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Ryan Cayabyab (born Raymundo Cipriano Pujante Cayabyab but affectionately known as Mr. C) is a renowned Filipino
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
 musician and was the Executive and Artistic Director of the defunct San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts
San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts

The San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts is a multi-awarded performing arts group of the Philippines. It was founded in May 2001 by Eduardo Cojuangco Jr....
. He was also a resident judge for the only season of Philippine Idol
Philippine Idol

Philippine Idol was the first franchise of Idol series in the Philippines, the 35th country in the world to air a national Idol franchise and the sixth in Asia....
 in 2006.

His works range from commissioned full-length ballets, theater musicals, choral pieces, a Mass set to unaccompanied chorus, and orchestral pieces, to commercial recordings of popular music, film scores and television specials.

Cayayab's current project includes the Ryan Cayabyab Singers (RCS), a group of seven young adult singers comparable to his prior group Smokey Mountain
Smokey Mountain

Smokey Mountain was a Philippines singing group formed by musical director, composer, and conductor Ryan Cayabyab. The original group was based in Manila, Philippines, and had James Coronel, Geneva Cruz, Jeffrey Hidalgo, and Tony Lambino as its members....
 in the early '90s.






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Ryan Cayabyab (born Raymundo Cipriano Pujante Cayabyab but affectionately known as Mr. C) is a renowned Filipino
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
 musician and was the Executive and Artistic Director of the defunct San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts
San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts

The San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts is a multi-awarded performing arts group of the Philippines. It was founded in May 2001 by Eduardo Cojuangco Jr....
. He was also a resident judge for the only season of Philippine Idol
Philippine Idol

Philippine Idol was the first franchise of Idol series in the Philippines, the 35th country in the world to air a national Idol franchise and the sixth in Asia....
 in 2006.

His works range from commissioned full-length ballets, theater musicals, choral pieces, a Mass set to unaccompanied chorus, and orchestral pieces, to commercial recordings of popular music, film scores and television specials.

Cayayab's current project includes the Ryan Cayabyab Singers (RCS), a group of seven young adult singers comparable to his prior group Smokey Mountain
Smokey Mountain

Smokey Mountain was a Philippines singing group formed by musical director, composer, and conductor Ryan Cayabyab. The original group was based in Manila, Philippines, and had James Coronel, Geneva Cruz, Jeffrey Hidalgo, and Tony Lambino as its members....
 in the early '90s. After FreemantleMedia decided not to renew the Philippine Idol franchise, Cayabyab transferred to rival show Pinoy Dream Academy (season 2)
Pinoy Dream Academy (season 2)

The second season of Pinoy Dream Academy formally began on June 14, 2008. Nikki Gil and Toni Gonzaga reprise their roles as hosts of the show, but Gonzaga now handles the main hosting plum while Gil appears both on the Probation Nights and Little Dreamers Gala/Expulsion Night....
, replacing Jim Paredes as the show's headmaster. PDA 2 started on June 14, 2008.

Background


Ryan Cayabyab was born on May 4, 1954 in Manila
Manila

The 'City of Manila' , or simply 'Manila', is the Capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila....
, Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
. His mother died when he was only 6, and his father struggled to support him and his three other siblings. His mother's dying wish was that none of her children would pursue music as a profession, knowing how hard life is for a musician with meager earnings (she was an opera singer).

Thus, Cayabyab initially took up Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in the University of the Philippines, Diliman
University of the Philippines, Diliman

The University of the Philippines, Diliman, or U.P. Diliman, is the flagship campus, seat of administration, and the largest constituent university of the University of the Philippines System....
. But at the same time, he looked for a job in order to support his studies, and eventually landed with then-Senator Salvador Laurel
Salvador Laurel

Salvador Roman Hidalgo Laurel , also known as Doy Laurel, was Vice President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 under Corazon Aquino. Before that, he briefly served as Corazon Aquino's first Prime Minister of the Philippines from February 25 to March 25 of 1986....
 as accompanist for the Development Bank of the Philippines
Development Bank of the Philippines

The Development Bank of the Philippines , commonly known by its initials, DBP, is a state-owned development bank in Makati City, Philippines....
 (DBP) Chorale Ensemble. Noticing Cayabyab's exceptional talent on the piano, Laurel offered Cayabyab a scholarship which would allow Cayabyab to shift his course and pursue an education in music.

