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Lucrecia "King" Roces Kasilag was a Filipino composer and pianist born in 1918 in San Fernando, La Union. She grew up in Manila and graduated valedictorian from multiple schools. Kasilag made an international tour as a concert pianist but had to give up performing due to a hand weakness. She was instrumental in developing Philippine music and culture, founding organizations and composing over 350 works up until her death in 2008 at age 89.

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Lucrecia "King" Roces Kasilag was a Filipino composer and pianist born in 1918 in San Fernando, La Union. She grew up in Manila and graduated valedictorian from multiple schools. Kasilag made an international tour as a concert pianist but had to give up performing due to a hand weakness. She was instrumental in developing Philippine music and culture, founding organizations and composing over 350 works up until her death in 2008 at age 89.

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Lucrecia “ King ” Roces

Kasilag was born in San Fernando,


La Union, Philippines, the third of
the six children of Marcial Kasilag,
Sr., a civil engineer, and his wife
Asuncion Roces Ganancial, a
violinist and a violin teacher. She
was Kasilag's
first solfeggio teacher.

Kasilag grew up
in Paco, Manila, where she was
August 31 1918 – August 16 2008 educated at Paco Elementary
National Artist for Music School and graduated
valedictorian in 1930. She then transferred
to Philippine Women's University for high school, where in 1933 she also
graduated as valedictorian. For college, she graduated cum laude in
1936 with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English, in the same university.
She also studied music at St. Scholastica’s College in Malate, Manila,
with Sister Baptista Battig, graduating with a Music Teacher's Diploma,
major in piano, in 1939.
After completing her studies, Kasilag made an international tour
as a concert pianist, but eventually had to give up a performing
career due to a congenital weakness in one hand.
Kasilag was instrumental in developing Philippine music and
culture. She founded the Bayanihan Folks Arts Center for research and
theatrical presentations, and was closely involved with the Bayanihan
Philippine Dance Company. She is credited for having written more
than 350 musical compositions, ranging
from folksongs to opera to orchestral works, and was composing up
to the year before she died, at age 89.
Lucrecia Roces Kasilag died due to pneumonia on August 16,
2008 in Manila, Philippines.

AWARDS

 Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award in Music, 1954


 Presidential Award of Merit as Woman Composer, 1956
 Presidential Award of Merit and Gold Medal for Leadership and
Outstanding Contribution to Music and the Arts, 1960
 Republic Cultural Heritage Award in Music for the Toccata for
Winds and Percussion (1960) and Misang Pilipino (1966)
 Honorary Doctor of Music from Centro Escolar University, 1975
 Honorary Doctor of Laws from the Philippine Women’s University,
1980
 Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from St. John’s University in New York,
1981
 National Artist of the Philippines, 1989
 Outstanding Filipino Award for the Arts from Jaycee Senate
International, 1991

WORKS

 Dandansoy

 Lulay

 Mutya ng Pasig

 Legend of the Sarimanok

 Ang Pamana, Philippine Scenes

 Her Son,
 Jose

 Sisa

 Awit ng mga Awit Psalms

 Fantaisie on a 4-Note Theme

 East Meets Jazz Ethnika

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