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Rocksteady Rondalla, directed by Marlo Campos, performs the piece “Chotis” at Philippines Cultural Day USC Pacific Asia Museum, September 8, 2019. This event presented a collaboration of performing artists from Malaya Filipino American Dance Arts, Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble, and Rocksteady Rondalla. Malaya Filipino American Dance Arts (Malaya) is a Los Angeles-based company of artists who interpret Philippine culture to educate the American public through dance and music performances. In Tagalog, malaya means "to be free" and the root word alay means "to offer or pay tribute to." Malaya represents the freedom to choose our identity as Filipino Americans embracing our ancestral and present culture. Led by Anna Lisa De Guzman, Executive Director, and Peter Paul De Guzman, Artistic Director, Malaya is dedicated to the enrichment and artistic practice of traditional folk dance in a new and inspiring way for future generations. Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble (PKE) performs traditional Philippine gong and drum music from Muslim Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago. Members of the ensemble include ethnomusicologists and dance ethnologists who have conducted intense study with native practitioners directly from the southern Philippines. Pakaraguian’s mission is to promote the cultural arts of the Muslim societies from the southern Philippines with artistry, integrity, and respect. Led Musical Director Dr. Bernard Ellorin, the ensemble has home bases in San Diego and Los Angeles, California. Rocksteady Rondalla first began in 2006 at Cal State University Long Beach as the PAC Cultural Music Ensemble for the Pilipino American Coalition’s annual Pilipino Culture Night. Influenced and inspired by local and world renowned Rondalla Club of Los Angeles, Rocksteady Rondalla provides Pilipino music accompaniment for cultural performances at numerous colleges and high schools, including the University of Southern California, California State University, Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, University of California, Santa Barbara, Whitney High School, Cerritos, and Troy High School, Fullerton. The band also performs at parties and for community events.
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moving image
Format
Master Sound Color mp4
Extent
1 File of 1
Identifier
calauem_201904_omvf0136 calauem_000806
Subject
Filipino Americans--Music Filipinos--Music Music--Philippines Music--California, Southern Rondalla Kulintang music Dance--Philippines Ube Arte Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble Malaya Filipino American Dance Arts Rocksteady Rondalla Campos, Marlo
Place
California, Southern
Provenance
University of California, Los Angeles, Ethnomusicology Archive California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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