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Cipriano Ryan Cayabyab

- Raymundo Cipriano Pujante Cayabyab he was (born ; May 4, 1954)in
Santa Cruz Manila Philippines, known professionally as Ryan Cayabyab, is
a Filipino musician, composer and conductor. He was the Executive
and Artistic Director for several years for the defunct San Miguel
Foundation for the Performing Arts.

-His works range from commissioned full-length ballets, theater musicals,

choral pieces, a Mass set to unaccompanied chorus, and orchestral pieces,
to commercial recordings of popular music, film scores and television
specials.
Famous for composing the Da Coconut Nut Song performed by
his Smokey Mountain band.

-Ryan Cayabyab is a recipient of the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice in

2013. Pope Francis awarded him the highest papal award for Laity for his
many contributions in the field of religious-themed compositions and sacred
works
He is also a TOYM (Ten Outstanding Young Men) awardee for
contemporary Filipino music in 1978. He won the Grand Prize award at the
first Metro Manila Popular Music Festival for the song "Kay Ganda ng Ating
Musika".

 2001, Ryan Cayabyab is a laureate of the Onassis International Cultural

Competitions (2nd Prize), having won for original music composition for
dance.
 As of 2006, he has won three international Grand Prix awards for his
compositions; in the First Seoul Song Festival, in the Voice of Asia Song
Festival in the former U.S.S.R., and in the Tokyo Music Festival. *He won the
Jingle of the Year award from the Philippine advertising industry
 Bronze Awardee at the New York Film and Television Awards.
 He has won a total of ten best movie score awards from the various film
award-giving bodies.
He received in September 2019 the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, highlighting
"his compositions and performances that have defined and inspired Filipino popular
music across generations.

Ryan Cayabyab (b. 1954 in the Phillipines) graduated from the University of the
Philippines College of Music with a bachelor’s degree in music composition and went on
to teach music theory and composition there for almost two decades. At home with any
genre, Cayabyab excels as a composer of the eclectic, the modern, and popular music.
Awarded in 1978 as one of TOYM (Ten Outstanding Young Men) of the Philippines, in
2001 he emerged as the only Asian winner of the Onassis International Cultural
Competition in Greece with his MISA 2000.

His musical output consists of several masses, award winning film and television
scores, short symphonic works, ten full-length Filipino musicals, a major opera, full
length ballets, solo and instrumental works, orchestrations of Filipino folk, popular and
love songs, three one-man (he provided all 16 voices) a cappella song albums, and
scores of popular songs sung by top Filipino recording artists.

In addition to winning several international music festival competitions, he has won

countless awards from the film, television and recording industries.

Ryan and his wife Emmy run the Music School of Ryan Cayabyab, now on its twenty-
second year.

What is the most famous composition of Ryan Cayabyab?

Notable Works:
 Rama-Hari (Two-act musical ballet, 1980)
 Katy! ...
 Smokey Mountain (Pop CD album, 1990)
 One Christmas (Christmas Album, 1993)
 Noli Me Tangere (Tele-sine musical, 1995)
 Spoliarium (Three-act opera, 2003)
 Ignacio Of Loyola (Film Score, 2016)
 Larawan: The Musical (Full-length musical film, 2017)
 Kumukutitap

Early life and education[edit]

Levi Celerio was born on April 30, 1910, in Tondo, Philippines to
Cornelio Cruz and Juliana Celerio and was born to a poor family. Celerio's
affinity for music was a result of influence from his mother who is
a harpist and a member of a church choir.[1] 
His mother encouraged him to be involved in music as a distraction from
the squalid conditions of their neighborhood. Despite this, Celerio became
a close acquaintance of gang leader Asiong Salonga. At his mother's
encouragement, Celerio started playing the violin at age 11 taking lessons
from a member of the Philippine Constabulary Band. Celerio later
performed with the band as its member while simultaneously attending
Torres High School.[1] It was during his high school years that Celerio
learned about his father.

Career[edit]
Orchestral and poetry career[edit]
Levi Celerio was a member of the Manila Symphony Orchestra but his stint
with the musical troupe ended when he fell off a tree and broke his wrist.
He temporarily worked as a comic illustrator and[1] later decided to shift to
songwriting.[5]
Prior to turning to songwriting, Celerio got involved in poetry and was a
humorist in the orchestra of Premiere Productions. He held high regard to
the poet, Jose Corazon de Jesus. However, his poems failed to gain
positive reception and his works were regarded as "lacking in style". Later
in his career, he had Filipino Palindromes and Take It From Levi, a
collection of love poems he wrote published. [1]
Why is Levi Celerio famous?
Levi Celerio is a prolific lyricist and composer for decades. He
effortlessly translated/wrote anew the lyrics to traditional melodies: “O
Maliwanag Na Buwan” (Iloko), “Ako ay May Singsing” (Pampango),
“Alibangbang” (Visaya) among others.

