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 The Arts Council of Hillsborough County has granted the Philippine Cultural Foundation, Inc. funds to purchase three types of Philippine musical instruments: winds (bamboo), strings (Philippine Rondalla), and percussion (old ethnic brass gongs and anklungs).
The three types of instruments are deep rooted in the culture of Filipinos and clearly portrays the indigenous heritage of the Philippines - the bamboo instruments reflect the tribal history, the xylophonic percussion gongs mirror the Moslem influence; the strings (rondalla) depict the more than 400 years of Spanish rule prior to the Philippines gaining its independence from the United States in 1945.
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The Philippine Cultural Foundation, Inc. of Tampa Bay, Florida is proud to present Musikong Kawayan, the 'bamboo orchestra' section of its Music and Instrumental Program. It is presently composed of more than twenty-five talented members under the direction of Nhick Ramiro Pacis, a composer and arranger from the University of the Philippines.
With the support of the Arts Council of Hillsborough Country and the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, PCFI's Music and Instrumental Program has been realized to present and instill Asian and Philippine music awareness among Filipino-Americans, in particular, and the public, in general, through ethnic instrumental and music instructions, musical productions and music composition.
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 Since it was formed in 2002, PCFI's Musikong Kawayan Bamboo Ensemble has had several members, all from the Filipino-American community of Tampa Bay. Musikong Kawayan classes are held at the Bayanihan Arts and Events Center every Saturday at 10:00 am. If you want to join the group, please contact Nhick Ramiro Pacis at (813) 925-1232.
This is a list of Musikong Kawayan Bamboo Ensemble members since 2002:
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