2014 CCP ORCHESTRA AND BAND FESTIVAL: PARTICIPANTS

2014 CCP ORCHESTRA AND BAND FESTIVAL: PARTICIPANTS
ORCHESTRA
1. PHILIPPINE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (PPO)
The Philippine Philharmonic
Orchestra
(PPO)
is
the
country’s leading orchestra
and is widely regarded as one
of the top musical ensembles
in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Philippine Philharmonic
Orchestra was established on
May 15, 1973 as the CCP
Philharmonic Orchestra and
was initially intended to
accompany performing artists
at the CCP Theater. The PPO’s
first music director was Prof.
Luis Valencia with Julian Quirit as concertmaster. In 1979, then First Lady Imelda R. Marcos
asked Prof. Oscar C. Yatco to reorganize the orchestra. Three years later, the Philippine
Philharmonic Orchestra was born with a new vision – to be ranked among the best in the
world.
The PPO has performed with many of the world’s renowned conductors that include Mendi
Rodan, Piero Gamba, Enrique Batis, Sebastian Bereau and Nicholas Koch. It has also performed
with the best foreign and Filipino artists such as Van Cliburn, Renata Tebaldi, Judith Engel,
Anthony Camden, David Benoit, Cecile Licad, Raul Sunico and Lea Salonga. The PPO has toured
Europe in 2001 and has participated in the Asia Orchestra Week in September 2002 held at the
Tokyo Opera City Hall upon the invitation of the Association of Japanese Symphony
Orchestras. It has performed at Bangkok’s National Theater in September 2004 upon the
invitation of Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vandhana of Thailand.
In August 2011, the PPO performed at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (popularly
known as the “Egg”) in Beijing, China to mark the 35 th year anniversary celebration of the
Philippines-China Diplomatic Relations. The concert was supported by the Rustia Tantoco
Foundation spearheaded by Zenaida “Nedy” Tantoco.
The PPO has premiered Filipino compositions and has featured works by foreign composers not
yet performed in the Philippines.
It continues to promote music appreciation
through outreach concerts in schools, parishes, government agencies and underserved
communities in Metro Manila and in different regions in the country.
OLIVIER OCHANINE
PPO Music Director
Maestro Olivier Ochanine began his musical studies in Paris,
France, where he was born. Having studied the flute in
Germany and the US, and then the contrabass in the United
States as well, he developed an interest in orchestral
conducting while pursuing the Bachelor Degree for flute
performance at the University of Kentucky (UK).
While at UK, Mr. Ochanine studied flute with Gordon Cole
(UK) and bass with Matthew Zory (Cincinnati Symphony),
and frequently performed on flute and double bass with the
award-winning UK Wind Ensemble under Richard Clary. He
studied conducting with Dr. Robert Baldwin (Director of
Orchestral Studies at the University of Utah). He also
served as auxilliary bassist with the Lexington Philharmonic
Orchestra. In 1998, Mr. Ochanine was chosen to perform as
bassist for the celebrated American Spiritual Ensemble's Gershwin Tour of Spain, where he was
invited to interview on Spanish Radio.
In 2001, Mr. Ochanine began his Masters Degree studies in Orchestral Conducting at USC's
Thornton School of Music, in Los Angeles, where he gained conducting experience while
working with the USC Symphony, Chamber and Concert Orchestras. He was chosen the
recipient of the Conducting Department Award in 2003.
While at USC, Mr. Ochanine studied conducting under John Barnett (former Associate
Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic) and Larry Livingston (former Dean of the Thornton
School). Mr. Ochanine has also studied under John Farrer (Bakersfield Symphony), Donald
Thulean (Spokane Symphony), and Daniel Lewis (former conducting teacher at USC) in
conjunction with the California Conducting Institute, where he worked with the Bakersfield
Symphony Orchestra; more recently, he participated in a masterclass with Gustav Meier
(Peabody Conservatory) and Mark Gibson (CCM), at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
Mr. Ochanine is working towards his Doctorate Degree in Orchestral Conducting under Mark
Gibson at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Recently, he traveled to Manila,
Philippines to lead the national orchestra, the Philippine Philharmonic, in concert. The concert
featured Enrique Barcelo, PPO Principal Flutist, and also the tone poem 'By the Hillside', a work
by the Filipino composer Antonino Buenaventura.
