Composers

Eliseo Pajaro

Education

  • 1947: University of the Philippines Conservatory of Music

  • 1951: M.M. Music Composition, Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY)

  • 1953: PhD Music Composition, Eastman

Career Highlights

Awards

  • 1947: Crusade Scholar, United States Methodist Board of Missions

  • 1959: Guggenheim Award

  • 1964 and 1970: Philippine Republic Cultural Heritage Award

Notable Works

  • 1951: The Life of Lam-Ang for orchestra

  • 1952: Philippine Symphony no. 1

  • 1956-8: Himig Pilipino for choir

  • 1957-8: String Quartet no. 1 and 2

  • 1961: Binhi ng Kalayaan for opera

  • 1962: Variations on a Fugue for violin and piano

  • 1969: Mir-i-nisa for ballet

  • 1970: Himig Pilipino: 30 Educational Pieces for voice

  • 1975: Violin Concerto

  • 1976-7: Piano Sonata no. 1 and 2

Bibliography

  • Founder of League of Philippine Composers

  • Founder of Philippine Music Educators’ Group

  • Director of the Department of Cultural Affairs

  • Composition Professor at the University of the Philippines College of Music

  • Director of the University of the Philippines College of Music

Kasilag, Lucrecia R. “Pajaro, Eliseo (Morales).” In Grove Music Online. Accessed November 12, 2025, https://doi-org.ezp.lib.rochester.edu/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.20723. 

Samson, Helen F. Contemporary Filipino Composers: Biographical Interviews. Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Company, 1976.