{"id":5218,"date":"2025-05-14T12:57:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/?p=5218"},"modified":"2025-07-23T11:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:11:57","slug":"conservatory-student-research-filipino-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/2025\/05\/14\/conservatory-student-research-filipino-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatory student weaves family history into her research on Filipino music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Studying music history in the Philippines with Pacific&#039;s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/02KKV7VNZy4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Julianna Meneses \u201925<\/strong>\u00a0<br><strong>Major<\/strong>: Bachelor of Arts in music, minor in ethnic studies\u00a0<br><strong>Hometown: <\/strong>Moraga, California<br><strong>Extracurriculars:<\/strong> Kilusan Pilipino, Sigma Alpha Iota\u00a0<br><strong>Favorite off-campus places: <\/strong>Little Manila Center, Filipino American National Historical Society Museum, Sam\u2019s Cafe, MonTea Boba\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the opening moments of her original composition \u201cMeditation on a Homecoming,\u201d Julianna Meneses \u201925 looks directly into the crowd and asks, \u201cDo you want to go swimming in the river?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharply and quickly, she draws her bow across the double bass strings. Then, Meneses responds, \u201cMommy, I don\u2019t know how to swim!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heedless of this concern, she dives back into the performance. A video Meneses shot in the Philippines is projected across her face, instrument and the back wall. At one point, she puts down her double bass so she can dance.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meneses, who is working toward a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacific.edu\/music\/music-major\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BA in music<\/a> with a minor in ethnic studies, played \u201cMeditation on a Homecoming\u201d along with another original piece for her senior recital in University of the Pacific\u2019s Conservatory of Music.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00986.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Julianna Meneses playing her double bass with a video projected onto her.\" class=\"wp-image-5220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00986-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00986-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00986-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00986-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00986-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00986-scaled.jpeg?resize=930%2C620&amp;ssl=1 930w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00986-scaled.jpeg?resize=1250%2C833&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00986-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC00986-scaled.jpeg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She wrote the piece after receiving Pacific\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarlycommons.pacific.edu\/surf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship<\/a> and spending two months in the Philippines, doing research, meeting scholars and producing a video of her experiences.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStudying at Pacific has been really good for my specific research interest, which is Tinggian music and dance in Abra, Philippines,\u201d Meneses says. \u201cWhat really helped me was the small class sizes, being able to talk with my professors one-on-one.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meneses credits Professor Kumiko Uyeda with helping her grow ever since her first semester at Pacific. It was actually Uyeda\u2019s class that convinced her to pursue the work she does now.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ethnomusicology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Meneses, who has been playing double bass since the sixth grade, says that researching the history and culture of music wasn\u2019t originally her plan. She enrolled in Pacific as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacific.edu\/music\/music-education-major\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">music education major<\/a>, intending to teach in the Oakland and Richmond area where she had cut her teeth in the Young People\u2019s Symphony Orchestra.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there was another interest that also drew her to Pacific.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was also very interested in the Filipino community here,\u201d Meneses says. \u201cI really wanted to become involved or at least be around those communities because I grew up in an area where there were not that many people that looked like me. Coming here made me feel at home and helped me establish my own identity.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During her first semester, Meneses took \u201cMusic of the World\u2019s People\u201d with Uyeda, where she learned that she could combine these interests through the field of ethnomusicology.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt made me realize, \u2018oh, I can study indigenous Filipino music and it can be seen as a legitimate scholarly thing.\u2019 After that, there was no going back,\u201d Meneses says.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even after that class, Uyeda has helped guide Meneses as she grows as a researcher and person.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To focus her studies on ethnomusicology, Meneses switched majors to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacific.edu\/music\/music-major\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bachelor of Arts in music<\/a> because it provides a lot of flexibility with electives. She rounded out that education with a minor in ethnic studies. Another pathway you could choose is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacific.edu\/music\/music-history-major\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bachelor of Music in music history<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pacific&#8217;s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Leading up to the summer of 2024, Meneses applied for Pacific\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarlycommons.pacific.edu\/surf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship<\/a>. The fellowship supports faculty-mentored student research by providing a stipend, housing allowance and funds for research supplies.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the funding in hand, Meneses set off for a busy two months in the Philippines. While there, she did archival research and even attended an international academic conference focused on traditional performing arts.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of her trip, around five or six weeks, was spent in the province of Abra. There, she learned more about local musical traditions through interviews and hands-on musical practice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI played the gongs with people,\u201d Meneses says. \u201cI learned about bamboo musical instruments and different singing traditions. The technique is called \u2018participant observation.\u2019 That was a big help to learning what I know now.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6359.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Julianna\" class=\"wp-image-5221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6359.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6359.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6359.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6359.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6359.jpg?resize=1250%2C703&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6359.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacific.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6359.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While she was travelling, she also filmed what she saw: chickens in a coop, trees blowing in the wind, flowing rivers and similar scenes from nature. Then, she edited them into a video that became the basis for her piece \u201cMeditation on a Homecoming,\u201d writing music that mimicked its sounds and integrated folk melodies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI called it \u2018Meditation on a Homecoming.\u2019 Because I\u2019ve never been to Abra before, but that is where my mother is from,\u201d Meneses says. \u201cSo, it was a strange feeling of, \u2018I\u2019m from here because my ancestors are from here.\u2019 But culturally, socially, I\u2019m an outsider. It was this weird duality that I was experiencing that I wanted to express musically.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Turning an interest into research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a passion you want to turn into a field of study, Meneses says the most important thing is to build your connections, whether that\u2019s with professors, students with similar interests or local organizations.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professors can recommend classes or books, while local organizations host events where you can observe or participate. 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Not only does our smaller community make it easier to connect with people, but there are so many opportunities, organizations and student groups where you can join in.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These relationships even helped Meneses turn bring \u201cMeditation on a Homecoming\u201d to life. Professor Kathryn Schulmeister taught her improvisation techniques for the piece and connected Meneses with another musician, Joanna Mattrey, to develop its narrative.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As she nears graduation, Meneses plans to continue promoting indigenous performance.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI plan on joining Parangal Dance Company in San Francisco,\u201d she says. \u201cThey focus on promoting and uplifting indigenous music and dance from the Philippines. 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