This summer, Mr. Ochanine was selected from a large pool of applicants to study with Gustav
Meier and Marin Alsop (Baltimore Symphony) and perform at the 2009 Cabrillo Festival of
Contemporary Music and Conductors Guild Workshop in Santa Cruz, CA. He will also
participate in the Rose City International Conductor's Workshop, held each year in Portland,
Oregon (with Kenneth Woods, David Hoose, and Christopher Zimmerman presiding).
Also for the summer of 2009, Mr. Ochanine was chosen by the legendary Jorma Panula as one
of his students in the 2009 Masterclass in Milan, Italy, with the I Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra.
Panula has been a primary teacher of conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka
Saraste, and Osmo Vänskä.
Until recently, Mr. Ochanine has resided in Los Angeles, where he has been an avid music
educator and freelance conductor.
2. MANILA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
3. ABS-CBN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
4. UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES ORCHESTRA
SCHOOL BANDS
1. MALINDIG INSTITUTE BAND (Marinduque)
2. UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS WIND ORCHESTRA
One of the best ensemble in the
country, the University of Santo
Tomas Wind Orchestra has
been under the training and
administrative supervision of
the University of Santo Tomas
Conservatory of Music since
1983. At present, the UST Wind
Orchestra has a membership of
65 students, many of whom
have won the National Music
Competitions for Young Artists
(NAMCYA),
while
other
members qualified for scholarships abroad or participated in Summer Music Camps like those
held in the Association of the South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia. Some members
have had stints from world-class youth ensemble such as the Asian Youth Orchestra and the
World Youth Orchestra.
The UST Wind Orchestra has appeared in numerous concerts in UST, Cultural Center of the
Philippines (CCP) and other venues. It had also performed during the Centennial Celebration of
the Philippine Independence and participated in 2004 and 2005, Chiayi City International Band
Festival in Taiwan and the recent 4th Asian Symphonic Band Festival held in Bangkok, Thailand.
Under the leadership of Professor Herminigildo G. Ranera and its associate conductor, Prof.
Michael E. Jacinto, the University of Santo Tomas Wind Orchestra is privileged to be the first
Philippine Symphonic Band to participate in an International Band Competition.
MICHAEL JACINTO
Associate Conductor
Michael Jacinto is a graduate of UST Conservatory of Music, with a
degree in Bachelor of Music in Music Education with emphasis in
band and orchestral conducting under the tutelage of Prof.
Herminigildo Ranera. He was a scholar of the Conservatory under the
UST Symphony Orchestra, UST Wind Orchestra and Jazz Band playing
the Trombone and Euphonium for 5 years. A member of the
Philippine Youth Symphony Band (PYSB), Mr. Jacinto is also the
Conductor of Banda 31 in Bulacan and The New Age Symphony Orchestra founded by Angelo
Ortiz. Currently he is teaching at the Conservatory of Music under the Brasswind Department
and the Consultant of the Cagayan State University.
3. DE LA SALLE SANTIAGO ZOBEL SYMPHONIC BAND
The De La Salle Santiago Zobel
School Symphonic Band is
composed of students from Grade
Four to Fourth Year High School
level. At present, the group has
continued to develop their full
potential through hard work,
diligent study to showcase
wonderful performances and
beautiful music in varied genres.
Under the baton of dedicated
teachers, Ms. Nena Chavez and
Mr. Linwell Lalic, the members of
the group are given calibre
training that enables each
student-performer the opportunity to hone and enrich his or her skills and talent.
The DLSZ Symphonic Band annually studies classical, new and diversified musical pieces to
provide novelty in the different activities they hold within the school year. The highlights of
their performances are summed-up every February wherein DLSZ celebrates its Music and Arts
Month Festival. Moreover, DLSZ Symphonic Band has been performing not only in school
events but also render special performances for significant events outside the campus. Last
December 2013, the Band joined the 5th Winter Band Festival held in Hong Kong and garnered
a Silver Award in senior division.
