FULL PERFORMANCE SET #1 (2025 MONTANA FOLK FESTIVAL) - RONDALLA CLUB OF LOS ANGELES

Our first set at the Montana Folk Festival from July 11-13, 2025 in Butte, MT. Thank you to Ryan Sumampong for the video! RONDALLA CLUB OF LOS ANGELES is a California-based plucked string ensemble specializing in the performance of traditional Filipino melodies through the instrumentation and influence rooted in the Philippines’ Spanish and American colonial eras. Founded in 1991 by Nitoy Gonzales, renowned trailblazing rondalla maestro of Bayanihan, the National Dance Company of the Philippines, his son Leonilo “Boy” Angos and Tagumpay “Pi” M. de Leon, son of Philippine National Artist for Music, Felipe Padilla de Leon, RCLA continues to shape the Filipino-American rondalla music narrative through an applied historical perspective intertwined with an entertainingly immersive aural experience. Characterized by a signature, highly-improvised style, each performance is a unique musical conversation. The Alliance for California Traditional Arts has recognized RCLA’s contributions and has bestowed both the Apprenticeship (2002) and Living Cultures (2012) grants to the group. In 2021, founding member Tagumpay M. de Leon was named a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)—the United States' highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.