Founder of Center for Pop Music Philippines Dies

My deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Mr. Butch Albarracin. I was trained at the Centre at the age of 14 and became one of the vocal coaches at the head office at Quezon City, Philippines year 1989 for a short period of time. Rest in peace.



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Center for Pop Music founder dies

(abs-cbnNEWS.com)

MANILA, Philippines – The founder of the Center for Pop Music Philippines, a pop music school, passed away on September 16 due to lung cancer. He was 64.The remains of Butch Albarracin, who passed away at the Makati Medical Center, lie in state at Sanctuarium in Quezon City. He will be interred on September 24 at 10:30 a.m. at Himlayang Pilipino in QC.Albarracin, who was a band leader in the early 1980s, put up the Center for Pop Music Philippines 23 years ago to provide voice and stage performance trainings.According to the Philippine Marketing Association (PMA), to which Albarracin was a part of, he ran the center “with the same hands-on passion.”“He was generous with staff incentives. He used to give cash rewards for various meritorious achievements, from meeting sales targets to having a perfect attendance for the whole year. He believed that we all have potential to be better than what we are presently and it is our task and responsibility to polish and enhance our God-given talents,” the group said.The center has now 4,000 students with 20 branches all over Metro Manila.