DLSZ Symphonic Band strives to continuously give pride to De La Salle Santiago Zobel School
with their continued creation of perfect harmony in the field of music. They share their music
and talents with other Filipinos as well, thru their meaningful performances which instil not
only school pride, more importantly, Filipino pride.
LINWELL H. LALIC
Conductor/Teacher
Linwell graduated with two Bachelor of Music degrees, Major in
French Horn and Music Education from University of Santo Tomas
Conservatory of Music. He started learning the French horn at the
age of 11 with his father as his first teacher. Then he entered the
UST Conservatory of Music in June 2004 and joined many
performing groups. He was the former principal horn of the UST
Symphony Orchestra and UST Wind Orchestra former member of
the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO), Manila Symphony
Orchestra (MSO), and Philippine Youth Symphonic Band (PYSB). He
also participated in the 2004 & 2005 Chiayi City International Band
Festival, 2014 Taoyuan International Band Festival. He was selected
after passing the auditions for membership in the Southeast Asian Youth Orchestra & Wind
Ensemble (SAYOWE) in October 2007 and 2008 as their principal horn, held in Mahidol
University Thailand. He also won 2nd prize Horn Category C in National Music Competition for
Young Artists (NAMCYA) in November 2009 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. He is a
member of International Horn Society (IHS), Philippine Horn Society (PHS), Philippine Society of
Music Educator (PSME), Bulacan Wind Orchestra, and San Roque Band 96 Angat, Bulacan.
In 2010, he passed the prestigious Asian Youth Orchestra (AYO). He was the only Filipino horn
player who passed the audition that year. Together with AYO, he toured the Asian countries. He
joined the faculty of De La Salle Santiago Zobel School on September 2010. Presently, he is one
of the promising young faculty members and one of the conductors of the DLSZ Symphonic
Band.
NENA L. CHAVEZ
Conductor/Teacher
Nena is a graduate of Diploma in Creative Performing Musical Arts and
pursued a Bachelor’s Degree in Music, Major in Clarinet at the
University of the Philippines College of Music. She has been part of the
UP Philippine Youth Orchestra (UP-PYO) and Philippine Youth
Symphonic Band (UP-PYSB). She also worked in Miriam College Grade
School Department as Music Teacher and as Glee Club Moderator.
When she decided to transfer to the Music Centre as a Music Theory
Supervisor, she was asked to assist the Metro Manila
Community/Concert Orchestra under the baton of Prof. Josefina Chino
Toledo as Production Manager and a part-time clarinet player as well.
She is one of the authors of Music Art, Physical Education and Health (MAPEH) Book, level three
(3) and four (4) under Brilliant Creations (BC) Publishing Company.
At present, she is in her 8th year as a faculty member at De La Salle Santiago Zobel School. She
is handling the Grade School and High School Symphonic Band and an Associate Conductor of
the DLSZ Symphony Orchestra.
4. ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY BAND (Baguio)
5. BUKIDNON STATE UNIVERSITY BAND
The University Brass Band was organized by the University President, Dr. Victor M. Barroso, six
years ago. The group was composed of some selected University employees and headed by Mr.
Reynaldo T. Oton. The university offers full tuition fee scholarship under the school's
performing arts program to students who are willing to join the brass band. Its vision is not only
to help them go to school but to hone their talents and make them able to serve the school as
well. The university also provides instruments and band uniforms for talented, dedicated,
hardworking, poor but deserving students.
At present, the members of the university brass band reached to its peak of 215 members. For
5 years, the group is able to produce 78 professionals who are now in their respective fields of
endeavor. Of these numbers, aside from being a marching brass band, the group is able to
create several sub-groups namely the Orchestra, Symphonic Band, and Drill (outdoor
performance) bands.
