MAURICIA DANGUILAN BORROMEO
Professor
Music Education Department
College of Music, University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City 1101

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Prof. Mauricia D. Borromeo holds graduate music degrees (Master of Music and Master of Music Education) from the University of the Philippines and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. At the latter, she was twice-awarded the prestigious Levi Barbour Scholarship for Oriental Women and elected to the Pi Kappa Lambda, Chi Chapter, National Music Honor Society of the United States. Prior to her return to the Philippines, she was an active member of the Ann Arbor Piano Teachers' Guild, having earned a Michigan and National Certification in Piano Teaching. A co-founder of the PUNLA, a musico-cultural school for American-born Filipino children, she has performed and directed several cultural presentations in the Ann Arbor area, Michigan.

In l986, Ms. Borromeo was re-appointed to the music faculty of the University of the Philippines where she teaches piano performance, music theory, and music education. She has also served as president of the Piano Teachers' Guild of the Philippines for two terms, and resource speaker at regional and national music education and piano pedagogy
seminar-workshops. She has authored articles on Philippine Music in the Encyclopedia of Philippine Art (l994) and was tutor to several piano winners of the National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA) for which she serves as regional judge in the choral and instrumental categories.

Ms. Borromeo is Dean of the U. P. College of Music (2000-2004). She is also chair for Music of the Technical Panel for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Commission of Higher Education, and vice-president of the Philippine Society for Music Education and member of the U.P. Taskforce on Basic Education and Makabayan. She has served as chair of the Music Education Department of the UP College of Music, vice-chair of the Humanities Division of the National Research Council of the Philippines, and member of the Executive Committee on Music, National Commission on Culture and Arts. Whenever time permits, she continues to perform as collaborating artists at recitals of colleagues and promising young artists.