A RECITAL OF PHILIPPINE MUSIC: A GLIMSE AT THE PAST “Sulyap sa Nakaraan”

Please join the Fall 2025 class of ‘SEAS 455: Philippine Music Ensemble’ with lecturer, Gean Vincent Almendras, at the University of Michigan, for an evening recital of Indigenous and Traditional music from the Philippines. This recital will feature several pieces of gong and percussion ensemble music from the Meranaw and Maguindanao Indigenous communities of the southern Philippines; to be followed by folk songs and serenades from the Rondalla ensemble that derived from the Spanish colonial period. Special guest singers and dancers from the Philippine Arts & Culture Ensemble of Michigan (PACE-MI).

WHEN: 6:45PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME | DECEMBER 9, 2025
WHERE: The Neutral Zone B-Side
310 E Washington St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104


FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Free Refreshments to Follow

A Fundraiser of Filipino Delectables will be available for sale to support the Philippine Arts & Culture Ensemble of Michigan (PACE-MI)

Brought to you by the University of Michigan Center for Southeast Asian Studies (UM-CSEAS), with special contributions from the Philippine Arts & Culture Ensemble of Michigan (PACE-MI) and The Neutral Zone

A livestream of the recital this will be available to watch at this link or by clicking the ‘Ticket’ link above:

https://twitch.tv/geanalmendras

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