The achievements of the group since its conception are as follows: 2009 - Champion Musikahan Festival of Tagum - Brass Band Competition; 2010 - Grand Champion - National
Brass Band Competition held in Musikahan Festival and Best Symphonic Band; 2011 - Grand
Slam Champion - National Brass Band Competition - Musikahan Festival of Tagum; Best
Marching Brass Band awardees; Champion Drill and Showdown Competition; 2011. BSU Brass
Band was also one of the national finalists of the Pilipinas Got Talent (PGT) season 2.
REYNALDO T. OTON
Band Director and Trainer
Reynaldo Oton started as a secondary school teacher and worked his way to become an
Assistant Professor IV. A graduate of Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Mathematics
and Science, he is an MA holder in Science Education major in General Science, and presently
finishing his Ph.D. in Educational Administration at the Bukidnon State University.
6. BULACAN STATE UNIVERSITY BAND
COMMUNITY BANDS
1. PHILBANDA WIND ORCHESTRA
The initial involvement of Prof.
Herminigildo Ranera with the AsiaPacific Band Directors Association
(APBDA) was on Dec. 28, 1984, when
the Philippines hosted the APBDA
Conference. During this conference, he
had the privilege, as a young 23-year
old conductor, to interpret the
composition of Col. Geronimo Torres
with the Philippine Constabulary Band
at the CCP as part of the Finale Concert
of the conference. In 1984, long
drought of the Philippine participation
was brought about by the unfortunate
inactivity of Band Association in the
90’s due to leadership vacuum in its
rosters of leaders and conductors.
Nevertheless, the local band scene
continued to flourish despite the
absence of a central body to
coordinate their joint activities in the
national scale.
International involvement started again in 2002 when the UST Wind Orchestra (USTWO)
participated in the 4th Asian Band Festival and Competition in Bangkok, Thailand. During the
competition, Prof. Ranera was able to meet Prof. Yeh Shuhan of Taiwan who in turn referred
him to Mr. Toshio Akiyama of Japan and other officers of the APBDA. This was the turning point
for a renewed Philippine linkage with its Asian neighbors as it led to his next meeting with
APBDA in Jeju, South Korea in 2003.
A year later (2004), Prof. Ranera and the USTWO participated in the Chiayi City International
Band Festival in Taiwan. In September 2005, he organized the first UST Band Festival.
Participating groups included the leading symphonic bands of Manila and its neighboring cities.
A subsequent Band Festival was organized 2006 and again in 2009.
In 2007, the encouraging support and interest in the UST Band Festival precipitated a gathering
of band conductors in Manila, prompting them to organize a new group known as the
Philippine Band Confederation. Due to numerous seasons, it took five years before the group
fulfilled the requirements towards a formal accreditation with the local Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) as a legal entity. Through the effort of Mr. Jerry Samonte together with Prof.
Ariel Sta. Ana and some other PPO members, the Philippine Band Confederation, with a new
name “PhilBanda” was finally registered in July 25, 2011.
HERMINIGILDO RANERA
Conductor
Conductor, composer, arranger, performer and educator,
Herminigildo G. Ranera holds a Bachelor of Music Degree
from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Conservatory of
Music, majoring in Trombone and Theory; a Master of Music
degree from the University of Northern Colorado and a
Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Cagayan State
University.
Early in his music career, he won various awards in the
National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA) for
the Trombone, Baritone and Chamber Music categories
(Tuba) as well as in the League of Filipino Composers’
Competition for Young Composers.
He has served as a visiting professor and guest conductor in Taiwan, the People’s Republic of
China, Singapore, Thailand and the California State University-Long Beach (CSULB). He has also
composed incidental music for various productions staged at the Cultural Center of the
Philippines, and has done orchestral arrangements featured in the CD albums of Maestro
Redentor Romero, performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and the Warsaw
Philharmonic Orchestra.
As an orchestral conductor, he has led the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO), the CSULB
Symphony Orchestra, Chiayi Wind Orchestra, Manila Philharmonic Orchestra, San Miguel
Philharmonic, and the Transylvania Philharmonic Orchestra in Romania. He has also served as
musical director and conductor of several opera productions at the CCP as well as modern
zarzuelas which toured overseas.
