Encuentro Filipino: Program

All events are free and open to the public

Tuesday, 29 April 2008

8:00 - 10:00 pm Short Film Series: "Spain in the Philippines"
Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center for the Arts

Wednesday, 30 April 2008


Conference Session 1
12:30 pm Opening event: Concert of Filipino Romantic Piano Music: Sally Pinkas
Vaughan Recital Series
Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center for the Arts
1:30 pm
  • Haldeman Conference Center, Kreindler Auditorium, Room 041

  • Greeting and Welcome - Barry Scherr, The Provost of Dartmouth College
  • Introduction to the Symposium - William Summers, Music Department
1:45 - 3:30 pm Chair: Douglas Haynes, History Department
  • Rev. Milan Ted Torralba, "Cultural Heritage Recovery: The Historic and Contemporary Struggle to Maintain 350 Years Of A Legacy"
  • Elena Rivera Mirano, "Reconstructing the Music of Marcelo Adonay: A Case Study"
3:30pm Coffee Break
3:45 - 6:00 pm Chair: Walter Clark, U. C. Riverside
  • Ma. Alexandra Iñigo Chua, "The Monasterio De Santa Clara Music Books: Women and Music at the Heart of 19th Century Manila"
  • Ma. Patricia Silvestre Brilliantes, "Reliving the Music in the Journeys of Nuestra Se–ora de la Paz y Buen Viaje"
  • Reglado Trota José, "Imaging Our Lady In 16th-Century Manila: Nuestra Señora del Rosario de la Naval"

Thursday, 1 May 2008
Conference Session 2 - Haldeman Conference Center, Kreindler Auditorium, Room 041

1:00 - 3:15 pm Welcome, Kenneth Yalowitz, Director John Sloane Dickey Center
Chair: Professor Reiko Ohnuma, Chair, Asian Studies Program
  • Ma. Patricia Silvestre Brilliantes, "Music in the Heart of Manila: Quiapo From the Colonial Period to Contemporary Times - Tradition, Change and Continuity"
  • Reglado Trota José, "In Search of Bell-Casters and Foundries in Spanish Colonial Philippines"
  • Rev. Milan Ted Torralba, "Making Cultural Heritage Alive In Contemporary Philippine Culture"
3:15 pm Coffee Break
3:30 - 5:15 pm Chair: Dr. Bernardita Churchill, President, Philippine National Historical Society
  • Ma. Alexandra Iñigo Chua, "Reading Choirbooks and Translating Musical Traditions: Explorations on the Musical Montage of 19th Century Bohol, Philippines"
  • Elena Rivera Mirano, "Subli: On the use of Multidisciplinary methods in Musicology"
5:15 - 5:30 pm Questions/Discussion; Adjournment

Friday, 2 May 2008

8:00 pm Closing Event of Encuentro Filipino
The Loboc Children's Choir in a Concert of Filipino Choral Music
Rollins Chapel