ANGEL MATIAS PEÑA

ESTEEMED CLASSICAL AND JAZZ COMPOSER
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Awards and Recognitions

Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (London): Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music: (Theory of Music, Passed with Distinction) 1968
  
Lifetime Achievement Award - Given at the 3rd Annual Fil-Am Jazz Festival.  Catalina Bar & Grill Jazz Club, Hollywood, CADecember 7-9, 2007
Bay Area Jazz Plaque of Appreciation, San Francisco, CAOctober 1, 2006
Letter of Recognition & Honorarium – Guest Speaker, Filipino-American History Month  Lecture Series “History of  Philippine Jazz” City College of San Francisco, CA October 3, 2006
 
State of Hawai’i House Resolution: Outstanding contribution in the Field of Music  1997
Pagdiriwang ’96 Centennial Commission:  Awit ng Sakada, First Prize 1996
The Silangan Singers: Plaque of Appreciation for Original Compositions and ArrangementsJune 16, 1990
Order of Knights of Rizal, Hawai’i Chapter: Outstanding Symphonic Work, Homage to Jose Rizal Plaque of Appreciation December 16-17,1984
Aloha Chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA)  November 23, 1985
Hawai’i Music Teacher’s Association- Certification of Accreditation , string  bass teacherOctober 1, 1978
 
The Executives Band: Plaque of Appreciation, Executives Band’s 35th Anniversary celebration at the Philippine International Convention Center1993
Certificate of Merit–JDRockefeller III Fund Project Manila Symphony Society1966-67
University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music Alumni Association:  Igorot Rhapsody for Symphony Orchestra, First Prize, National Composition Contest 1960
National Pharmaceutical Association:  Hymn to Pharmacy, First Prize, National Composition Contest 1953
Boy Scouts of the Philippines: Our Country Dear (Hymn) – Honorable Mention, National Composition Contest 1951