Contemporary Philippine music refers to compositions that have adopted elements from 20th century Western art music as well as latest musical trends. Some of the most prominent Filipino composers discussed are Antonio Molina, Lucio San Pedro, Ryan Cayabyab, Felipe de Leon, Ramon Santos, and Jose Maceda. Their compositions demonstrate a fusion of Western and indigenous Philippine musical styles and elements. The document also provides examples of musical activities for students to perform songs by various Filipino composers and create an original musical about the life of a composer.
5. AntonioJ. Molina (1894-1980)
-Thefirst NationalArtist for
Music
-consideredoneof the
“Triumvirateof Filipino
Composers”
-beganhismusiccareer as
an orchestral soloist at the
ManilaGrandOpera
House.
11. -a renownedcomposer,
conductor, andteacher.
-His father Luciowasthechief
musicianof theSpanish
artillerybandinIntramurosand
founder of Banda
Buenaventura.
Col.AntoninoR.Buenaventura
(1904-1996)
21. -bornonNovember
5, 1883inBulacan.
-Hewas thesonof a
musicallyinclined couple. His
father was Fortunato
Buencamino, a church
organist andbandmaster.
-His mother wasLuisa
Beltran,a notedsinger.
FranciscoBeltranBuencaminoSr.
45. Insubsequent years, V
elarde
createdhisownstyleashe
composedhighly melodious
and romanticsongssuchas
Ikaw, Lahat ngAraw, Habang
Buhay,Minamahal Kita, Ikaway
Akin, andDahil SaIyo. In1970,
hewontheBestConductor
award at theFirst International
Popular SongContest inJapan
with hiscompositionAsLongas
Forever.
Miguel“Mike”Velarde,Jr. (1913)
49. RestieUmali (1916-1998)
Umali playedtheE-flat horn,
trombone, andtubawhenhewas
part of theUST(University
of SantoT
omas) Band. Healso
taught choral arranging and
orchestrationat theUST
Conservatoryof Music. He
majoredinCompositionand
Conductingat theConservatory
of Music, University of the
Philippines (UP)and
Commerce at theJoseRizal
College
58. B.CreatingandPerformingActivities: Musical
1
.Y
our teacher will divide the class into four groups. Each group
choose a song composer that wasdiscussed in class. Research
further onhislifeandworks.
2.Createacontemporary musical onthelife of yourchosen
composer.Incorporatesomeofhiscompositions(melodic
fragments) inthemusical andstory
.
3.Improvise simple vocal orinstrumental accompaniments
(example: guitar,keyboard, percussion) to thesongs thatyouhave
chosen.
4.Explorewaysofcreatingsoundsasaccompanimentonavarietyof
sourcesorfromtheenvironmentfor the creation of themusical.
60. Ratingtheotherperformers/ groups:
1.Howwell didtheperformersexpress the
messageof themusical?
2. Howwell didtheperformerssingandact inthemusical
basedonthefollowing:
a. voicequality
b. expression
c. stagepresence
d. audience impact _
e. masteryof themusical
g. musical elements (rhythm,melody,dynamics)
h. technique
i. showmanship
j. acting