Emil Sanglay
Emil Sanglay (Born as Emilio Estrella Sanglay Jr. on January 7, 1953 in Manila, Philippines) and died on December 17, 2015 in Baguio City was the youngest of seven children. Sanglay's father Emilio Rilloraza Sanglay was a businessman/lawyer and his mother, Flora Carriaga Estrella, was a daughter of the late ex-mayor Alipio Gutierrez Estrella of Bautista, Pangasinan was a retired educator. Emil Sanglay is a multi-awarded composer/singer and neo-ethnic music artist in the Philippines. Sanglay took up Chemical engineering at Mapu'a Institute of Technology and Advanced Education for Music Teachers and Musicians at UP - Diliman College of Music. Sanglay has taught music at every level of elementary and high school at Christ Baptist Academy and was head of the Screening Department in Music of Christ Baptist Church.
In the early 1970s, Sanglay was a bass and lead guitarist of Acid Tree Rock Band l & ll, Silhouette Band, served as a choir director of FYM Choral Group at the Sta. Mesa Church in Manila, chord editor of Jingle Chord book Magazine, researcher, author, testing officer of TESDA for Overseas Performing Artists and PHILCHIME (Philippine Chamber of Industry in Music & Entertainment). He was a former Vicor & Ivory recording artist, CCP artist ( Outreach & Exchange Program) and one of the main cast of Lapu-lapu, a multi Lingual neo-ethno classical-rock opera. Beside performing with his band New Penpen, he also teaches Voice, Guitar and ethnic/world music Lessons.
Emil Sanglay, has multiple awards for his compositions and singing. Together with Sanglay's group Penpen they have been credited for many innovations and are considered experimentalists; Penpen and Sanglay are well known for their musical style that integrates the sounds of Filipino indigenous instruments with modern pop music. Sanglay's professional music career started when Vicor Records released his song "PEN-PEN DE SARAPEN" in 1978.
Most of the Filipino indigenous instruments Sanglay is known for using in his live performances are: "Sagaypo", "Tonggatong", "Gangsa", "Gabbang", "Kubing", "Balimbing", "Maraak", "Tambur", "Patting" or the bamboo guitar of the Cordillerans and the carabao horn "Tambuli", stones, frog sounds, rain stick and birds caller. Sanglay and his band "Bagong Penpen" also uses modern, Asian and Vedic instruments in his music, such as the electric guitar, bass guitar, flute, congga, djembe, sitar, tabla, mridangga, harp, violin, marimba, Chinese gong, Udu drums, Doumbek, keyboard synthesizer and drums.
Affiliations and memberships
- Southern Tagalog Alliance for Culture & the Arts (formerly known as KANDILI (Kalinangan ng Diwa ng Lipi Art council) - founder
- Filipino Composer's Development & Cooperative (FILCOMDEC) - Chairman, Research & Development
- Filipino Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers Inc. (FILSCAP)- member
- Bagong Penpen - founder, composer, bandleader and arranger
- Asosasyon ng Musikong Pilipino (AMP) - former Vice-President
- Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM) - member
Awards and recognitions received
- "ASNA AWARDS: Most Outstanding Pangasinenses" Honoree for the field of Music 2015
- One of the TOP 100 Semi-Finalists in the USA Song Writing Contest 2001
- 1ST AWIT AWARDS Nominee for two (2) original compositions:
“Pinagpalang Lupa” for Best Rock Composition & Best Rock-Vocal & Instrumental Performance “Sabungan” for Best Folk-Pop Vocal Performance
