AJ Francisco (b. 2000) is a Filipino-American composer and music teacher based in New York City, where she is currently pursuing a Master’s in Music Theory and Composition at New York University. Her composition mentors include Ezequiel Viñao, Stephen Coxe, and Adolphus Hailstork. Through her music, Francisco seeks to fuse the styles and concepts of Western and traditional Filipino music and to create narratives that engage audiences in new perspectives.

In 2025, Francisco was the recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Bart Howard Fund honorarium, and in 2022, she was awarded Honorable Mention in the National Association for Music Education’s Student Composers Competition for her art song “My life closed twice before its close”. She also won the Old Dominion University Young Artists Competition with her string orchestra piece “Matakot” in 2021. During her time at ODU, she was awarded the Outstanding Music Graduate Award and Summa Cum Laude. Francisco has had works performed by several ensembles across the United States, including the Rhythm Method and the ODU Symphony Orchestra. Francisco is a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society.