And so Cayabyab later graduated from the UP
University of the Philippines

The University of the Philippines is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No. 1870 of the first Philippine Legislature, known as the "University Act" by authority of the United States, the University provides tertiary-level education in almost every field: law, public administration/governance/political s...
 College of Music earning a Bachelor of Music, Major in Composition degree. After that, he became a full time professor for the Department of Composition and Music Theory in the UP Diliman for almost two decades.

At the turn of the century, Cayabyab was about to bring his family and migrate abroad, but when offered by Danding Cojuangco
Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr.

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 (President of the San Miguel Corporation
San Miguel Corporation

San Miguel Corporation is the largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company in the Philippines. As of 2001, its business generated 3.6 percent of the Philippines' gross domestic product and 4.5 percent of the government's tax revenue....
) a command post that would give him full access in producing and performing new music that would bring forth a fresh wave to the Philippine music scene, Cayabyab accepted the offer. Today he is currently in his 7th year as Executive and Artistic Director of the San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts
San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts

The San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts is a multi-awarded performing arts group of the Philippines. It was founded in May 2001 by Eduardo Cojuangco Jr....


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Credentials

As music director, conductor and accompanist, he has performed with leading Philippine music personalities at Avery Fisher Hall
Avery Fisher Hall

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 in the Lincoln Center in New York City
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; Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall

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 (both the Main and Recital halls) in New York; the Kennedy Center and the Washington Convention Center
Washington Convention Center

The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is a 2.3 million square foot building located in Washington, D.C. The center was designed by Atlanta, Georgia-based architecture firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates....
 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

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; the Shrine in Los Angeles
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; the Orpheum in Vancouver
Vancouver

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; even at the Circus Maximus
Circus Maximus

The Circus Maximus is an ancient hippodrome and mass entertainment venue located in Rome. Situated in the valley between the Aventine Hill and Palatine Hill hills, it was the first and largest circus in ancient Rome....
 of the Caesars Palace
Caesars Palace

Caesars Palace, is a luxury hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, an Unincorporated area township in Clark County, Nevada, Nevada, United States in the Las Vegas metropolitan area....
 on the Las Vegas Strip
Las Vegas Strip

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.

He has traveled as music director in most of the Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia....
n cities, in the cities of Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 as well as in Germany
Germany

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, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, The Netherlands, Japan
Japan

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 and the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. He has worked in the same shows with Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an United States singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a solo artist with great success in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers"....
, as well as conducted the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra
Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra is the nation's leading symphony orchestra and a resident company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines , located on Manila's shoreline....
 for special performances of American jazz singer Diane Schuur
Diane Schuur

Diane Schuur is an United States jazz singer and pianist. Blinded at birth due to a hospital accident, Schuur, nicknamed "Deedles," has won Two Grammy awards....
 and pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
 Jim Chappel.

He has performed as music director in command performance
Command Performance

Click Royal Variety Performance for the Royal Variety Performance, which is often called the Command Performance.Command Performance is a radio program which originally aired between 1942 and 1949 in the United States....
s for King Hasan II in Rabat
Rabat

Rabat , population 2 million , is the Capital of the Morocco. It is also the capital of the Rabat-Sal?-Zemmour-Zaer region.The city is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg....
, Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
, King Juan Carlos
Juan Carlos I of Spain

Juan Carlos I is the reigning List of Spanish monarchs of Spain. His name, while rarely Anglicisation, is rendered as John Charles Alphonse Victor Mary of Bourbon and Bourbon-Two Sicilies....
 and Queen Sophia
Queen Sofía of Spain

