Lesson plan in Arts 10

Date: May 11 & 12, 2021

Time: 8:00 – 10:00 am
Grade and section: 10- Apitong-Acacia

A. Objectives
At the end of the lesson 100% of the students should be able to attain at least 75% level
of proficiency to:
a. Identify the New Music composers and their contribution to the Philippine music
b. Analyzes the musical characteristics of contemporary Philippine music
c. Perform a simple song by adapting the style of traditional composers.

B. Subject Matter
Topic: Contemporary Philippine Music
Sub topic: New music composers
Reference: Quarter III: Contemporary Philippine Music, google, WHLP 3rd quarter.
Materials: Laptop, Mobile Phone, Condenser Microphone

C. Teaching procedure
a. Preparatory activity
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Checking of attendance

b. Developmental activities
Motivation:
D. Lesson proper

New Music Composers

a. JOSE MACEDA (1917 – 2004) National Artist for

Music
born in Manila on January 17, 1917
studied at the Academy of Music in Manila
pursued advanced studies in the USA with E. Robert Schmitz and pursued
advanced studies in the USA with E. Robert Schmitz and earned a Doctorate
Degree in Ethnomusicology.
Maceda’s musical style changed when he encountered the music of indigenous
tribes of Mindoro in 1953.
He dedicated his life in understanding and preservation of Filipino traditional
music.
His extensive research and fieldwork resulted in an immense collection of
recorded music taken from the remote mountain villages and far-flung inland
communities in the Philippines.
He combined sounds of the environment with ethnic instruments.
His compositions were usually for large groups of musicians.
he also worked at a recording studio in Paris in 1958 which specialized in
musique concrète.
Maceda served as Professor of Piano and Musicology at the College of Music,
University of the Philippines from 1952 to 1990
Some of Maceda’s works are:
 Ugma-Ugma (1963) a work for voice and ethnic instruments
 Agungan (1975) a piece for six gong families
 Pagsamba (1968)
 Cassettes 100 (1971) a composition for 100 cassette tape recorders
 Ugnayan (1974) an ethnic piece played at the same time over several radio
stations.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CVZdcvd1U8
b. LUCRECIA R. KASILAG (1918 – 2008) National Artist
for Music

born in San Fernando, La Union on August 31, 1918

She went to Manila to pursue a degree in music at the Philippine Women’s
University.
She obtained her Master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music in New
York, USA.
Her compositions were influenced by her professors Irving McHose and
Wayne Barlow.
known for incorporating indigenous Filipino instruments into orchestral
productions.
former Dean of the College of Music and Fine Arts, Philippine Women’s
University.
she was the President of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
she was the President and Music Director of the Bayanihan Dance Company.
served as Chairman of the Asian Composers’ League and the League of
Filipino Composers.
She is credited for having written more than 200 musical works, ranging from
folksongs to opera to orchestral works, which she continued to compose for the
rest of her life.
Some of Kasilag compositions are:
 Toccata for Percussion and Winds (1959), composed for indigenous
Muslim instruments and Western instruments;
 The Legend of the Sarimanok (1963), composed for chamber orchestra
and Philippine ethnic instruments
 Divertissement and Concertante (1960), compositions for piano and
orchestra combining Western and Eastern forms, harmonies, and
intervals
 Dularawan (1969), a musical drama combining a dance solo with a
chorus and an ethnic orchestra
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8gTDi2ID64
c. RAMON P. SANTOS (1941 –) National Artist for Music

born in Pasig on February 25, 1941

He completed his Bachelor of Music degree at the College of Music, University of the
Philippines.
He finished his Master of Music degree at Indiana University, USA.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Composition at the State University of
New York, USA
Santos’ compositional style features chromaticism, music seria, and electronic
components combined with indigenous Philippine music elements.
He had done extensive research on the gamelan music of Java as well as the
traditional music of the Ibaloi, Maranao, Mansaka, Bontoc, Yakan, and Boholano
tribes in the Philippines.
Some of Santos works are:
 Ding Ding Nga Diyawa
 Nabasag na Banga at Iba’t iba pang Pinag-ugpong-ugpong na Pananalita sa
Wikang Pilipino para sa Labing Anim na Tinig.
 L’BAD
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0PIawzirxo

d. FR. MANUEL MARAMBA, OSB (1936 –)

one of the most accomplished musicians and liturgists in the Philippines emerging
during the second half of the 20th century. He was born on July 4, 1936 in
Pangasinan.
When he was 11 years old, he gave his first public performance at the Bamboo
Organ in Las Piñas.
He was the youngest finalist to participate in the National Music Competitions for
Young Artists (NAMCYA) piano competition in 1978.
after high school, he was sent on full scholarship to the University for Music and
Performing Arts in Graz, Austria.
he earned with distinction the degree of Master of Arts in Church Music. He also
received a Teacher’s Certificate in Organ. His musical career led him to the
United States, where he performed at Carnegie Hall at the age of 19.
Batchelor of music degree major in Piano at the conservatory music in UST.
Teacher certificate in theory from the Peabody conservatory of John Hopkins
University in USA.
received a Master’s degree of Musical Arts in Performance from Yale University’s
School of Music, USA
He also studied sacred music at the Kirchenmusikschule in Regensburg,
Germany.
He took further lessons in piano, organ, and the harpsichord at the Hochschule fur
Musik in Vienna, Austria.
he composed the music for the papal mass.
He was also a faculty member at the UST Conservatory of Music, St.
Scholastica’s College, and Sta. Isabel College.
Operas he composed:
 Sto. Nino
 La Naval
 Lord Takayama Ukon
Major composition:

 Awakening
 Papal Mass for World Youth Day, 1995
 Mass in Honor of St. Lorenzo Ruiz,
 Mass in Honor of the Sto. Nino
 three cantatas – St. Lorenzo Ruiz, St. Benedict, and St. Scholastica
 Three Psalms; A hymn in honor of St. Lorenzo Ruiz, and the official
hymn of the 1996 National Eucharistic Congress.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kRIRtPemIM
e. JERRY DADAP (1935 –)

the first Filipino composer to conduct his own works at the Carnegie Recital
Hall in New York City
born on November 5, 1935 in Hinunangan, Southern Leyte.
He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Music, major in Composition at the
Conservatory of Music, University of the Philippines (UP) in 1964.
he went to the USA on a study-observation grant from the Music Promotion
Foundation of the Philippines
he received a full scholarship grant from the United Presbyterian Church of
USA from 1969 to 1971
he obtained his Postgraduate Diploma in Composition at the Mannes College
of Music in New York, USA.
he taught composition, ear training, and orchestration at the Sta. Isabel College
of Music in Manila.
Dadap started composing when he was still studying at Silliman University in
the southern city of Dumaguete

Some of his compositions are:

 The Passionate and the Wild (1960)
 Mangamuyo
 Mangamuyo II
 The redemption
 Five little fingers
 tubig ng buhay
 dakilang pagpapatawad
 Andres Bonifacio, ang dakilang anak pawis
 Ang pag ibig ng diyos
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPTBCBrIjR0
f. FRANCISCO F. FELICIANO (1942 – 2014)
National Artist for Music.

born on February 19, 1942 in Morong, Rizal.

His first exposure to music was with the Morriz Band, a brass ensemble
established and owned by his father, Maximiano Feliciano.
He started his music career in the high school band where he had played the
cymbals and the clarinet.
obtained his Teacher’s Diploma in Composition and Conducting at the
Conservatory of Music, University of the Philippines (UP) in 1964.
Bachelor of Music degree major in Composition in 1967.
Master in Music Composition from the University of the Philippines.
Diploma in Music Composition from the Hochschule der Kunst in Berlin,
Germany.
Master of Musical Arts and Doctorate in Music Composition from Yale
University School of Music, USA.
He became an instructor at the UP Conservatory of Music and conducted the
UP-Symphony Orchestra.
He was the musical director of the different movies like Ang Bukas ay Atin,
My Fair Lady and various Philippine productions.
He composed hundreds of liturgical pieces, mass settings, hymns, and songs
for worship.
He founded the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM) in Quezon City
He composed more than 30 major works, including the musical dramas;
 Sikhay sa Kabila ng Paalam
 Ashen Wings
 monumental three-act opera La Loba Negra (1984)
 Prelude and Toccata (1973)
 Fragments (1976)
 Life of Wartime Filipino Hero Jose Abad Santos
 ballet Yerma (1982).
 Transfiguration and Missa Mysterium
 Pokpok Alimpako (a favorite piece of choirs in international choral
competitions)
 Salimbayan
 Umiinog
 Walang Tinag
g. JOSEFINO TOLEDO (1959 –)

recognized figure in the Asian contemporary art music scene.

He received his Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, USA.
Some of his awards
“Ten Outstanding Young Men” (TOYM)
“International Award for the Arts”
“Civitella Ranieri Fellowship in Italy”
“Chancellor Awards for Outstanding Musical Works,”
served at the Pangkat Kawayan (a bamboo orchestra) from 1966 to 1979 and the
Philippine Youth Orchestra (PYO) in 1977-1978.
A principal percussionist of the Manila Symphony Orchestra in 1980-1983, he later
became music director and principal conductor in 1985.
He attended the 1984 International Computer Music Conference in France
He represents the country in different events.
 1980 Young Composers Conference in Hong Kong
 ASEAN Composers Forum on Traditional Music in 1989 (Philippines)
 1993 (Singapore)
 1995 ASEAN Composers Workshop (Indonesia)
 1996 International Composers Workshop (Gaudeamus, Amsterdam)
 1990 Pacific Music Festival and Pacific Composers Conference (Japan)
Music Professor at the College of Music, University of the Philippines (UP).
He is the founding music director of the Metro Manila Community Orchestra, the UP-
Festival Orchestra, and the Cross-wave Symphony Orchestra.
His own music, including works for chorus, orchestra, chamber ensemble, solo
instrument, and music theater.