- Number 3 in the TOP 7 Finalists of the aborted 9th METROPOP Music Festival 1986 (Professional
Division) as a result of February EDSA Revolution Entry Song: Pinagpalang Lupa
- Winner in the 8th METRO MANILA POPULAR MUSIC FESTIVAL 1985 (Professional Division)
Entry Song : “ Anting-anting”
- One of the TOP 12 Semi-Finalists in the 5th METROPOP Music Festival 1982 (Professional
Division) The Only Participant w/two(2) songs in the Top 12 Semi-Finalists. Entry Song: May Dahilan Din & Bilanggo
- Philippine Representative to the 2nd ASEAN SONG FESTIVAL 1982 - Ethnic Division,
Bangkok Thailand
- Winner in the 4th METROPOP Music Festival 1981 - Professional Division where 1,764 total
composers competed. Entry Song: “Uhaw Na Lupa”
- Introduced & popularized Neo-Ethnic Music in the country (Late 70’s & early 1980s)
- One of the TOP 60 Semi-Finalists in the LIKHA-AWIT PAMBATA 1979 where 1,333 total
composers competed Entry Song: Awit-Pambata
Death
Emil suffered heart attack December 12, 2015 in Baguio City while performing on stage, he was in Comatose for 5 days and then he died on December 17, 2015 at 11:27pm, 32 minutes before his youngest daughter's birthday.; Immediate Cause: Cardiogenic Shock. Antecedent Cause: Multi-organ failure. Underlying Cause: Acute Coronary Syndrome, Steve Watson Myocardial Infarction. Other significant conditions to death: Acute Kidney Injury, Hypoxic Anoxic Encephalopathy & Pneumonia(High Risk)
Songs
- Pen-pen de Sarapen
- Iligtas Natin Ang Mundo (Let Us Save The Earth))
- Anting-anting (Amulet)
- Uhaw Na Lupa (Bewildered World)
- Pinagpalang Lupa (Blessed Land)
- Hatol ng Langit (Judgement of Heaven)
- Bagong Mundo (New World)
- Sigaw ng Bundok (Cry of the Mountain)
- Bubuyog (Bumble Bee)
- Sabungan (Cockfight)
- Paraisong Naghihintay (Gates of Eden)
- Awit Pambata (Songs for The Underprivilege)
- Anak-pawis
- Putok Sa Buho
- Bilanggo (Prodigal Son)
- Botika Sa Paso (Herbal Medicine Song)
- Barangay Tagay (Grassroot Traditional Politicians)
- Hi-Tek (High Technology Song)
- Maghihintay Pa Rin (A Love song)
- Takot Akong Ibigin Ka
- Nalalapit Na (A Kundiman Rock Song)
- Alipin Sa Sariling Bayan
- Kandila, Pera at Bulaklak
- Polusyon
- Mad Doctors
- Mga Abogadong Balasubas
Notes
References
- Cervantes, Behn (1997). Two Decades of Emil Sanglay, Arts & Leisure p. 25. Business World, Philippines.
- Salgado, Joey. First Manila Music Festival "The Best of Pinoy Rock", p. 10. Malaya, Philippines.
- Pastrano, Mozart A. When Pen-pen Plays-- whew!, Lyfestyle & Entertainment section four p. 24-25. The Manila Chronicle, 10 October 1989.
- Mangusad, Leo Nilo C. (1988). Penpen: The Ethnic Rock Innovators, p. 48-52. Kultura, Philippines. ISSN 0116-7575 (Warning: Check ISSN) Vol.1 No. 3.
- Roxas, Psyche D. (1988). Interview: Emil Sanglay of Penpen, p. 53-56. Kultura, Philippines. ISSN 0116-7575 (Warning: Check ISSN) Vol.1 No. 3.
- Awit Awards Nominees Announced. Lifstyle (Living, Culture & Entertainment). Philippine Daily Inquirer, 5 September 1987.
- Lim, Teddy Hayden. "9th Metropop Finalists here", p. 8., 19 Dec.1985.
- Pastor, Cristina P. del Carmen. "9th Metropop Finalists", Unscripted p. 8. Balita, 18 Dec.1985.
- Metropop. "8th Metropop Finalists", 8th Metro Manila Popular Music Festival, Araneta Coliseum Philippines, 2 March 1985.
- Metropop. "This Year's Best In the Professional Division", 4th Metro Manila Popular Music Festival souvenir's program, Folk Arts Theater Philippines, 4 April 1981.