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Ron on Kulintang
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Professor of Filipino Music, Kulintang Electronic Dance Musician, Kulintang Festival Producer, Working Dad
Sk8 or die
April 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
She looked up Kapwa and her heart woke up.
April 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It squashes then stomps on it then boosts the sub frequencies and squashes it all again
April 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Aga Mayo Butocan trained a generation’s worth of kulintang players coming from UP Diliman. She developed cypher notation still used by many today and does not let a student get away with bad habits especially in posture. Her playing style is lively, smooth, & melodic.

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2016 Traditional University Awards AVP - Aga Butocan
YouTube video by Ateneo de Manila University
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April 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Tusa Montes is the go-to session musician in Manila when a project calls for quality kulintang, working with artists like Nadine Lustre and Mishka Adams. As an educator she has trained a generation of World Music practitioners at UP Diliman or from workshops far and wide.

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Tusa Montes: PASIC 2021 Kulintang and Drumset Jam with Karmi Santiago
YouTube video by Tusa Montes
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March 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Brubeck lived in the region I grew up
March 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Titania Buchholdt may be the most prolific kulintang player in America, studying, performing, teaching, and touring kulintang music since the beginning of the contemporary Filipino American arts movement. Her style is commanding & she holds an unmatched depth of stories.

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Color-Coded Symphony: Titania Buchholdt on the Kulintang
YouTube video by Coco Symphony
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March 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Leslie Damaso introduces kulintang kundiman jazz to the Midwest with her double album Sirena which was also considered for a Grammy.

She reflects on her experience developing her sound on the frontier before performing to the Filipinx community at #GongstersParadise

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Filipina-American Musician Leslie Damaso’s Kulintang Kundiman Jazz | Filipino Culture & Music
YouTube video by House Of Gongs
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March 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I didn’t whip or nene
March 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Motivated to find the same misfortune
March 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Caroline Julia Cabading keeps kulintang, jazz, blues, and Kalinga music alive on the streets of old Manilatown in San Francisco.

Her album Sugilanon weaves all these music styles together wrapped around a Filipina American story and was considered for a Grammy.

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Binalig
YouTube video by Caroline Julia Cabading - Topic
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March 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Kim Kalanduyan holds a family tradition of kulintang music despite living thousands of miles from kulintang country.

Received with joyous ovation, she non-verbally announces her homecoming in Mindanao and pledges herself to the Kalanduyan tradition of master musicianship.

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2019 ACTA Apprentice Kim Kalanduyan Plays Kulintang Music in Maguindanao, Philippines
YouTube video by Alliance for California Traditional Arts
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March 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
That’s pretty much where this current interest exploded
March 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM