A Journey of the Guitar in the Philippines

𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 this groundbreaking video that traces the journey of stringed instruments in our archipelago! This video of the journey of the iconic Cebu guitar that was created by Social Communications Asia, produced by Tres de Abril Foundation, Inc. and Palm Grass The Cebu Heritage Hotel features interview clips with resource persons: 1.𝗗𝗿. 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗷𝗼 Former Dean College of Music UP Diliman 2. 𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗮 Director, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities University of Sto. Tomas 3. 𝗥𝗲𝘃. 𝗙𝗿. 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹, 𝗖.𝗦𝘀.𝗥 Parish Priest Baclaran Church 4. 𝗖𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻 Guitar Store Owner Mactan, Cebu The video presents primary sources provided by the National Archives of the Philippines along with materials from the US Library of Congress. It also shows some clips of the Baclaran Church rondalla mass; and a guitar performance of "Matud Nila" by Eman Jamisolamin, a guitar instructor at the UP Diliman College of Music. #AJourneyOtTheGuitarInThePhilippines #GuitarHistory