\Songwriting[edit]
Levi Celerio is credited for writing more than 4,000 songs, many of which
are dedicated to his wife and children.[6] He wrote Filipino folk, Christmas,
and love songs and some of his songs were used in feature films. [5]
Among Original Pilipino Music (OPM) songs he composed are "Ikaw",
"Kahit Konting Pagtingin", "Saan Ka Man Naroroon? (1968)". He wrote the
lyrics of the Filipino lullaby "Sa Ugoy ng Duyan". He also composed folk
songs including "Ako ay May Singsing", "Ang Pipit", "Dungawin Mo Hirang",
"Itik-Itik", "Pitong Gatang", and "Waray-Waray" [6] "Sa Ugoy ng Duyan", in
particular, was a collaboration with Lucio San Pedro, a fellow National
Artist.[3]
"Ang Pasko ay Sumapit", officially titled "Maligayang Pasko at Masaganang
Bagong Taon" is an example of a well-known Christmas song by Celerio,
[3]
 which was the Tagalog version from the original Cebuano song, Kasadya
Ning Taknaa, by Vicente Rubi and Mariano Vestil.[7] He also wrote the
Christmas carols "Pasko Na Naman" and "Noche Buena" with
composer Felipe Padilla de León in 1965.
sThe University of the Philippines conferred him an honorary doctorate
degree in Humanities in 1991. The Film Academy of the Philippines gave
Celerio the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989. He is also the recipient of
the CCP Gawad Para Sa Sining in 1991, and the Gawad Urian Award in
1993.[1]

Personal life[edit]
Levi Celerio was married to Lina Celerio[6] and has 4 children. He had four
failed relationships.[1] Singer-comedian Veronica Palileo is a half-sister of
his and director-actor Tony Cruz was a half-brother. He also played the
piano at a past time but not in a professional capacity. [2]

What are the achievements of Levi Celerio?

Awit Award for Best Christmas Recording
Awit Award for Best Traditional Recording

Levi Celerio awards His career as a composer bagged him several

awards including: 1997’s National Artist for Music and Literature award
The Guinness Book of Records Leaf Player Award In 1991, he earned an
honorary doctorate in the Humanities. In the same year, he received
the CCP Gawad Para Sa Sing award as well as the Gawad Urian Award
in 1991. The Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989.

Rosendo E. Santos Jr.

Rosendo E. Santos, Jr. was born September 3, 1922 in Cavite City,
Philippines, son of the late Rosendo and Castora Santos and died
November 4, 1994 at home in Swoyersville, Pennsylvania. He was
educated in Cavite schools and was a graduate of the University of the
Philippines, Conservatory of Music where he later served as a faculty
member. 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.

At age 11, he started composing band marches, instrumental and vocal

scores and Catholic masses. 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.”

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.

Mr. Santos is listed in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and

Musicians. 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.

An honored member of the Senior Mozart Club of Wyoming Valley, Pa,

Mr. Santos privately taught more than 2,000 children since arriving in
the Wyoming Valley in 1968. His last musical work, “Melinda’s
Masquerade,” his only ballet, was performed in 1995, after his death in
1994.

He was married in 1966 to Harriet L. Clendenin (1939- ), and then had

three children, Erik (1967- ), Nathan (1970- ), and Jason Santos (1972- )

What is Rosendo e Santos Jr composition style?

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.

Lucrecia R. Kasilag was born on the 31st of August, 1918 in San Fernando,
La Union. She is the third of six children of Marcial Kasilag Sr., a
government engineer, and Asuncion Roces, a music teacher, Lucrecia's
first musical influence. A little after Kasilag's birth, the family moved to
Albay and then to Manila. 
At an early age, Lucrecia learnt to play the guitar. She graduated
valedictorian from the Paco Elementary School and from the Philippine
Women's University High School. She finished her Bachelor of Arts degree
in English at the Philippine Women's University (PWU), after which she
took piano lessons from Concha Cuervo, and later, Pura Lacson
Villanueva. She obtained her Music Teacher's degree from St.
Scholastica's College of Music in 1939. And she was sent on an Asian tour
by impresario Alfredo Lozano. She finished her Bachelor of Music degree
at the PWU. She obtained her Master of Music degree, major in theory and
minor in composition at the Eastman School of Music, University of
Rochester in New York. She was conferred honorary doctorate degrees by
the Centro Escolar University, the Philippine Women's University and the
St. John University, New York in 1981. 

