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The University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music, popularly known as "UST Music", is the music school of the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest and the largest Catholic university in Asia. Proclaimed as one of the only two universities to be a Center of Excellence in Music, [ 2 ] the college has maintained its efforts and achievements to ...
During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines the University of the Philippines was closed down by the invading Japanese forces. In 1942, Francisco Santiago became music director of the newly established New Philiippines Symphony Orchestra - created to replace the Manila Symphony Orchestra who refused to play under the Japanese rule.
Molina made his first composition in 1912 titled Matinal, which is preserved in an unpublished volume called Miniaturas, Vol. 1. [1]: 147 He was appointed to teach harmony, composition, music history, and violoncello at the University of the Philippines Conservatory of Music, pursuing a career in music education until being appointed dean of the Centro Escolar Conservatory of Music.
In 1939, the Department of Music was organized and continued operating until the outbreak of the war in 1941. From 1943 to 1944, the Philippine Conservatory of Music, founded by the late Felicing Tirona, existed as an affiliate school of the Philippine Women's University. Then it began enrollment to both men and women.
In 1916, Abelardo entered the newly-established University of the Philippines Conservatory of Music, taking courses under Guy F. Harrison and Robert Schofield. During his studies, he composed the melody of the university's official anthem, U.P. Naming Mahal in 1917.
Buenaventura's music was influenced by different ethnic Philippine folksongs. In 1935, he joined Francisca Reyes-Aquino in researching Philippine folksongs and dances. [ 5 ] In 1936 he composed the accompaniment to the folk dance " Pandanggo sa Ilaw" and incorporated ethnic melodies and instruments to some of his compositions.
Baritone Cipriano Mercado de Guzman Jr. is an LDCU Conservatory of Music, Theatre, and Dance academic staff. He won top prizes in the International Music Competition Barcelona “Grand Prize Virtuoso” at the UNESCO's Palau de la Música Catalana on July 27 and at the Solitär Mozarteum Salzburg, Austria, on July 31.
Lucio Diestro San Pedro, Sr. (February 11, 1913 – March 31, 2002) was a Filipino composer and teacher who was proclaimed a National Artist of the Philippines for Music in 1991. [3] Today, he is remembered for his contribution to the development of Filipino regional band music [ 4 ] and for his well-known compositions such as the Filipino ...