About the Composer: Lucrecia Roces Kasilag was a Filipina pianist, composer, and arts administrator who is primarily remembered for her leadership in developing the music community of her native country throughout the twentieth century. She studied at the Philippine Women’s University, St, Scholastica’s College, and the Eastman School of Music. Her compositional style blended neoclassicism and Asian influences, and she often used traditional instruments in her compositions. Kasilag did not consider herself to be a professional composer, yet she managed to compose hundreds of pieces over the course of her life. This is especially impressive when one considers the sheer number of administrative positions Kasilag also held over the course of her career. To name just a few of her administrative accomplishments, she was dean of the School of Music and Fine Arts at Pacific Western University, chaired the League of Filipino Composers, and was the founding president and artistic director of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Kasilag’s contributions to the development of music, both as a composer and administrator, continue to be internationally celebrated to this day.