LAWRENCE GALVE PARCÓN [b. 1997] of Bacolod City, Philippines, is a Bachelor of Music in Music Education graduate of Central Philippine Adventist College under the tutelage of Dr. Heidi D. Cerna. He is one of the ASEAN Youth Music Leaders, collaborating under the Southeast Asian Directors of Music [SEADOM] 30 Under 30 Project.

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His recent composition, Webkam. with poetry by Seth V. Pullona, was awarded Prize III by the Kazakhstan National University for the Arts' [KAZNUA] International Competition for Composition: New Music Generation 2020; and Third Place for California Baptist University - Composition Fellowship 2022. His work Sa Baníg na Áming Pinápanaginípan, scored for traditional Southeast Asian instruments was premiered by the 2019 ASEAN Youth Ensemble at Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music [PGVIM] International Symposium at Bangkok, Thailand. He has also composed for and conducted the ASEAN Youth Music Projects for the premiere of his Layag at the 2019 Southeast Asia Music Education Exchange [SEAMEX], at Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

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Last December 2021, Lawrence founded Haráya Ensemble , a group of multi-instrumentalist music educators with the mission of community music education through interactive and interdisciplinary music-making. The Ensemble aims to uphold the Music Rights -addressing the accessibility and inclusivity of music and music-making.

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He has attended the 1st Rondalla Music Camp 2017, held at Baguio City, Benguet as organized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, through NAMCYA and the Musicological Society of the Philippines as an Octavina instrumentalist. His outstanding performance in the music camp qualified him to be a member of the Philippines’ National Rondalla Orchestra, Kuwerdas Filipinas, which held their premier concert entitled “Minsan Lang Kami Maging Musiko” at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo last August 15, 2018.

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He started his formal instructions in music during his high school years under Mrs. Recy G. Heyres as a member of the Bacolod City National High School Rondalla. He has also undergone workshops with Mr. Jegger Anjao, conductor of the Kabataang Silay Rondalla. Through the ensemble, he has experienced to perform at concerts and contests in and around Bacolod City. He has joined music competitions such as the Panaad sa Negros Rondalla Competitions, and the National Music Competitions for Young Artists [NAMCYA].

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Lawrence has worked with NCCA as part of the management committee for the Cuerdas sang Paghiliusa: 5th Strings of Unity International Festival 2018, held at Silay City. He was also Head of Program for the 2019 CPAC Bible and Health Music Camp, held in-campus at CPAC, Murcia.

 

 

He has been a resident composer for the CPAC Music Department Orchestra, and his works have been a regular component of the school’s programmes. He has collaborated with the CPAC Theatrical Arts Guild for composing the OST for Lost.

 

 

Lawrence aims to be a composer and music educator because he firmly believes that music, particularly Philippine Music, is a vital aspect of the Filipino culture and identity that it has to be readily accessible to all of its citizens. He promotes Philippine music through his music compositions and performances. His compositional identity is founded on the use of Philippine and Southeast Asian Music Traditions as channels of expression in the Contemporary milieu.

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