Bryan Pangilinan
COMPOSER/MUSICIAN
Bryan Pangilinan has been rooted in the Filipino American and arts communities for nearly four decades. He holds degrees in ethnic studies from the University of California, San Diego, and music from San Francisco State University. Trained in Filipino rondalla music by composer and ethnomusicologist Bayani Mendoza de Leon, Bryan served as Music Director with the PASACAT Philippine Performing Arts Company and LIKHA Pilipino Folk Ensemble performing in local, regional, national, and international tours. His compositions and arrangements for rondalla have been performed by Filipino American folk dance companies across California. In the past decade, Bryan has been featured in nearly twenty musical theater productions in the San Francisco Bay Area, most recently as Tatsuo Kimura in the Bay Area premiere of the musical “Allegiance.” Moreover, he has over twenty years of expertise as a fund development professional with leadership roles at Bindlestiff Studio, United Way of the Bay Area, San Francisco State University, and Earthjustice. In 2017, he was honored by LIKHA for his “contribution and dedication to Philippine cultural arts and traditions” at their 25th anniversary performance of “Karangalan.” Bryan is deeply honored to join Brava as an Artist in Residence to co-compose the first musical about Filipino American labor leader Larry Itliong with Gayle Romasanta.