In 2002, Ranera led the UST Symphony Band at the 4th Asian Symphonic Band Competition in
Bangkok, Thailand and in 2006, he led the UST Symphony Orchestra in its concert tour in the
People’s Republic of China.
Dr. Ranera is currently a faculty member of the UST Conservatory of Music, where he is the
conductor of the UST Symphony Orchestra and UST Wind Orchestra. He is the founding
president of the newly organized Philippine Band Association (PhilBandA). A senior officer of
the Philippine Coast Guard Auxilliary, Commander Ranera is the music director and conductor
of the Philippine Coast Guard Symphonic Band and the San Juan Nepomuceno Band of Malibay
Pasay City and the current Associate Conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra at the
Cultural Center of the Philippines.
2. BANDA KABYAW (Nueva Ecija)
3. BANDA CARDONA 5 (Cardona, Rizal)
4. KAPISANAN BANDA 11 (Pulong Buhangin, Sta Maria, Bulacan)
The Kapisanan Banda 11 of Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan is a non-profit organization
built through the will of 63 young musicians and their parents on April 6, 2011. The band
started through the help of Mr. Manuel Guballa and Mr. Bernardo Mangahas, and their families
for lending their place (Guballa Compound) to be the band rehearsal hall and through the help
of Mr. Ernesto Santos and his family for funding the band’s first bass drum.
At present, the band has 147 members. The majority of its members are also members of their
school – primary, secondary, college bands by which they receive benefits from being band
scholars. Some already finished their degree programs in their chosen careers.
The band is lead by two groups, the band officers and the parent officers. The regulations and
decisions of the band are made with the consent of all members and their parents headed by
Mr. Elmer Ruel Guballa, the band president and Mr. Joel Concepcion, the president of the
parent officers and with the guidance of Mr. Federico D.C. Frayna Jr. and Mr. Jayson S. De Jesus
as conductors.
Since its inception from 2011, it has performed in several places such as Mariveles, Bataan;
Philippine Senate and yearly during the Town Fiesta of Santa Maria, Bulacan and nearby places.
Through the perseverance of each members and through the endless support of their parents,
the Kapisanan Banda 11 of Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan, will continue to fulfill its
mission.
FEDERICO DC. FRAYNA JR.
Musical Director/Conductor
Federico DC. Frayna Jr. started his music career at the age of 5 under the tutelage of his own
grandmother who taught him how to play the piano. He started his band career when he was
11 years old playing the Baritone with the late Bienvenido F. Matias. His first instrumental solo
performance was with the Sacred Heart Academy Foundation Anniversary in 1985. He
continued to hone his playing skills thereafter with the Band 31 Kapisanang Ligaya of Sta. Maria,
Bulacan and continued the passion of his “Maestro Bien” by teaching other children the basic
rudiments of music at the age of 13. He was also a member of the 5th Philippine Youth Music
Summer Camp held at the National Arts Center, Mt. Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna sponsored by
the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).
In 1988, after finishing his Secondary Education, he went to study at the UST Conservatory of
Music taking up Bachelor Music Major in Trombone Performance under Prof. Cornelio Ramos.
Due to economic difficulty in supporting his own education and his early marriage, he decided
to enlist with the Philippine Air Force as a soldier musician. His stint with the major service band
gave him the chance of finishing his Bachelor of Arts course in 2000 and eventually given the
chance to go back again to continue his study with the UST Conservatory of Music this time
taking up Instrumental Conducting under Dr. Herminigildo G. Ranera.
