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Adapted and arranged by : Dr. Helen Tejero, Ph.D edited by : Prof. Frank A. Englis Recorded during the 1st CCP National Choral Competition (August 21, 2009), Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay City. (Folk Song Category - GOLD) Pianist - Ben Joseph Cuyacot Drum - Jaro Alguso Conductor - Prof. Frank Englis The Musical Director: Francisco "Frank" Abellana Englis is a professor teaching at MSU-IIT since 1974. He is a graduate of Bachelor of Music, major in choral conducting from Silliman University and MA in Ethnomusicology from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA through a scholarship grant from the Rotary International Foundation and the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia. His MA thesis is on the Music of the Higa-unon of Rogongon, Iligan City. While at Kent, he was made director of the school's kulintang (gong-chime) ensemble. As member of a three-man music ensemble called ILIAN, which specializes in Philippine music, Frank toured and performed in several American states and six Asian countries in 1984. He has also given several lectures and workshops on Philippine indigenous music around the country and in Bali, Indonesia. He has had two recordings as music director and arranger: the NSC Rondalla 's "Music on Steel," and the Mindanao-wide Women Song Festival's "Kababaihan. Most of his ethnic-inspired choral compositions and arrangements have been included in the repertoires of top national choirs. One of his outstanding works, "Goani, won for ...