Queen Sof?a of Spain , is the Queen consort of Juan Carlos I of Spain....
 of Spain
Spain

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 in Manila
Manila

The 'City of Manila' , or simply 'Manila', is the Capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila....
, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

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 in Tangiers, Queen Beatrix
Beatrix of the Netherlands

Beatrix has been the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands since 30 April 1980, when her mother, Juliana of the Netherlands, abdication....
 at the Noordeinde Palace
Noordeinde Palace

Noordeinde Palace is one of the four official palaces of the House of Orange-Nassau. Located in The Hague in the province of South Holland, it has been used as the "working palace" for Beatrix of the Netherlands since 1984....
 in The Netherlands, and U.S. President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton

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 in Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts

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.

In Manila, he has conducted the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra at the Cultural Center of the Philippines
Cultural Center of the Philippines

The Cultural Center of the Philippines is located in Pasay City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, and was opened in 1969 to promote and preserve Filipino arts and culture, and to become a mecca of culture and the arts in Asia....
 for a concert of Philippine and American contemporary music; and the Manila Chamber Orchestra for a concert of his original works.

Ryan Cayabyab is a laureate of the Onassis International Cultural Competitions (2nd Prize), having won for original music composition for dance (2001).

He is a TOYM (Ten Outstanding Young Men) awardee for contemporary Filipino music in 1978. He won the Grand Prize award at the firstItalic text Metro Manila Popular Music Festival
Metro Manila Popular Music Festival

The Metro Manila Popular Music Festival is a songwriting competition launched by the Popular Music Foundation of the Philippines in 1977. Its objective was to promote the advancement of Filipino music, and its chief proponents were Teodoro Valencia and Imee Marcos....
 for the song "Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika".

As of 2006, he has won three international Grand Prix awards for his compositions; in the First Seoul Song Festival, in the Voice of Asia Song Festival in the former U.S.S.R., and in the Tokyo Music Festival. He has won the Jingle of the Year award from the Philippine advertising industry as well as Bronze Awardee at the New York Film and Television Awards. He has won a total of ten best movie score awards from the various film award-giving bodies.

TV

Ryan, Ryan, Musikahan, the television show, has won a total of fourteen awards as Best Television Musical Show and for Mr. Cayabyab, the Best Show Host in various television award-giving bodies. Likewise, as an artist, producer, arranger, and composer, he has won a total of eighteen awards from the recording industry for various commercial recordings. He has produced albums of the popular Filipino teen group Smokey Mountain, Broadway and West End's diva, Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga

Lea Salonga, Order of Lakandula is a multi-awarded Philippines singer and actor who is best known for originating the role of Kim in the musical theatre Miss Saigon....
, and Spain's internationally-acclaimed singer Julio Iglesias
Julio Iglesias

Julio Iglesias De la Cueva is a Spain singer who has sold over 300 million albums in 14 languages and released 77 albums. According to Sony Music he is one of the top 10 best selling music artists ever....
.

In 2006, Cayabyab signed on as a resident judge for the first season of Philippine Idol
Philippine Idol

Philippine Idol was the first franchise of Idol series in the Philippines, the 35th country in the world to air a national Idol franchise and the sixth in Asia....
, offering critiques for the contestants on the reality-talent show. He was said to be personally chosen by the top guns of Philippine Idol, while the other two judges, Pilita Corrales
Pilita Corrales

Pilita Corrales is a famous Filipino people singer and actress, who is widely referred to as Asia's Queen of Songs, having produced over 135 albums in her music career spanning over four decades....
 and Francis Magalona
Francis Magalona

Francis Magalona , also known as FrancisM, Master Rapper, and The Man From Manila, was a Filipino people rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, director, and photographer....
, had to undergo auditions. He also composed the them of TV Patrol and The World Tonight
The World Tonight

The World Tonight is a United Kingdom current affairs radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4, every weekday evening, which started out as an extension of the 10pm news....
 in 1992 and it was used until 1996.

