7. He promoted Philippine music by extensively using folk materials in his works. He recorded folk and dance music around the country with Ramon Tolentino and National Artist for Dance Francisca Reyes Aquino. He composed the music and did the notations for the folk dances as researched by Aquino.
8. He was considered "the first Filipino composer who received an honoree degree from a government recognized music school in the United States." He was known for his "pianistic and compositional talent" by extemporizing a piano composition at the spur of the moment.
9. He is a contemporary composer and conductor. He spans both popular and classical worlds with his pop, ballads, operas, zarzuela, orchestral, and choral compositions.
10. He is listed in the "New Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians." A prolific composer, his works include concerti, sonatas, symphonies, symphonic poems, five operas in Philippine dialect. numerous band overtures.
