Filipino composer and scholar Paul Cosme blends and breaks boundaries in his constant search
for home.
Composition Highlights
Being at the interstices of his native Philippines, its diaspora, and its neighbors
to the East and the West,
Paul’s works seek to make connections and elucidate shared histories between various cultures and communities that he has since called his home.
Recent Projects
A Filipino in New York
for the JACK Studio
A Stranger in a Festival of Spirits
New Jersey Symphony
Christopher Rountree, conductor
Where Will You Stand?
an art+sound collaboration with Mari J. Matsuda
on the history of protests in Hawaiʻi
Sarimanok and the Seven Moons
for 37-reed sheng, 21-string koto, violin, and bass clarinet
with Loo-Sze Wang, Maruta Miki, Iggy Jang, and Marcus Moore
upcoming events
Beth Morrison Project
Next Gen Cycle 3
National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY
November 23, 2024 | 7:30pm EST
November 24, 2024| 2pm EST
Song of the Wanderer
for amplified soprano and mixed ensemble
Kaileigh Riess, soprano
Contemporaneous, ensemble
Hiraya 2024
Date and Time, TBD
Location, TBD
an awards ceremony and celebration of Philippine contemporary music
sponsored by the Asian Composers League and the Philippine National Commission on Culture and the Arts
a filipino in new york
for string quartet
salvaged
Orvis Auditorium, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
February 28, 2025 | 7:30pm HST
with Ik-Soo Heo, geomungo
Gustavo D’Amico, soprano saxophone
and Angela Kim, piano