Movies

Ryan Cayabyab has been a prolific movie composer and among the movies that contain his original works are:

  • Deathrow (2000)
  • Azucena (2000)
  • Kahapon, May Dalawang Bata (1999)
  • Tatlo...Magkasalo (1998)
  • Anak ng Bulkan (1997)
  • Ang Lalaki sa Buhay ni Selya (1997)
  • Ligaya ang Itawag Mo sa Akin (1997)
  • Vulcan (1997)
  • Abot Kamay ang Pangarap (1996)
  • Inagaw Mo ang Lahat sa Akin (1995)
  • Closer to Home (1995)
  • Saan Ka Man Naroroon (1994)
  • Kailangan Kita (1993)
  • Ikaw Pa Lang ang Minahal (1992)
  • Hihintayin Kita sa Langit (1991)
  • Toyland ng Dalawang (1989)
  • Misis Mo, Misis Ko (1988)
  • Karnal (1984)
  • Desire (1982)
  • Aguila (1979)
  • Masikip, Maluwang...Paraisong Parisukat (1977)
  • Magandang Gabi sa Inyong Lahat (1976)


Theater

Among his many works, his theater musicals Noli Me Tangere
Noli Me Tangere (novel)

Noli Me Tangere is a novel written in Spanish language by Filipino people writer and national hero Jos? Rizal, first published in 1887 in Berlin, Germany....
 and El Filibusterismo
El filibusterismo

El filibusterismo , also known by its English alternate title The Reign of Greed, is the second novel written by Philippine national hero Jos? Rizal....
 have won acclaim and have been performed extensively in the cities of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 in 1994 and 1996, with a special NHK
NHK

, or Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japan's public broadcaster. The NHK is financed by a television licence. This Japanese public corporation has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, NHK....
 broadcast in November 1996, and in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur , is the largest city of Malaysia. The city proper, making up an area of , has an estimated population of 1.6 million in 2006. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million....
 in 1996. Another musicale, Magnificat, has logged in almost 200 performances.

His other popular musicals include Katy (words by Jose Javier Reyes), Alikabok, Ilustrado and the classic pop-ballet Rama Hari (words by 2006 National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera). His latest opera, Spoliarium (libretto by Fides Cuyugan-Asensio), premiered in February 2003 at the Tanghalan Nicanor Abelardo of the CCP
CCP

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, and is to be followed by another opera also with Asensio, Mariang Makiling at Ang Mga Nuno sa Punso, with music also by Ryan Cayabyab.

Awards

Ryan Cayabyab is 2004's Gawad CCP Awardee for Music. On February 2, 1999, he was selected as one of the 100 awardees of the CCP
CCP

CCP is an acronym that may refer to:...
 Centennial Honors for the Arts . He became the first recipient of the Antonio C. Barreiro Achievement Award on 4 May 1996 for significant and lasting contributions to the growth and development of Filipino music. Likewise, in 18 June 1996, Awit Awards
Awit Awards

The Awit Awards is the longest-running award-giving body of the Philippines that gives recognition to Filipino people musical talents, performing artists and producers, organized by the Philippine Association Of The Record Industry ....
, the recording industry awards, awarded him a Lifetime Achievement Award for "invaluable contribution and outstanding achievements in the promotion and development of Filipino music." The University of the Philippines
University of the Philippines

The University of the Philippines is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No. 1870 of the first Philippine Legislature, known as the "University Act" by authority of the United States, the University provides tertiary-level education in almost every field: law, public administration/governance/political s...
 Alumni Association has conferred upon him the Professional Award in music for the year 1998.

Ryan Cayabyab The Music Studio, a music school that specializes in developing outstanding performance artists is run by Emmy Cayabyab, Ryan's wife. Established in 1986, the music studio has trained a whole generation of young singer-performers who have become nationally known Filipino performing artists.

