The Archives is located in JM 202, 2nd Floor, Jose Maceda Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman. It houses an array of media such as published and unpublished texts, images, and scores. The archives also contain audio materials and audio-visual materials, stored and treated in our Audio Conservation Laboratory.

Unpublished Texts

There are two general categories of unpublished texts in the collection. The first are collectively referred to as "field notes", which contain notes, reports, transcription and translations from Dr. Jose Maceda’s field research. The second category are collectively known as "vertical files", which contain segregated articles, annotated bibliographies and reports by various researchers, including but not limited to Dr. Maceda.

Images

There are various of images stored in the UPCE collection: black and white photographs, colored photographs, colored slides, and negatives. Based on content the images can be categorized as: (1) images from the field, which are usually related to the survey of Philippine music research; (2) images from institutions, which include documentary photographs of conferences, concerts/recitals, socials and administrative activities; and (3) catalogue photographs, which aims to scientifically document instruments in the UPCE collection. All images in the archive all belong to the "Photographs Collection", except for the catalogue photographs of the instruments which are part of the "Instrumentarium".

Scores

Full scores and part scores of all 24 of Dr. Jose Maceda’s compositions are deposited in the UPCE Archives. They are all on their original handwritten format, some of which have multiple copies in different formats (i.e. photocopy, blueprint, etc). As of 2014, we have also included in our scores collection Dr. Ramon Pagayon Santos’ scores collection, which include more about 400 envelopes of his compositions and arrangements.

Our Instrumentarium has a collection of musical instruments including Philippine gongs & bamboos,  and instruments of a wide variety of different makes from other Asian countries (Thailand, India, China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, etc.) as well as parts of Latin America and Africa.

Most of the instruments were collected though Dr. Jose Maceda’s “An Ethnomusicological Survey of the Philippines”, while some were donated as gifts during his travels. Recently acquired instruments were donated to the UPCE through workshops, new field work, and conferences and fora such as the Laón-Laón.

All of our instruments are available for lending to students and faculty of the UP College of Music, as well as non-affiliated individuals performing within the college. We also accept group visits inside the instrumentarium.

The Audio Laboratory of the UPCE serves a dual-purpose repository for audio and audio-visual materials aw well as a processing laboratory for the Center’s digitization projects.

Audio Collection

As of 2014, the UPCE’s audio collection is divided into two categories: published and unpublished. In the unpublished audio collection, there are 2,424 open reels, 191 cassettes and about 20 in digital audio formats containing field recordings of traditional music from about 87 ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines, Asia and a small number from other continents. It is considered the heart of the UPCE collection because of its rarity and historical and cultural values.

The published audio collection is comprised of 610 vinyl, 500 cassette tapes and 332 compact disks. This particular collection covers a wider range of music samples covering almost 29 countries all over the world, some of which are art music and others are traditional music.

Video Collection

As of 2014, 373 video recordings on five different formats are also found in the UPCE collection. There are also films on reel stored in unlabelled canisters, reported to be containing documentations of Dr. Jose Maceda’s performances.

Published videos on VHS, DVD and CD are in good condition, catalogued and are available for researchers. These are mostly documentaries about traditional music and dance, instructional videos, and documentations of recitals, performances, concerts and/or conferences and symposia.

Audio/Video Digitization

In 2007, the UPCE team explored possible procedures for the digitization of its audio collection, and the procedures were regularized in 2009. The digitization team soon after prepared for the digital data management by preparing a catalogue that is accessible online and a system for storing the digital data. As of December 2014,  the Jose Maceda Collection in digital format is already searchable online and accessible for reading, viewing and listening at the UPCE Library.

Since 2012, the Audio Laboratory has also opened its services for digitizing analogue materials from other persons and institutions for a limited fee. Please note that this service is highly dependent on the availability of equipment, facilities, training, time, and other resources. For digitization of collections of larger volumes, legal documents and other requirements may  be needed. For more information about this service, please contact us.