Amada Santos Ocampo
Amada "Amy" Galvez Santos-Ocampo De Francesco (23 June 1925 – 20 December 2009) was a Philippine pianist and composer.
Biography[]
Amada Santos-Ocampo was born in Manila, Philippines, of parents Antonino Santos-Ocampo, Sr., and Juanita Galvez of Manila. She graduated with a bachelor's degree from Centro Escolar University in Manila, and a master's degree in music composition from De Pauw University in Indiana. She studied for her PhD in music composition at Indiana University.
Santos-Ocampo took a position in the Penn State University human kinetics programs where she worked for 24 years and composed music for ballet.[1] She was one of the first members of the League of Filipino Composers founded in 1955.[2] Santos-Ocampo died in San Jose, California.
References[]
- ^ "Amada Santos-Ocampo "Amy" De Francesco". Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ Dioquino, Corazon C. "Music in the Philippines since 1898" (PDF). Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- 1925 births
- 2009 deaths
- 20th-century classical composers
- Women classical composers
- Filipino classical composers
- Musicians from Manila
- Centro Escolar University alumni
- 20th-century women composers
- Filipino women composers
- Indiana University alumni
- Filipino expatriates in the United States