Ryan is married to Emmy Punsalan and has a daughter, Cristina Maria, and a son, Antonio Maria. They reside in Quezon City
Quezon City

Quezon City , is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the Cities of the Philippines and Philippine municipality that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region....
, Philippines
Philippines

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.

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Ryan Cayabyab was also the Executive and Artistic Director of the San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts
San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts

The San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts is a multi-awarded performing arts group of the Philippines. It was founded in May 2001 by Eduardo Cojuangco Jr....
. He was the conductor of the San Miguel Philharmonic Orchestra
San Miguel Philharmonic Orchestra

The San Miguel Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the two major performing arts groups under the San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts. As a young ensemble, its wide selection of works encompassing musical genres attests to its versatility and dynamism....
 (SMPO) and the San Miguel Master Chorale
San Miguel Master Chorale

The San Miguel Master Chorale , now non-existent, was the first professional choir in the Philippines. It was composed of an all-Filipino roster ranging from faculty members and honor graduates of reputable music conservatories, alumni of various internationally awarded choirs, noted choral conductors, composers, arrangers, and outstanding...
 (SMMC). Under his direction, the SMPO and the SMMC have recorded seven award-winning albums to date: Great Filipino Love Songs (2004), Great Original Pilipino Music by Ryan Cayabyab (2004), The Sacred Works of Ryan Cayabyab (2004), Pasko I and Pasko II (2005), Great Original Pilipino Music from the Movies (2006), and Dancing in the Rain (2006).

But in a swift and silent move, the big bosses of the San Miguel Corporation
San Miguel Corporation

San Miguel Corporation is the largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company in the Philippines. As of 2001, its business generated 3.6 percent of the Philippines' gross domestic product and 4.5 percent of the government's tax revenue....
 have already disbanded the SMMC and the SMPO. Late January 2007, instrumentalists of the SMPO and SMMC were summoned one by one by the big bosses who informed them of the non-renewal of their contracts. Insider reports say that the SMC
SMC

SMC could be an abbreviation of any of the following:...
 was "more inclined" on supporting its four professional basketball teams.

Ryan Cayabyab has already graced an interview regarding this, saying that he considered the experience with San Miguel as a learning one, and not at all a setback. The following are excerpts from the said interview by Rito Asilo of The Inquirer.

The experience proved that it could work -- because it did in our case! I learned so much from it. I still wouldn’t consider the group world-class, but we were getting there!


Five years is too short a time to build a good reputation. But, I didn’t really see any malice in the management’s decision to pull the plug. It might have had something to do with the viability of the company -- there may have been a clamor from inside to cut the umbilical cord. And, I understand that they also have to answer to their stockholders. Perhaps this is something you need to ask them yourself.


We had a five-year program, but it kept getting stifled and derailed because of the constant talk that we were going to get cut off. But, I loved how the group worked as an organization! It was an exercise in discipline. Suddenly, temperamental and emotional artists who were used to the culture of ‘Pinoy racket’ and bara-bara had to learn how to tow the line!


If big companies can come to the realization that the concept works, everybody will benefit from the whole experience -- Filipino artists, especially.


Discography


GREAT FILIPINO LOVE SONGS

A bestseller in major record bars and a Certified Gold Record, thereby breaking records of sorts when it was released in 2004. Under Sony-BMG Pilipinas.

  • GFLS was the first locally-produced album to feature full-blown orchestral arrangements of well-known Filipino classics. It was produced and recorded in a span of 3 years.
  • It emerged as No. 2 album in sales charts upon its release in 2004, and after a week became No. 1, surpassing the sales of contemporary mainstream artists like Usher
    Usher (entertainer)

    Usher Raymond IV , known simply as Usher, is an American contemporary R&B-pop music singer-songwriter and actor. He rose to fame in the 1990s, releasing the multi-platinum album My Way and 8701 ....
    , Josh Groban
    Josh Groban

    Joshua Winslow Groban is a Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter. He has concentrated his career so far mostly in concert singing and recordings, although he has stated that he wishes to pursue musical theater in the future....
    , Maroon Five, Beyoncé, and Evanescence
    Evanescence

    Evanescence is an American rock music band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer/pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody.After recording two private Extended play and a demo CD named Origin , with the help of Bigwig Enterprises in 2000, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen , on Wind-up Records in 2003...
    .
  • According to sales reports, the album has been bought by bulk by many customers as presents and give-aways among families and corporations for all occasions.
  • The album earned phenomenal success despite minimal advertising.


