NATIONAL ARTISTS FOR MUSIC

1. Lucrecia R. Kasilag

• National Artist for Music (1989)

1. Lucrecia R. Kasilag

• Composer, music educator, former President of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (for 17 years)

1. Lucrecia R. Kasilag

• Head of the Asian Composers League, Chairperson of the Philippine Society for Music Education

1. Lucrecia R. Kasilag

• Pioneer of the Bayanihan Dance Company

1. Jose Maceda

• National Artist for Music (1997)

1. Jose Maceda

• Composer, ethnomusicologist

1. Jose Maceda

• Studied piano composition and musical analysis at École de Musique de Paris

1. Jose Maceda

• Conducted fieldwork on ethnic music in the Philippines and Southeast Asia

1. Antonio J. Molina

• National Artist for Music (1973)

1. Antonio J. Molina

• Composer, conductor, music administrator

1. Antonio J. Molina

• Appointed to teach at the UP Conservatory of Music and later became Dean of the CEU Conservatory of Music

1. Antonio J. Molina

• Considered the last of the triumvirate of Abelardo and Santiago

1. Lucio D. San Pedro

• National Artist for Music (1991)

1. Lucio D. San Pedro

• Composer and teacher from Angono, Rizal

1. Lucio D. San Pedro

• Served as Chairman of the Composition and Conducting Department of UP College of Music from 1970 to 1973

1. Ramon Santos

• National Artist for Music (2014)

1. Ramon Santos

• Composer, conductor, musicologist

1. Ramon Santos

• Foremost exponent of contemporary Filipino music rooted in old Asian practices

1. Andrea O. Veneracion

• National Artist for Music (1999)

1. Andrea O. Veneracion

• Choral conductor, founder of the Philippine Madrigal Singers (1963)

1. Andrea O. Veneracion

• Adjudicator in international choral competitions

1. Andrea O. Veneracion

• Founding choirmaster and first conductor of the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM) Chorale