo (1981), Choral Music: Silahis for Wind Septet (1978), Maligayang Araw- quartet (1948), A Cult Session (1982)
• Hilarion F. Rubio works include Songs: Sino Ka? (1943), What Is Beauty? (1944), Bukang-Liwayway (1947), Band Music: Three Kings Overture (1970), Ginintuang Araw Tone Poem (1975), Maharlika- Prelude and Fugue (1977)
• Solfeggio - a voice exercise in which runs, scales, etc, are sung to the same syllable or syllables
• Lucrecia Roces Kasilag was born on August 31, in San Fernando, La Union.
• Music was introduced to Lucrecia Roces Kasilag at an early age by her mother, Asuncion Roces, a music teacher. She learned to play the bandurria and guitar at an early age.
• Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, Every weekend, she and all five of her siblings performed as the “Kasilag Rondalla” before their mother.
• Lucrecia Roces Kasilag was considered as one of the most successful career women in our country.
• Lucrecia Roces Kasilag selected works include Orchestral Music: Philippine Scenes (1974), Pahiwatig ng Kababaihan (1975), Violin Concerto (1983), Funfare for Orchestra (1984). Chamber Music: Larawan ng Kababaihan (1980), Si Pagong at si Matsing, One-act Opera for Children (1984), Fanfare and Rondo for Brass Quintet (1987)
• Lucrecia Roces Kasilag selected works include Ethnic Music: Improvisation on Maranao Theme for Gamelan (1963), Philippine Ethnic Song Cycle for Children (1985), Ang Apoy ng mga Hayop-Musical for Ethnic Instruments (1986), Kundog Palawan Ethnic Doll Game (1987)
• Lucrecia Roces Kasilag selected works include Choral Music: Thanks Be to God (1950), Misang Pilipino (1965), Salmo I and II (1981), Esperenza (1982), Purihin ang Diyos (1984). Keyboard Music: Passacaglia (1950), Variations on Walay Angay (1950), Elegy (1957), Derivation V: Caprice (1982)
• The parents of Jose M. Maceda were Castro Maceda and Concepcion Monserrat. Studied at the Academy of Music of Manila in 1935.
• Jose M. Maceda completed his music diploma before a pianist. He he was sent to Paris in 1937 where he studied piano. He continued his studies under E. Robert Schmitz, a French pianist in 1946.
• Jose M. Maceda selected works include: Cassettes 100-For 100 participants with 100 cassette recorders playing together, 1971 Ugnayan (coordination) - Music for 20 stations playing different music at the time, and Udlot-udlot (fluctuations) A ritual for open air played by hundreds of performers (1975)
• Jose M. Maceda selected works include: Ading- For 200 performers based on drones and melodic cells (Bad) (1978), Aroding - For 40 mouth harps, men's voices, and bamboo fluters (1983) Seaside-For percussion, bamboo flutes, and five violins (1983), Suling-suling (1985) ole to, Strata (1988), and Music for gongs and bamboos (1997)
• Father Mannuel M. Maramba is a composer, pianist, and teacher. He is a Benedictine monk whose monastic name is Dom Benildus Maria.
• Father Mannuel M. Maramba's parents are Tomas Maramba, Sr., and Pacifica Perez, a pianist who was his first music teacher.
• Father Mannuel M. Maramba selected works include Orchestral Music: Awakening for ballet (1981) and Concerto for piano (1982). Chamber Music: Transfiguration I, for strings, woodwinds, and brass (1983) and Transfiguration II, Sacred Cantata on St. Lorenzo Ruiz for two tenors, chamber chorale, and chamber orchestra (1987)
• Father Mannuel M. Maramba selected works include Sacred Music: Hymn to St. Benedict (1979) and Liturgy of the Hours (1980). Sacred Music Manuscript: Salve Regina (1960) and Requiem Mass (TTBB) (1967)
• Jerry A. Dadap was the ninth among the 14 children of Vedasto Dadap and Dionisia Amper, a church singer.
• Jerry A. Dadap uncle Castor Amper was the best trombone player during his time.
• Jerry A. Dadap actual music training was given to him by his elder sister, Feri. She taught him how to play the organ for the Church and also the piano.
• Jerry A. Dadap came from a religious Presbyterian family and his first involvement with group music was in Church. He started composing when he was studying in Silliman, University in Dumaguete.
• Jerry A. Dadap selected works include Orchestral Music

  • Violin Concerto in 3 movements (1965-1966)

  • Symphony No. 1 in 3 movements (1966)

  • Symphony No. 2 in 3 movements (1967)

  Chamber Music

  • Three Short Pieces No. 2 for Cello (1974)

  • Mangamuyo No. 1 for clarinet, flute, trombone, violin, cello,

  and ethnic instruments (1976)

  Theater Works

  • Sultan Kudarat Overture (1976)

  • Andres Bonifacio, Ang Dakilang Anak-Pawis (1979)