Track List:
  • Bato sa Buhangin
  • Maalaala Mo Kaya
  • Ikaw
  • Minamahal Kita
  • Dahil Sa Iyo
  • Hindi Kita Malimot
  • Ang Tangi Kong Pag-ibig
  • Buhat
  • Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal
  • Ikaw ang Mahal Ko
  • Katakataka
  • Minamahal, Sinasamba
  • Saan Ka Man Naroroon
  • Lahat ng Araw


GREAT ORIGINAL PILIPINO MUSIC BY RYAN CAYABYAB

All songs in the album composed and arranged by Ryan Cayabyab. All songs recorded in 2001, except tracks 5, 8, and 9, which are SMMC a capella tracks and were recorded in 2004. This album received three nominations in the 18th Awit Awards aside from winning Best Musical Arrangement for Tuwing Umuulan at Kapiling Ka. Under Sony-BMG Pilipinas.

  • Tuwing Umuulan at Kapiling Ka (winner, 18th Awit Awards, Best Musical Arrangement)
  • Iduyan Mo
  • Kahit Ika'y Panaginip Lang
  • Paraisong Parisukat
  • Tunay na Ligaya
  • Nais Ko
  • Limandipang Tao
  • Tsismis
  • Da Coconut Nut
  • Iniibig Kita
  • Paraiso
  • Awit ng Pagsinta (Epithalamium) - from Ryan Cayabyab and Bienvenido Lumbera's pop-ballet Rama Hari; lyrics by Lumbera
  • Hibang sa Awit - lyrics by Jose Javier Reyes


PASKO I

Festive Filipino Christmas classics, all songs arranged & conducted by Ryan Cayabyab and performed by the SMPO and the SMMC. Certified Gold Record. Under Sony-BMG Pilipinas.

  • Kampana ng Simbahan
  • Heto na Naman - music and lyrics by Ryan Cayabyab
  • Namamasko
  • Tuloy na Tuloy pa rin ang Pasko
  • Sa Paskong Darating
  • Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon (Ang Pasko ay Sumapit)
  • Kumukutikutitap*
  • Mano Po Ninong, Mano Po Ninang
  • Noche Buena
  • Heto na Naman ang Pasko**
  • Maligayang Pasko**
  • Pasko na Naman


  • from Ryan Cayabyab and Jose Javier Reyes's musical Bituin; lyrics by Reyes


    • from Ryan Cayabyab and Jose Javier Reyes's musical teleplay Pasko sa Amin; lyrics by Reyes


PASKO II

Mellow Filipino Christmas classics, all songs arranged & conducted by Ryan Cayabyab and performed by the SMPO and the SMMC. Certified Gold Record. Isang Taong Lumipas won as Best Christmas Song during the 19th Awit Awards. Under Sony-BMG Pilipinas.

  • Ngayong Pasko*
  • Pasko Na Sinta Ko
  • Paskong Walang Hanggan*
  • Himig Pasko
  • Miss Kita Kung Christmas
  • Isang Taong Lumipas*
  • Ang Aking Pamasko
  • Ang Mahalin Ka**
  • Anong Gagawin Mo Ngayong Pasko - music and lyrics by Ryan Cayabyab
  • Ang Naaalala Ko**
  • Munting Sanggol - music and lyrics by Ryan Cayabyab
  • Payapang Daigdig


* music by Ryan Cayabyab, lyrics by Jose Javier Reyes ** from Ryan Cayabyab and Jose Javier Reyes's musical teleplay Pasko sa Amin; lyrics by Reyes

SPOLIARIUM: THE OPERA

An neo-opera in three acts based on the life of renowned Filipino painter Juan Luna
Juan Luna

Juan Luna y Novicio was a Filipino people Painting in the late 19th century....
. Music by Ryan Cayabyab, libretto by Fides Cuyugan-Asensio.

