Tag: up college of music
Tribute Video for Dean Mauricia Danguilan Borromeo
After a few not-so-memorable piano teachers who made me contemplate giving up on piano lessons, sixth grade 12-year old me somehow landed on Prof. (later Dean) Maurie Borromeo’s available 8 AM Saturday morning piano lesson schedule. I have to thank whoever assigned me to her upon enrollment in the [University of the Philippines] UP College […]
Educating the Educators-in-training: Two Days with the Music Education Majors at the UP College of Music
More fun than clinic! We wrapped up two days of hybrid talks for future music educators regarding performing artists’ health, scheduled for February 5 and 6, 2026. Thankful to everyone who joined us in-person and over Zoom for each of the four sessions (yes we did every informational talk 4 times, to accommodate all the […]
University of the Philippines College of Music Dean Mauricia D. Borromeo, 1939-2025
My piano teacher (my last lesson was in 1993 or 1994 but I still consider her my piano teacher) passed away yesterday from a recurrence of breast cancer. I went to the first night of her wake tonight, where her family, friends, colleagues and students gathered to celebrate her life. As musicians, it was but […]
Music and Health Workshop with the Strings and Chamber Music Department
The Philippine General Hospital Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Performing Arts Medicine team held a Music and Health Workshop with the University of the Philippines College of Music Strings and Chamber Music Department on November 26, 2024. Such a fun afternoon of learning about keeping musicians healthy and preventing injury. Our department faculty and resident physicians […]