Lucrecia Kasilag taught at various colleges such as the St. Scholastica's

College, Assumption College and the University of the Philippines
Conservatory of Music. She also did pioneering research in ethnic culture
and gained world-wide recognition as the Director of the Bayanihan
Philippines Dance Company. She was Dean of the PWU College of Music
and Fine Arts. She served as Artistic Director and as president of the
Cultural Centre of the Philippines from 1969 until her retirement in 1986.
She held so many other posts in many different organizations. She held
key positions in national and international music organizations and has
been recipient of different grants. In 1971, Lucrecia Kasilag was designated
as a Colombo music expert to advise the University of Singapore on the
setting up of its music department. She has written several articles and
essays on various aspects of humanities and research in Asian music. 

Lucrecia Kasilag began composing during World War II. Her over two
hundred and fifty compositions range from folk song arrangements, art
songs, solo instruments pieces, chamber and orchestral works. She has
done significant pioneering work in combining the resources of occidental
and oriental instruments in East and West compositions.

In 1979, Kubing Records recorded some of her works such as "Toccata for
Percussion and Winds" (1958), "Divertissement for Piano and Orchestra"
(1960), "Legend of Sarimanok" (1963), "Filiasiana", a choral dance
kaleidoscope (1964), "Dularawan" (Drama-Tableau) for indigenous
instruments and mixed chorus (1969), "Her Son, Jose", an operator (1976)
and "Sisa", ballet music (1976).

Rodolfo Soldevilla Cornejo

Rodolfo S. Cornejo, a composer, pianist and conductor, was born on the
15th of May, 1909, in Manila. His parents are Miguel Cornejo, Sr. and
Crisanta Soldevilla. In 1949, he married Nieves Guerrero, a lyric soprano.
The couple had five children. 

Rodolfo Cornejo started piano lessons with Gelacio Reyes at age six. At
age eight, he had his first recital, and he became the organist of the Pasay
Catholic Church. He wrote his first composition, Glissando Waltz, at age
10. He also wrote and published a military march, Salute, at age 13. At 16,
twenty-six of his works had been listed by the United Publishing Co.. While
he was finishing his high school, he was already enrolled at the University
of the Philippines (UP) Conservatory of Music. 

At the UP Conservatory, he studied under Dr. Francisco Santiago, Nicanor

Abelardo and Alexander Lippay. Barely three years after completing his
high school, he obtained his teacher's diplomas in piano, science and
composition. He taught for a year at UP, then left for the United States. He
acquired a bachelor's degree in piano and theory at the Chicago Musical
College of Roosevelt University in 1932. He won the Wesley Le Violette
scholarship in composition, went on to complete his master's degree in
1933. He studied with Rudolf Ganz and Glenn Dillard Gunn. 

In 1934, he returned to the Philippines, founded and directed the Manila

Conservatory of Music. He again left for the US in 1939 to pursue doctorate
studies in composition. He earned his doctorate degree in 1947 at the
Neotarian College in Kansas City, USA. In his US sojourns, Cornejo was a
soloist with various orchestras, such as the New York City Symphony
Orchestra, National Orchestra Association, and many others. During World
War II, he played at concerts for the Allied Armed Forces. In 1941, he
became researcher and official composer of the Philippine government-in-
exile. In 1945, the Chicago Musical College awarded him an honorary
doctorate in music. 

In the Philippines, he became director of the Cosmpolitan Colleges

Conservatory of Music from 1948 to 1949. He also concertized. He wrote
scores for twenty-seven films during his 10 years as musical director of
Sampaguita Pictures. He is founding member of the League of Filipino
Composers.

He wrote over 300 compositions. These ranged from classical to pop. His
major works include The Season - Song Cycle (1932), A La Juventud
Filipina (1935), Philippine Symphony No. 1 (1939), No.2 (1942),  and No. 3
(1947) all for piano solo; Oriental Fantasy (1944) and Philippine Fantasy
with Marimba Solo (1962). He wrote music for the ballets Ibong Adarna
(1970) and Baile de Ayer (1974). His cantata Christ the Redeemer for
soloists, narrator, mixed chorus and orchestra, premiered at the Philamlife
Auditorium in 1977. He also wrote a musical A Glimpse of Philippine Life
and Culture, which premiered at the Seattle Opera House in 1978. He is
listed in the International Who's Who in Music. 

Rodolfo Cornejo died in Manila on the 11th of August, 1991.