Philippine Music
traditional and contemporary
a video and talk
Wednesday, 13 June
2007 at 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Center for Korean
Studies Auditorium
East-West Road at
Maile Way
Prof. Antonio Hila of
de la Salle University in Manila will show and comment on the documentary Philippine Music; an overview. It
presents the rich diversity of Philippine music including traditions of the
Cordillera mountain areas, lumad
aboriginal groups, the Muslim South, and the broad sweep of Lowland music from
its Spanish colonial and Catholic heritage, through American vaudeville to
Pinoy Pop. Prof. Hila will comment on the challenges of assembling a
documentary, presenting a Filipino viewpoint, and the Filipino music scene
today.
The program is free
and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Center for Philippine Studies and the
Asian Studies Program in cooperation with the Consulate General of the
Philippines.
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