h. JONAS BAES (1961 –)

 born in Los Baños, Laguna in 1961
He enrolled at the College of Music, University of the Philippines (UP) in 1977 as a
student of Ramon P. Santos.
he encountered the works of Jose Maceda and attended several seminar-workshops
of visiting lecturers.
He researched on the music of the Iraya-Mangyan people of Mindoro, which later
became the inspiration for his compositions. From 1992- 1994, he studied with
Mathias Spahlinger in Freiburg, Germany.
known for writing music utilizing unorthodox musical instruments such as beanpod
rattles, leaves, iron-nail chimes, and various Asian instruments such as bamboo
scrapers, bamboo flutes, and vocal music using Asian vocal techniques.
His early works in the 1980s were influenced by Maceda in the use of large numbers
of performers.

Some of his Musical compositions are:

 Imagined Community, after Benedict Anderson for four bamboo scrapers,
bamui trail caller, sarunai for oboe, khaen for mouth organ, and about a
hundred iron nail chimes distributed among the audience.
 WALA (Nothingness) for seven or hundreds of men’s voices
 DALUY (Flow)interval music for five animator-percussionists and about a
hundred bird whistles distributed among the audience,
 IBO-IBON (birdwoman)for dancer wearing small bells, two large wind chimes
passed around the audience, four animators’ callers, and iron nail chimes
played by the audience.
 SALAYSAY, for solo voice, three percussionists, and pairs of pebbles
distributed among the audience.
 PATANGIS BUWAYA (and the crocodile weeps) for four sub-contrabass
recorders or any blown instruments.
 PANTAWAG (music for calling people) for 15 bamboo scrapers, 15 palm
leaves, and 20 muffled “forest” voices
 BASBASAN (blessing) for 20 bean-pod rattles and 20 muffled men’s voices
1983.
 received the Gawad Chancellor para sa Pinakamakusay na Mananaliksik (Hall
of Fame, 2003) from the University of the Philippines.

E. Application

Activity: Listening Activity

Instruction: The teacher will play excerpts of recordings of any (one composition) of the following
works by Filipino new music composers:

1. Jose Maceda - Ugma-Ugma; Agungan; Pagsamba; Ugnayan; Udlot Udlot

2. Lucrecia Kasilag - Toccata for Percussion and Winds; The Leg, the Legend of the Sarimanok;
Divertissement and Concertante; Dularawan.
3. Josefino Toledo - 2nd Og-og; Abe; Ako ang Daigdig; Alitaptap; Aliw iw; Awiting Bayan; Barasyon;
Asia; Kah-non; Humigit Kumulang; Lima; Mi-sa; Missa de gallo; Oyog-Oyog; Musika para sa;
 Pasyon at Buhay; Pompyang; Pintigan; Pilipino Komiks; Sigaw; Tatluhan; Auit, Ub-og; Ug-nay;
Tula-li
4. Jerry Dadap - The Passionate and the Wild; Mangamuyo I) and Mangamuyo II; The Redemption;
Five Little Fingers; Tubig ng Buhay; Dakilang Pagpapatawad; Andres Bonifacio, Ang Dakilang
Anak Pawis; Ang Pag-ibig ng Diyos; Balitaw Nos. 1-7; Lam-ang Epic; Lorenzo Ruiz; Chorale
Symphonic Ode Nos. 1 and 2; Aniway at Tomaneg; Song Cycle, Nos. 1-4; Choral Cycle Nos. 1-3;
Diyos Ama ay Purihin; Lam-ang Epic; Mangamuyo I and II; Five Little Fingers; Tubig ng Buhay; The
Redemption.
5. Fr. Manuel Maramba - Aba! Sto. Nino; La Naval; Lord Takayama Ukon; Awakening; Seven
Mansions; Papal Mass for World Youth Day, 1995; Mass in Honor of St. Lorenzo Ruiz; Mass in
Honor of the Sto. Nino; cantatas St. Lorenzo Ruiz, St. Benedict, and St. Scholastica; Three Psalms
—A hymn in honor of St. Lorenzo Ruiz, and the official hymn of the 1996 National Eucharistic
Congress; Ang Sarswela sa San Salvador; Pugad Lawin; The Virgin of Naval; and Transfiguration.
6. Ramon Santos - Ding Ding nga Diyawa; Nabasag na Banga a t Iba’t iba pang Pinag - ugpong -ug
pong na Pananalita sa Wikang Pilipino para sa labing anim na tinig, and L’BAD
7. Jonas Baes - WALA (Nothingness); DALUY (flow); IBOn IBON (Birdwoman); SALAYSAY; PATANGIS-
BUWAYA; PANTAWAG; BASBASAN (Blessing).

Assignment:

You are going to compose or adapt a simple song with the theme of “Spiritual Song” for your
subject integration in ESP.