THE FILIPINO CLASSICS

A collection of Filipino classics from the '20s up to the '60s. All songs arranged & conducted by Ryan Cayabyab and performed by Basil Valdez
Basil Valdez

Basil Valdez is a Filipino people balladeer. Though he wasn't formally "retired," he had conspicuously kept a low profile in recent years for a number of personal reasons....
 accompanied by the SMPO. Sequel albums 2 and 3 are said to be produced if this first album performs well in the market. This album became No. 1 at Tower Records in one month's time since it was released. Certified Gold Record. Under Viva Records.

  • Diyos Lamang ang Nakakaalam
  • Babalik Ka Rin
  • Dahil Sa Isang Bulaklak
  • Bituing Marikit
  • Kung Nagsasayaw Kita
  • Madaling Araw
  • Sa Ugoy ng Duyan
  • Bakas ng Lumipas
  • Sapagka't Kami ay Tao Lamang
  • Lagi Kitang Naaalala
  • Bayan Ko
  • Mahiwaga


THE SACRED WORKS OF RYAN CAYABYAB

Religious compositions of Cayabyab. Misa was his thesis composition for his graduation at the University of the Philippines College of Music. Misa 2000 was composed for and won as Original Music Composition for Dance in the 2000 Onassis International Cultural Competition in Greece. This album won as Best Religious Album in the 2004 Catholic Mass Media Awards. Under Sony-BMG Records.

Disc 1:
  • Misa 2000
    • Kyrie
    • Gloria
    • Credo
    • Sanctus
    • Agnus Dei
  • Te Deum


Disc 2:
  • Misa
    • Kyrie
    • Gloria
    • Credo
    • Sanctus
    • Agnus Dei
  • Aquesta Me Guiaba
  • Aba Po, Santa Mariang Reyna
  • Anima Christi


BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Songs from the Philippine run of the musical Beauty and the Beast, arranged and conducted by Ryan Cayabyab, performed by the musical's main cast with the SMPO and the SMMC.

  • Home (KC Concepcion)
  • Beauty and the Beast (show version by Pinky Marquez)
  • A Change in Me (KC Concepcion)
  • If I Can't Love Her (Jett Pangan)
  • Beauty and the Beast (pop version by Luke Mijares)


GREAT ORIGINAL PILIPINO MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES

Well-known and well-loved theme songs from Filipino movies. Recorded live on July 2006 and released December of that year. Mainly featuring the SMMC, accompanied by the SMPO. Choral arrangements by Ryan Cayabyab, Jesus Carlo Merino, Ed Nepomuceno and Nathanael Arnel de Pano (the latter 2 being section leaders of the SMMC Tenors and Basses, respectively), and Eudenice Palaruan (SMMC Principal Conductor). All orchestrations by Ryan Cayabyab. Under Sony-BMG Pilipinas.

  • Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas
  • Kahit Isang Saglit
  • Pangako
  • Pangarap Na Bituin
  • Pagdating Ng Panahon
  • Kailangan Kita
  • Hanggang Sa Dulo Ng Walang Hanggan
  • Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw
  • Iduyan Mo - music and lyrics by Ryan Cayabyab, from the movie "Agila" (1980)
  • Hanggang Ngayon
  • Tanging Yaman
  • Sinasamba Kita
  • Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin
  • Gaano Kadalas Ang Minsan
  • Paraisong Parisukat - music and lyrics by Ryan Cayabyab, from the movie "Masikip, Maluwang...Paraisong Parisukat" (1977)


DANCING IN THE RAIN

Latin jazz pieces (mostly instrumentals) written, arranged, and produced by Ryan Cayabyab. Recorded live on August 2006 and released December of that year. Under Sony-BMG Pilipinas.