His first conducting debut as a student conductor was with the UST Wind Orchestra in Chai – yi
City, Taiwan in 2004. He was also one of the conductors of the UST Wind Orchestra on its SM
mall tour in 2005. He organized the Immaculate Heart of Mary Integrated School Band in 2000,
reactivated his alma mater band, the Sacred Heart Academy Band in 2003 and started the
organization of the Early Christian School Band in 2005, all in Sta. Maria, Bulacan. He was also a
featured guest conductor at Dr. Yanga’s Colleges in 2007 alumni concert to help raise funds for
the school band. A member of the UST Symphony Orchestra, Wind Orchestra, Jazz Band and
Symphonic Band during his music study with the university. Guest Conductor of the Bulacan
Youth Brass Band during its Vigan City Christmas Concert Tour (2005) and member of the UST
Symphony Orchestra in Eugene Onegin Opera (2007).
At present, he is the Director, Orchestra of the Bulacan Youth, a satellite orchestra still in its
inception stage under the Ang Misyon of First Philippine Holdings and ABS CBN Foundation.
Musical Director and Resident Conductor of Kapisanan Banda 11, Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria,
Bulacan. He was also the former conductor of Sacred Heart Academy Band and Smarties
Academy Band. Likewise, he continues to teach basic rudiments of music and playing different
wind instruments to young children of his community as part of continuing the passion of his
mentor of sharing the skills and talent shared to him.
JAYSON S. DE JESUS
Associate Conductor
A well versed young musician playing the Alto Saxophone at the age of 11 with Mr. Federico DC.
Frayna Jr. He attended various workshops such as Musmusikahan, Philippine Youth Music
Summer Camp held at the National Arts Center, Mt. Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippine
Youth Symphonic Band/Jazz Band and CCP Summer Music Workshop 2008 among others.
At present, he is studying at the University of the Philippines College of Music taking up CM
major in Alto Saxophone under Professor Michael Mark Guevarra. Likewise, he is taking up
conducting lessons with Professor Rodney Ambat of the UP Symphonic Band. Having been
appointed as associate conductor of Kapisanan Banda 11, he continued to hone his playing and
teaching skills sharing his knowledge and skills with the new members of the band. He is the
present the conductor of Sacred Heart Academy Band. He is also the principal saxophone player
of the Bulacan Wind Orchestra who recently participated Tao Yuan Wind Festival 2014 in
Taiwan.
5. BANDA 88 (Sta. Maria Bulacan)
MILITARY BANDS
1. PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY GROUP BAND
2. PHILIPPINE ARMY BAND
Organized on October 15, 1902 by
the late COL WALTER H. LOVING,
the then Philippine Constabulary
band established itself as a highly
accomplished musical organization.
In addition to its performances at
home, the Band crossed oceans on
several tours in those early years to
represent the island nation in
Southeast Asia. These included the
St. Louis Exposition in 1904, the
inauguration ceremony of President
Howard Taft in Washington D.C. in 1909 and the Pan-Pacific Exposition and the Golden Gate
Exposition in San Francisco, California in 1938. The powerhouse band of 87 players brought
visitors from all over the world to the fair’s Philippine Pavilion, where the smartly-uniformed
band performed every day.
The war years turned the world upside down and, during the Japanese occupation of the
Philippines, some members of the band were mobilized as the Metropolitan Constabulary
Band. After the death of Colonel Loving and Captain Alfonso Fresnido, who were the band’s
regular conductors, then-Defense Secretary Major General Basilio J. Valdez AFP designated 1st
Lieutenant Antonino Buenaventura to reorganize the band. This was indeed a difficult task,
which fell on the shoulders of this young Officer, and under his direction, the organization was
renamed the Philippine Army Band.
Peacetime saw the welcome return of overseas performances as musical ambassadors. In 1955,
President Ramon Magsaysay sent the band to Jakarta, Indonesia to officially represent the
Philippines in the First Floating Exposition around Southeast Asia.
A high point for the band came toward the end of its first 100 years, when in 1992, under
Commanding General, Philippine Army, Lieutenant General Arturo Enrile, the band participated
in the celebration of the Singapore National Day Parade as part of the ASEAN festival in the
Singapore Republic. The Singapore Armed Forces Band’s senior director of music Colonel Toni
Wei Shi Ren was full of admiration and praise for the Philippine Army Band’s performance.
The following Conductors succeeded COLONEL BUENAVENTURA; COL. JESUS DEL CARMEN, CPT.
