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April 7, 2019 / No Comments
A Sinister Sounding Christmas Song
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April 8, 2018 / No CommentsHow to Write a Song When You’re in a Rut
January 15, 2018 / No CommentsRosas Pandan
December 25, 2017 / No Comments
ASWANG the Concert Coming to Napa January 2018
December 13, 2017 / No Comments
Florante Receives 2016 Gerbode Composition Award
February 6, 2017 / No CommentsCavite el Viejo – Poblacion & Marulas
November 16, 2016 / No CommentsA Contemporary Harana Song
September 16, 2016 / No Comments
The Music of Bae Makiling – An Interview by Kularts
September 15, 2016 / No Comments
State of the Filipino Arts in the U.S. and Diaspora
May 26, 2016 / No CommentsFandango-Pandanggo 10K Run and Cavite el Viejo
March 31, 2016 / No Comments
Guest Blog: Chus Alonso on Upcoming Show Fandango-Pandanggo
March 26, 2016 / No Comments
Florante Gives a Talk at the Apple Store in SF
April 30, 2015 / No CommentsShe, Who Can See – A Multimedia Dance Theater
April 24, 2015 / No CommentsThe Dadap Aguilar Duo
February 8, 2015 / No CommentsStill a Classical Geek at Heart
August 4, 2014 / No Comments
Florante’s Interview At the NYC Harana Premiere
August 5, 2013 / 5 Comments
Top 10 Misconceptions About the Custom of Harana (Filipino Serenade)
November 2, 2012 / 14 Comments
Press Release for HARANA KINGS US Tour
June 29, 2012 / 4 Comments
HARANA the Movie Synopsis
February 20, 2012 / 3 Comments
The Great Denigration of Composers
February 10, 2012 / No Comments
Harana the Movie Production is Completed
January 12, 2012 / 6 Comments
Harana and the Latin Rhythms
March 14, 2011 / 2 Comments
Why do Filipinos Love Sad Pensive Songs?
March 10, 2011 / 2 Comments
A Case for ‘Bayan Ko’ as Philippine National Anthem
January 17, 2011 / 10 Comments
The Difference Between Harana and Kundiman
November 9, 2010 / 20 Comments
The Different Stages of Harana (Serenading)
October 28, 2010 / 7 Comments
Florante’s Guitars
October 15, 2010 / No Comments
Concert “Disasters”: Getting Paid – in Quarters!
October 13, 2010 / 2 Comments
Concert “Disasters”: Concerto for Guitar … and Lanzones!
October 10, 2010 / 1 CommentWhat’s Up with My Name?
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Utom Videos
April 7, 2019 / No CommentsA Sinister Sounding Christmas Song
November 25, 2018 / No CommentsFun with Arranging – Erik Satie’s Gnossiennes #1
August 23, 2018 / No CommentsMusic Video – Death of Isagani (Pagkamatay ni Isagani)
April 8, 2018 / No Comments
Thank you Lisa Suguitan Melnick and Positively Filipino for this article about Utom!
Utom Unfolds T’boli Myths Through Music
Florante Aguilar’s “Utom” is “really a Filipino American composition in the sense that it is derived or influenced by traditional T’boli music but is our own musical creation as Filipino Ame...Thank you so much to all who came and joined me at the Utom premier at SFIAF. The second concert is this June 9th at Brava Theater - Kularts Presents Florante Aguilar and the Utom Ensemble
Get your discount tickets today, available til June 9th.
Behind the scenes of Utom. The multi-talented Caroline Julia Cabading talks about music making and the "unique expression of the Filipino American tribe".
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UTOM (World Premiere) San Francisco International Arts Festival is this June 1st. Second show on June 9th at Brava Theater - Kularts Presents Florante Aguilar and the Utom Ensemble
Big thanks to Eddie Wong and the folks at Eastwindezine.com
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Florante Aguilar & the Utom Ensemble - Behind the Scenes
This video shows Florante Aguilar and the Utom Ensemble in rehearsal for their June 1 and June 9 concerts in San Francisco. Caroline Cabading comments on the joy…I'm excited and looking forward to the premier of Utom on June 1st and June 9th! Here's a little bit about what the work is about.
Tickets available for the 2 shows in SF.
JUNE 1st at Fort Mason: bit.ly/2tYxR1A
JUNE 9th at Brava Theater: bit.ly/2CcWyMh
Special Guest direct from MIndanao:
Joel Ganlal (T'boli master artist from the Philippines)
Florante Aguilar - composer, hegelung, hang drum, percussion
Sage Baggott - kulintang, agung, hang drum, percussion
Caroline Julia Cabading- kulintang, hegelung, percussion
Nick Galang - agung, kulintang, percussion
Greg Kehret - upright bass, percussion
Cast: Isa Manon Musni , Earl Paus & Quinn Fowler.
With Alleluia Panis DanceTheater, San Francisco International Arts Festival
Utom music composition commissioned by Kularts.
Video by Fides Enriquez & S.L. Weiss
On June 12, 1898, in my home town of Kawit Cavite, General Emilio Aguinaldo and his government defiantly declared independence from Spain. This balcony is literally half a mile away from the house I grew up in. I’d… https://t.co/TsVhPA3qH9