  • First Glance
  • Feels Like This Love Affair Is Gonna Last Forever
  • Frap For Two On A Beach In Cebu
  • Photographs Of You And Me, Together
  • Like Children Dancing In The Rain With Nothing On
  • Alone, Drenched In The Red, Orange and Gold Of A Manila Sunset
  • Grey Clouds! Grey Clouds! Its Beginning To Drizzle
  • Its Getting More Difficult To Explain Why I Do Things The Way That I Do
  • Almost Sunup And I Haven’t Slept
  • Last Trip To Boracay
  • This Is Beginning To Sound Like An Old Song
  • It Isn't The First Time Someone Left Me
  • Letting Go
  • Last Look


ONE

Features old Filipino classics and some of Cayabyab's earliest hits, performed a capella by Ryan Cayabyab's 16 voices.

  • Bakya Mo Neneng
  • Mamang Kutsero
  • Hindi Kita Malimot
  • Saan Ka Man Naroroon
  • Tsismis
  • Dahil Sa Iyo
  • Limandipang Tao
  • Minamahal, Sinasamba
  • Maalaala Mo Kaya
  • Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika


ONE CHRISTMAS

A collection of classic Filipino Christmas songs, including original compositions performed a cappella by Cayabyab.

  • Heto Na Naman - music and lyrics by Ryan Cayabyab
  • Miss Kita Kung Christmas
  • Kumukutikutitap - from Ryan Cayabyab and Jose Javier Reyes's musical Bituin; lyrics by Reyes
  • Ang Aking Pamasko
  • Anong Gagawin Mo Ngayong Pasko - music and lyrics by Ryan Cayabyab
  • Ang Pasko ay Sumapit
  • Noche Buena
  • Pasko Na Sinta Ko
  • Himig Pasko
  • Payapang Daigdig


ONE MORE

All songs composed, arranged, and performed a capella by Cayabyab.

  • Da Coconut Nut
  • Sa May Bintana
  • Paraiso
  • Nais Ko
  • Kahit Ika'y Panaginip Lang
  • Kailan
  • Awit ni Isagani - lyrics by Jovy Miroy
  • Mama
  • Paraisong Parisukat
  • Hideaway


ROOTS TO ROUTES (Pinoy Jazz II)

Ryan Cayabyab's first album, featuring jazz arrangements of well-known Filipino tunes.

  • Sitsiritsit Alibangbang
  • Itik Itik
  • Ang Pipit
  • Pen Pen Di Sarapen
  • Telebong
  • Singkil
  • Manilac Lay Labi
  • Lulay
  • Leron Leron Sinta


THE SILVER ALBUM

A collection of Ryan Cayabyab's hits throughout the years, performed by various well-known Filipino artists.

  • Limandipang Tao (Lea Salonga)
  • Araw Gabi (The Company)
  • Tunay na Ligaya (Ariel Rivera)
  • Iduyan Mo (Grace Nono)
  • Magbalik ka na Mahal (Kuh Ledesma)
  • Minsan ang Minahal ay Ako (Celeste Legaspi)
  • Once Upon a Life (Jay Cayuca, on the violin)
  • Mamang Kutsero (Apo Hiking Society)
  • Paraiso (Lea Salonga)
  • Kahit Ika'y Panaginip Lang (Agot Isidro)
  • Tuwing Umuulan at Kapiling Ka (The Eraserheads)
  • Nais Ko (Francis Magalona)
  • Sometime, Somewhere (Cocoy Laurel)
  • Kailan (Cayabyab's friends)


Future Albums

Other music albums are said to be in the pipeline, like:
  • A compilation of popular folk songs representative of different regions in the Philippines; e.g., "Atin Cu Pung Singsing," "Usahay, "Ay, Kalisud," and "Sarungbanggi."
  • A compilation of popular novelty songs including "Ocho-ocho," "Pito-pito," and possibly "Boom Tarat-Tarat," all to be performed in symphonic style.