LEONARDO SABALE, LT. ELIAS ROAN, MAJ. ELISEO JAVIER, MAJ. FRANCISCO DUNCA, LT.COL.
GERONIMO TORRES, LT.COL. NESTOR BAYBAY, MAJ. ROGELIO REYES, MAJ. LEANJANDRO
ORTEGA, CPT. ALBERTO DALONDONAN, CPT. HERNY BRIONES AND CPT. DELFIN G. MIRANDA II.
Now embarking on its second century of service to the country, the current Philippine Army
Band is composed of 75 young and well-trained members under the leadership of MAJOR JESUS
C. DIAZ. He and the bandsmen are the latest in the succession of dedicated musicians who are
making their own contributions to a solid tradition of excellence. One can only marvel at the
prospect of the Philippine Army band as it takes on the 21st century.
3. PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE BAND
4. PHILIPPINE NAVY BAND
The Philippine Navy Band was conceived and organized on 02 March 1949 during the term of
COMMODORE JOSE V. ANDRADA AFP, who was then FOIC, PN. During that period the PN Band
was popularly known as the "Phil. Navy Patrol Band". ENS. ANSTACIO C. SOSA PN was the
Unit's 1st OIC with only a nucleus of 29 able members. Thirteen years later, LTJG ELISEO JAVIER
PN of the UST Conservatory of Music assumed the position as OIC and Conductor and finally
became the 1st Commanding Officer. In 1966, LTJG JAVIER PN was relieved by 1LT GERONIMO
P. TORRES PN (DOL), also of the UST College of Music. On March 1978, MAJOR TORRES PN
(DOL) was then reassigned to the Philippine Army and subsequently relieved by CDR IGMIDIO C.
CEÑIDOZA PN (DOL), likewise from UST. LT ARNULFO B. MADELO PN took over the command
on November 1989. He was then replaced by LCDR ESPERIDION N. JULIANO PN on September
1991. In 1998, LT MARCELINO A. MORES PN, a graduate of University of the Philippines
Conservatory of Music assumed as the Commanding Officer and Music Director of the
Philippine Navy Band, successfully steering the Band to earn the title as the "Armed Forces of
the Philippines' "CENTENNIAL BAND CONCERT CHAMPION" last June of 1998.
Presently, the Philippine Navy Band is the "Ambassador of Goodwill" through music and the
"Show-¬Window" of the Command.
5. PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD SYMPHONIC BAND
From humble beginnings as civilian musicians, the Philippine Coast Guard Symphonic Band,
formerly known as the PCG Band, was organized on 24 August 2000 by the then Commander,
Coast Guard Education and Training Command, CAPT. REYNALDO D. GENERILLO. During this
time, the Philippine Coast Guard was just forming its own identity as it has just transferred from
the Philippine Navy to the Department of Transportation and Communications. The PCG
Symphonic Band was originally composed of twenty four (24) members of the first ever Coast
Guardsman Course "A" Class 01-2000. From then on, it took pride and honor to represent the
PCG in the different parts of the country, be it for entertainment, advertisement and for
keeping the Command's vision, mission and primary functions thru musical entertainment.
As years passed, members of the PCG Symphonic Band bloomed to the organization, not only of
musicians but also as key personnel of the Coast Guard Education and Training Command,
serving as Instructors, Trainings Staff and Drill Instructors. To enhance their knowledge and
expertise in the field of music, several members took the musician specialization course in 2006
but without overlooking their maritime functions as members of the Philippine Coast Guard.
Today, the Philippine Coast Guard Symphonic Band has ninety three (93) members comprising
both junior and senior ranking non-commissioned officers, under the tutelage of its Music
Director, Prof. Herminigildo Ranera Ph.D. from the University of Santo Tomas. Through the
supervision and guidance of CAPT. ROLANDO D. LEGASPI PCG, Commander, Coast Guard
Education and Training Command, the PCG Symphonic Band undertakes to promote the PCG's
mission and major functions and carry on the DOTC’s.