College of Arts and Letters
University of the Philippines Diliman
Kolehiyo ng Arte at Literatura
Robin Daniel Z. Rivera, Ph.D.
Professor
music, music production, popular art, Philippine music.
Robin Daniel Z. Rivera is a Professor at the Department of Art Studies in U.P. Diliman. He has an A.B. in Broadcast Communication from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, an M.A. in Communication from the Ateneo De Manila University, and a Ph.D. in Philippine Studies from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. He is a composer, performing musician, and the producer of recordings by Elena Mirano, the U.P. Cherubim and Seraphim, the U.P. Kontra-Gapi, Eraserheads, Dong Abay, Sugarfree, Peryodiko, and Bullet Dumas.
Publications:
Author, “Now you see Them, Now You Don’t, Now You See Them Again: Sandwich, And Their Odyssey From The Majors, To Indie, And Back To The Majors.” Musika Journal 6 2010.
Author, “Three Issues In The Production Of Recorded Music”. From Suri Sining: The Art Studies Anthology. Art Studies Foundation Inc. 2011.
Author, “The Devolution of a Sonic Community Ritual.” Humanities Diliman (July-December 2014),11:2,113-123.
Author, “Four Issues in the University of the Philippines Diliman General Education Program” from Rivera, Guillermo, Jose, Padilla, Sayson: Four Issues in the University of the Philippines Diliman General Education Program. University of the Philippines, Diliman. 2015.
Composer: “Isang Dipang Langit / Bungad” (Poetry by Amado Hernandez). In “PAGSALIKOP: Alay at Pagpupugay sa mga Bayaning lumalaban sa Covid-19.” UP Diliman Kolehiyo ng Arte at Literatura. April 2020. https://youtu.be/OMrgoflFMWA?t=204