Organizations/Performing Group:

Philippine Society for Music Education, secretary, 2017 – 2021
Philippine Society for Music Education, treasurer, 2021 – present
Gordon Institute for Music Learning, member, 2021 – present
Kodaly Society of the Philippines, member, 2021 – present
Society for Strategic Education Studies, member, 2021 – present
Musika Sophia, instrumentalist, 2013 to present
Kekeli West African Drum and Dance Ensemble, member, 2011 to present

Awards and Recognition:

Master of Music, Major in Music Education – Presidential Scholar (2013 to 2020), University of the Philippines, Diliman
Presidential Scholar (2013 to 2015), University of the Philippines, Diliman
National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) 2018 Master’s Thesis Grant recipient for “100 Years in Retrospect: Articulations of Philippine Identity in the Undergraduate Programs of the U.P. College of Music (1916 to 2016)”, University of the Philippines, Diliman
Bachelor of Music, Major in Music Education – Magna cum Laude (2006 to 2011), University of the Philippines, Diliman


Anna Patricia Rodriguez-Carranza is a faculty member of the Music Education Department, College of Music in UP Diliman. Her work in the University involves teaching preschool music education and classroom ensemble music courses at the undergraduate level and having taught Creative Music Experiences for Children in the College's Extension Program. She currently serves as treasurer of the Philippine Society for Music Education and is involved with projects and workshops in helping equip the Filipino music educator in their craft. She has performed in concerts in different formal venues and alternative spaces such as the International Bamboo Organ Festival and school outreaches (with Musika Sophia Music early music ensemble), Cultural Center of the Philippines and jazz bars (with Kekeli West African Drum and Dance Ensemble under ethnomusicologist-percussionist Royal Hartigan), Abelardo Hall (with Dawani Women’s Choir and Tugtugang Musika Asyatika), and University of the Philippines Theater (guest artist of University of the Philippines Symphony Orchestra). She is also currently a curatorial assistant of Museo Pambata, the first interactive children’s museum in the Philippines. Her research interests and expertise include alternative learning spaces for music education, early childhood music education, and quality assurance in higher education. Her master’s thesis was a historiography on the 100 years of undergraduate education at the UP College of Music, framed using the lens of Philippine identity.