Bienvenido G. Yangco
Bienvenido G. Yangco was born in the Philippines. He began studying the
clarinet at age nine with his father. He was the principal clarinetist of
Malabon Band No.4, the Far Eastern University (FEU) Symphonic Band and the
Manila Symphony Orchestra.
His former teachers in the
Philippines
include Celso de Leon, Bernabe Biglang-awa, Adriano Mendoza, and Wilbur
Moreland (visiting John D. Rockefeller III faculty).In 1970, after obtaining
his Doctor of Medicine degree at FEU, Dr. Yangco was awarded the John D.
Rockefeller III Fellowship Grant which enabled him to study with Keith
Wilson at the Yale University School of Music. At Yale, he earned the
degrees of Master of Musical Arts in Performance and Master of Public
Health.
Dr. Yangco has performed with the Yale Collegium Musicum, the Yale
Symphony Orchestra and was the principal clarinetist of the Yale University
Concert Band from 1970 (including their European Tour) to 1977. He performed
extensively in chamber music concerts and solo recitals including a debut
solo recital at Carnegie Recital Hall in April 1971. He was a founding
member of the Chamber Orchestra of New England under James Sinclair.
In Tampa,
he was soloist and member of the USF Wind Ensemble and Silver Cornet Band.
He has been a pastoral musician at Sacred Heart Church
for over 25 years, at St. Josephs Church, and currently at the Nativity
Catholic Church in Brandon.
He is also the principal clarinetist of the Tampa Bay Symphony Orchestra
(performed von Webers Concerto No. 2 in February 1997), the Mostly Pops
Orchestra (performed von
Webers Concertino during their 2006 Christmas Concerts) and
regularly performs at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center with the Opera
Tampa Orchestra under Maestro Anton Coppola.
In December of 1995 he was invited to perform two solo recitals in the Philippines
which were broadcast on national television.
From 1979 to 1991, Dr. Yangco was a full time faculty member and at the College of Medicine
at the University
of South Florida. Since
1991, he has established an active private medical practice in the Tampa Bay
area as an Infectious Disease specialist He is also the director of the
Infectious Disease Research Institute, Inc. and a Clinical Associate
Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the
University
of South Florida.
He lives in
Brandon
with his wife, Jadyia.
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