Organizations/Performing Group:

Philippine Madrigal Singers, choirmaster, 2001-present
Madz Schola Cantorum, artistic director, 2017-present
Kilyawan Consortium of Voices, artistic director, 2010-present
Pansol Choir, conductor, 1997-present
Philippine Choral Directors Association, member, 2008-present
Philippine Society for Music Education, member, 2021
International Federation for Choral Music, member, 1996-present

Awards and Recognition:

Dangal ng Lipi ng Bulacan for Arts and Culture, Provincial Government of Bulacan, 2014
With the PHILIPPINE MADRIGAL SINGERS Most Influential (Culture List), Tatler Philippines, 2021
SUDI Awardee, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2021
Finalist, European Grand Prix for Choral Singing, Tolosa, Spain, 2017
Ani ng Dangal, National Commission for Culture and Arts, 2017 & 2009
64th Concorso Polifonico Guido d’Arezzo, Arezzo, Italy, 2016
Gran Premio Citta d’Arezzo
1st Prize, Category 1A Obligatory Program
1st Prize, Category 1 Sacred Music Program
1st Prize, Category 4 Monographic Program
2nd Prize, Category 3 Secular Music Program
Listening Committee’s Choice, Folk Music Category
Listening Committee’s Choice and Public Choice, Pop Song Category
Special Prize, Best performance of a Renaissance piece
Guest Choir, American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) National Conference, Dallas, Texas, 2013
Guest Choir, 7th America Cantat, Bogota, Colombia, 2013
The BrandLaureate Premier Award (World’s Best Choral Ensemble), Asia Pacific Brands Foundation, Penang, Malaysia, 2012
Guest Choir, 9th IFCM World Symposium for Choral Music, Puerto Madryn, Argentina, 2011
Artists for Peace, UNESCO, Paris, France, 2009
International Alumni Achievers Award, University of the Philippines Alumni Association, 2008
Winner, European Grand Prix for Choral Singing, Arezzo, Italy, 2007
Lifetime Achievement Award, ALIW Awards, Manila, Philippines, 2006
Florilege Vocal de Tours, Tours, France, 2006
Grand Prix de la Ville de Tours
1st Prize, Category III Mixed vocal ensembles
1st Prize, Category IV Free program
Prize of University François Rabelais (Program Renaissance)
50th Certamen Internacional de Habaneras y Polifonia, Torrevieja, Spain, 2004
First Prize, Habaneras
Prize First Prize, Polyphony Prize



In 2001, Prof. Andrea O. Veneracion, National Artist for Music, chose Mark to succeed her as choirmaster of the Philippine Madrigal Singers. Since then, he has continuously led the already much-awarded choir to even greater heights, including placing first in several prestigious choral competitions in Europe. Under his leadership, the group has been invited as guest choir in several international choral conferences in the USA and South America, among others.

Mark has been frequently invited to give keynote addresses by prestigious international choral organizations such as the Singapore International Choral Festival, Satya Dharma Gita Choir Festival (Indonesia), Busan Choral Festival & Competition (Korea), Taiwan Choral Association, St. Angela Children and Youth Choir Festival (Indonesia), Belt and Road World Choir Festival (Hong Kong), The National Collegiate Choral Organization National Conference (Louisiana, USA), Festival 500 Sharing The Voices (Canada), Lithuanian Conductors Summer Academy, and the Cantus Angelicus, Festival of Choirs (Malaysia). He has also given online workshops for the Penang Philharmonic Chorus, the University of Arizona ACDA Graduate Chapter, the Coral Brahms Colombia, Bridge Choral Collective Canada, and the University of Minnesota Duluth.

In the Philippines, he regularly collaborates with the Philippine Choral Directors Association, the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, for music and choral education programs. He heads the Andrea O. Veneracion Sing Philippines Foundation, which spearheads choral music development initiatives including the Sing Philippines Youth Choir, whose singers come from all over the country.

Mark has adjudicated in different choral festivals and competitions around the world, including Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, Italy and Latvia. Locally, he has been the chairman of the board of jurors of the biennial Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Festival and the 1st Asia Choral Grand Prix (2019).

Mark has been invited as guest conductor of the Crystal Children’s Choir (Taiwan), Taipei Ladies Singers, Taipei Philharmonic Youth Choir and the 1st Indonesia Youth Choir. He also directs the Consortium of Voices, a choral society of young choristers, consisting of the Kilyawan Boys Choir, Kilyawan Male Choir and the Voces Auroræ Girls Choir.