Exhibit on Ryan Cayabyab opens early 2020
Designed to create awareness and celebrate Cayabyab’s music, the exhibition will showcase milestones of his life and works
“Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika: An Exhibit on the Life and Work of National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab” will be presented at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School (DLS-CSB) of Design and Arts Campus on 16 January 2020.
Designed to create awareness and celebrate Cayabyab’s music, the exhibition will showcase milestones of his life and works by highlighting his career as a composer, arranger, musical director, conductor, choir master, host and music educator. His projects to include concerts, recordings, theater, films and television show will likewise be spotlighted.
The gallery will feature a grand piano to stage Cayabyab’s music, surrounded by a timeline presented through text, images and videos. His songs will be heard through curated playlists as well as with acts by the college’s students from the AB Music Production program. A listening corner and a karaoke room will be installed for those who wish to listen or sing along to the Maestro’s melodies.
To complete the plan, Architecture and Interior Design undergraduates mentored by architect Walther Ocampo and interior designers
Kat Correa and Lheng Vito
Cruz have been tapped to design tapestries and lounge chairs inspired by Cayabyab’s compositions.
“Kay Ganda Ng Ating Musika” is the first Center for Campus Art (CCA)
exhibit on music.
It is aligned with its objective to spotlight National Artists, recipients of the highest recognition granted by the Philippine government upon Filipino artists. To date, the CCA has generated showrooms on National Artists Ramon Valera, Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal and hosted the pieces of National Artists Manuel Conde, Carlos “Botong” Francisco and Salvador Bernal.
The show is curated by CCA director architect Gerry Torres, and co-curated by Aji Manalo of AB Music Production. It is produced by the Center for Campus Art under the Office of Advancement of DLS-CSB. “Kay Ganda Ng Ating Musika” will run from 17
January to 18 April 2020.
The gallery will feature a grand piano to stage Cayabyab’s music, surrounded by a timeline presented through text, images and videos.