The act of seeing, with optimal grip, the world has always fascinated me. For me it is a kind of wondrous witnessing which perception is outside of the mind and ego but in the totality of the actual world itself.
A musicologist by training, Jose has researched on the phenomenology of Agusan Manobo ritual song, film music of extant Philippine films, and on the cultural history of Philippine music.
Filmography
Director (4 Credits)
Karatuan: Kudyapi in Old Maguindanao2023
Documentary
Water of the Mountains2023
Documentary
Ang Kapitana2022
Documentary
Si Tokan: Kulintang Maker from Upriver Maguindanao2022
Documentary
Education
College
University of the Philippines
Bachelor of Music in Musicology
College
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Master of Music in Ethnomusicology
College
University of Pennsylvania
PhD in music
College
London Film Academy
Filmmaking Certificate
2017
The act of seeing, with optimal grip, the world has always fascinated me. For me it is a kind of wondrous witnessing which perception is outside of the mind and ego but in the totality of the actual world itself.