菲律賓音樂從其本身南島語系的本土音樂傳統，經過近400年 (1565-1898) 西班牙歐洲音樂的深度洗禮，再經過美國近50年 (1898-1946) 統治的影響，把西方音樂正式引入學院制的教育體系，並透過現代化各種大眾傳播工具的廣度影響，使菲律賓一度成為西方古典與通俗音樂在亞洲的最佳代言人。歷經50年後的今天，菲律賓傳統的音樂文化幸得可以部分的保存下來，讓菲律賓的年輕一代認識自己的過去，對自身成長的土地增加一份認同感；一些學者與前輩的努力應該是發揮了一些作用。回顧菲律賓如何從自己傳統文化瀕臨消失的緊要關頭又找回了自己，又如何在新時代的文化變遷中，找出傳統與現代的結合，這是本文所要探討的問題。

Music in the Philippines, coming from an Austronesian tradition, was transformed by the European music influences through four centuries of Spanish colonial rule (1565-1898) and the development of institutionalized Western music education during five decades of US governance (1898-1946). Aided with the broad reach of modern communication technologies, the Philippines had once become the leading Asian authority in Western classical and popular music.Half a century has passed since the independence of the Philippines and part of the traditional music culture of the Philippines has been preserved through the efforts of its scholars and elders. Through the traditional music culture, the young generations in the Philippines are acquainted with their own past and bound closer to their homeland.This essay reviews the measures taken in the Philippines to salvage its identity when its traditional culture was on the verge of extinction and the Philippine passage towards the convergence of tradition and modernity in the evolving culture landscape.