A persistent search for new music and job opportunities in the broader global creative arena has enabled many Filipino and Filipino-born musicians and composers to seek further education abroad and dwell in some of Europe's most important musical cities, such as London, Paris, and Berlin. It is possible that their contribution to Philippine music will be one of enrichment, as they will open the door to a broader widening of music and musical ideas in a world that is becoming more globalized and

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... post-modern. It may well serve as a bridge that allows the West to delve even deeper into Asia and Asia's ancient musical practices in search of enrichment and musical inspiration in the search for a "newer" and post-modern music that may well become one of many new kinds of music heard in a globalized and post-modern world, and it may well become one of many new kinds of music heard in a post-modern world. Because of the vast number of possibilities and perspectives available, postmodernism is difficult to comprehend and define. Moreover, the assumption of Western individualism as a worldview assumption may have an impact on how these young Filipino composers in the diaspora understand their work and the process of creating music. It is difficult to tell if there is a true and conscious endeavor to make their music patriotic on the part of the musicians. However, there are elements of influence from Asia or the homeland that may be heard in the works of Fifth Wave composers. The most notable distinction between the approaches to music used by third and fourth-wave composers is the former's intentional and purposeful endeavor to seek out and materialize or actualize a new musical expression employing Asian themes from their cultural backyards.