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Amada "Amy" Galvez Santos-Ocampo De Francesco (born June 23, 1925 – died December 20, 2009) was a talented pianist and composer from the Philippines. She created many beautiful pieces of music during her life.

Biography

Amada Santos-Ocampo was born in Manila, Philippines. Her parents were Antonino Santos-Ocampo, Sr., and Juanita Galvez.

Amy loved music and studied it a lot! She earned a bachelor's degree from Centro Escolar University in Manila. Then, she went to De Pauw University in Indiana for her master's degree in music composition. She even studied for her PhD in music composition at Indiana University.

Later, Amy worked at Penn State University for 24 years. There, she created music for ballet dances. She was also one of the first members of the League of Filipino Composers, which started in 1955. Amada Santos-Ocampo passed away in San Jose, California.

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