Production

  • Composer / Executive Producer, Larry the Musical, dir. Billy Bustamante 2018 – present

  • Composer / Executive Producer, Bombahouse the Musical, in development with GAPA Theatre

Music Direction and Composition

  • San Francisco Arts Commission Artist Grantee 2022 - 2023

  • San Francisco Arts Commission, Individual Artist Commission, Grantee 2020 - 2021

  • Artist in Residence, Brava Theater, 2020 - present

  • Music Director, LIKHA Pilipino Folk Ensemble, 1998 - 2007

  • Music Director, PASACAT Philippine Performing Arts Company, 1992 - 1996

Recent Performed Works

  • Songs from Larry the Musical Workshop 2. Premiered on YouTube October 21 – 26, 2022. Songs: “Train,” “Gamblers and Hustlers,” “Yzzy & the Swampers,” “Protest,” “I’m Sorry But I’m Not Coming Home,” and “Watsonville & Stockton.” Produced by Brava Theater and Pink Parrot Studio LLC.

  • Songs from Larry the Musical Workshop 1. Premiered on YouTube October 19-21, 2021. Songs: “Follow the Ancestors,” “Where I Wanna Be,” “I Promise You,” “Landing,” “American Mary,” “Seven Fingers,” and “Protest.” Produced by Brava Theater and Pink Parrot Studio LLC.

  • “La Jota Resistencia” for rondalla string ensemble, voice, and percussion. Performed by the American Center of Philippine Arts (ACPA), July 21, 2019, Holy Names University, Valley Center for Performing Arts in Oakland, CA

  • “Soldados de Amor” and “Seguidilla” for rondalla. Performed by the LIKHA Philippine Folk Ensemble, September 28 and 29, 2019, Presidio Theatre, San Francisco, CA. My compositions continue to be performed during their mainstage and touring productions 1998 – present.

Music Theater Performance

  • “Flower Drum Song,” Wang Chi-Yang, Palo Alto Players, Dir. Lily Tung Crystal

  • “Allegiance,” Bay Area Premiere, Tatsuo Kimura, Contra Costa Civic Theatre, Dir. Lily Tung Crystal

  • “Candide,” Ensemble, Lamplighters Music Theatre, Dir. Phil Lowery

  • “Huni Ng Tandikan,” Chief, Kularts, Dir. Sydney Loyola

  • “ASWANG: Tagalog Song Cycle,” Syokoy (Merman), Kularts, Dir. Florante Aguilar

  • “Legally Blonde,” Swing, Diablo Theater Company, Dir. Gia Solari

  • “Chicago,” Ensemble, Contra Costa Civic Theatre, Dir. Derrick Silva

  • “Born and Raised,” Raheem, Berkeley Playhouse, Dir. Jon Tracy

  • “Jerry Springer the Opera,” Ensemble, Ray of Light Theatre, Dir. M. Graham Smith

  • “The Producers,” Ensemble, Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre, Dir. John Maio

  • “Curtains,” Ensemble, Diablo Theatre Company, Dir. Daren A.C. Carollo

  • “The Who’s Tommy,” Ensemble, Ray of Light Theatre, Dir. Shane Ray

  • “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” Ching Ho, Contra Costa Civic Theatre, Dir. Daren A.C. Carollo

  • “A Chorus Line,” Greg, Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre, Dir. Donna Olsen

  • “Guys & Dolls,” Angie the Ox, Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre, Dir. Kathleen Breedveld

  • “Miss Saigon,” Thuy, Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre, Dir. John Baiocchi

  • “Miss Saigon,” Assistant Commissar, Raven Theater, Dir. John DeGaetano

  • “West Side Story,” Indio, San Francisco State University, Dir. Erin-Kate Whitcomb

  • “The Coronation of Poppea,” Lucano, San Francisco State University, Dir. Alyssa Deeter

  • “Orpheus in the Underworld,” Mercury, San Francisco State University, Dir. Roy Conboy

  • “The Magic Flute,” Ensemble, San Francisco State University, Dir. Barbara Damashek

  • SF Ethnic Dance Festival, Music Director, LIKHA Pilipino Folk Ensemble, Dir. Rudi Soriano

Tours

  • American Choral Directors Association Conference, Anaheim, CA (2008) 

  • Making Waves Folk Dance Festival, Toronto (2007) 

  • SFSU Chamber Singers Tour, France (2006) 

  • International Folk Festival, Chateau Gombert, Marseille, France (2006)  

  • SFSU Chamber Singers Tour, Germany, Prague (2005)  

  • International Folk Festival, Nova Prata, Brazil (2005)  

  • SFSU Chamber Singers Tour, California, Oregon (2004)  

  • Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines (2001)

Recordings

  • Io Son La Primavera (2007), SFSU Chamber Singers

  • In Paradisum (2005), SFSU Chamber Singers

  • Dekada – 10th Anniversary (2002), LIKHA Pilipino Folk Ensemble

  • Magandang Pilipinas (1980) - Dir. Bayani Mendoza deLeon, PASACAT Philippine Performing Arts Company

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts, Music, San Francisco State University

  • Bachelor of Arts, Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego

Professional Experience

  • Chief Executive Officer Pink Parrot Studio LLC, Production Company 2021 - present

  • Director of Fund Development Filipino American Development Foundation 10/22 – present

  • Artist in Residence Brava Theater 1/20 - present

  • Director of Institutional Giving San Francisco Symphony 5/20 – 9/22

  • Director of Foundation Relations Earthjustice 1/18 – 4/20

  • Managing Director Bindlestiff Studio 11/05 – 8/07

  • Music Director/Dancer LIKHA Pilipino Folk Ensemble 1998 – 2007

  • Music Director/Dancer PASACAT Philippine Performing Arts Co. 1980 – 1996