Angel M. Peña - his music and his life
Angel M. Peña Photo from Angel Peña Facebook page Angel Matias Peña was born on the 22nd of April, 1921 in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. He is a composer and bass player. He received a certificate of merit in double-bass playing under a grant (with Gary Hickling as his mentor) and a Licentiate from the Royal Schools of Music, London. He has arranged various jazz concerts for the Upsilon Sigma Phi at the University of the Philippines. He worked as the dance band leader at the Hong Kong Hilton for a time and conducted lecture-demonstrations, among others at the Thomas Jefferson Library in Manila in 1968, and at the University of Hawaii in 1975. Among his compositions for orchestral music are Igorot Rhapsody (1958), Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra (1969), Concerto for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra (1981) and Symphonic Variations on Two Manobo Themes (1983). He has also composed chamber music works. His most popular ...