Banda Kawayan Pilipinas

Banda Kawayan Pilipinas
Background information
Also known as BKP, Banda Kawayan
Origin Manila, Philippines
Genres Bamboo
Years active 1973–present
Website Official website
Members Siegfredo Baldemor Calabig
(Founder and adviser, 1973- present); Various musicians

Banda Kawayan Pilipinas is an orchestra based in the Philippines that uses musical instruments made from bamboo and other indigenous materials. It was established as a bamboo orchestra of Philippine College of Commerce High School (now Polytechnic University of the Philippines Laboratory High School) in 1973 by former PCCHS principal Gloria R. Talastas and faculty member Prof. Siegfredo B. Calabig. It was known as PUP Banda Kawayan and was under the Polytechnic University of the Philippines University Center for Culture and the Arts until it separated itself from the university in 2014.[1]

The PCCLHS Banda Kawayan performing in the 1970s.

Banda Kawayan Pilipinas performs at international expositions, music festivals and concert tours in Europe, North America, Australia, the Middle East and Asia to promote Philippine culture and tourism.[2]

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