02/07/2025
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Graduate Studies International Forum
01/07/2025
Plenary 5: Panikop – Open Topics about Music Part 2
A diverse set of presentations examining traditional music, performance analysis, and community narratives.
Presenters:
Ernesto Zaldua
"Choral Music Appropriation as Exhibited in the Mamayug Akun of the Meranao"
Wynn Villanueva
"Analysis and Performance Guide of Kinaray-a Art Songs by Beny Castillon"
Rachelle Ann Labasan
"The Gift of a Gaddang Marching Band in Solano, Nueva Vizcaya"
John Bakok
"The Function of Sasandu Music in the Socio-Cultural Life of the Rotenese People"
Moderator: Dr. Jocelyn Timbol-Guadalupe (University of the Philippines)
Reactor: Jose Marco Valenciano (Sorsogon State University / University of the Philippines)
01/07/2025
Plenary 4: Paniklop - Open Topics about Music Part 1
Focused on movement, neurodiversity, and embodied pedagogy, this session showcased music as a tool for inclusion and creative exploration.
Presenters:
Zherin Quan Literte
"Investigating the Impact of Sustained Participation in Rhythmic Movement Activities on Social and Motor Skills in Children with Autism"
April Rose H. Juatas
"Exploring Musical Sensitivity and Creativity Through Dance"
Rey Sunglao
"Making Choral Classroom Culturally Responsive: A Filipino Folk Song for Two Voices"
Jose Marco Valenciano
"The Singing Piano: Revisiting 19th Century Bel Canto Pianism"
Moderator: Dr. Gerardo Muyuela (University of San Agustin / Santa Isabel College of Manila)
Reactor: Sol Maris Trinidad (University of the Philippines)
01/07/2025
Snippets from Plenary 3: Panakayon – Music and Culture
This session explored cultural and historical memory, with presenters drawing on archaeology, community practice, ritual studies, and lullabies.
Presenters:
Ma. Czarita Angeles Aguja
"The Audible Past: Sounds of Proto-Historic Philippines (900–1521 AD)"
Cerilo Acoin Irinco
"Homonhon Palaran Ka: History in the Text and the Creative Process in Composing a Waray Song"
Francis Peñaranda
"Sonic Cosmologies: Recontextualizing Domestic Objects in Panay Mortuary Rites"
Sol Maris Trinidad
"Awakening Through Lullabies"
Patricia Soriano
"An Emergent Grounded Theory: Opus – Harmonizing Leadership Fugue Consonance"
Moderator: Angel Baguilat (University of the Philippines)
Reactor: Ernesto “Bajo” Zaldua (Mindanao State University–Iligan Institute of Technology / University of the Philippines)
01/07/2025
01/07/2025
Snippets from Plenary 2: Bugana – Music and Forms of Production(s)
This session featured discussions on indigenous sound practices, interculturality, political soundscapes, and interdisciplinary approaches to music-making as forms of cultural and artistic production.
Presenters:
Hermie Cartagena
"Manug RaRa sang Tunong (Sound Weaver): Creative Expression of a Tultugan Practitioner"
Paul Cosme
"Beyond Interculturality: A Case for Intraculturality Among Composers from Southeast Asia"
Ernesto Zaldua, Menelito Mansueto, and Oliver F. Perater
"Jose Monserrat Maceda’s 'Drone and Melody' as a Filipino Indigenous Philosophy—Manifested in the Global Protests by Filipinos Against the ICC’s Duterte Ordeal"
Cye Tamura
"Intermedia Musicopoetics and Transpractice Songwriting in 'Night Bus'"
Moderator: Cyril John Galanza (West Visayas State University)
Reactor: Asherine Joanne Roa (San Beda University Rizal / University of the Philippines)
01/07/2025
Snippets from Plenary 1: Bugsay – Critical Reflections in Music Education
The presenters explored diverse approaches and challenges in music education, highlighting how pedagogy intersects with community, policy, heritage, and methodology.
Presenters:
Jesher Edrei Perez
"Pedagogy, Society, and Civil Rights in Music Education: Teaching and Music-Making in a Community String Orchestra"
Andrew Ocampo
"The Methodology of Three Philippine Community Rondallas"
Asherine Roa
"Perceptions on the UP Harmonization Policy Among UP System Laboratory Schools: Implications, Limitations, and Possibilities for Music Programs"
Anna Patricia Carranza, Sol Trinidad, and Nelson Dino
"Tingug Warisan: Harmonizing Heritage Through a Collaborative Performance of Linggisan to Ameliorate Philippine Music Education"
Moderator: Crista Sianson Huyong (Central Philippine University / University of the Philippines)
Reactor: Rachelle Ann Labasan (Aldersgate College, Inc./ University of the Philippines)
29/06/2025
Thank you to our speakers Dr. Ramon Santos and Dr. Jean-David Caillouët for imparting your wisdom to our presentors and attendees.
29/06/2025
Saliksik-Musika Day 1-3 activities
29/06/2025
Educational Tour of Saliksik-Musika II
the way to understand culture is immersing oneself to the community.
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