Ronaldo V. Abarquez

Musical Director / Conductor

 Ron , as his colleages fondly call him , is a graduating scholar student of the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music , majoring in Voice. He is under the tutelage of Prof. Irma Ponce Enrile Potenciano 

He has been cast in several operas such as " ABA STO. NINO" by Fr. Manuel Maramba , " LA NAVAL" where he played the role of Sangley and " LA TRAVIATA" which was staged at Metropolitan Theatre. Ron also has television appearances to his credit in programs like Concert at the Park , Paco Park Presents and A Little Night of Music.

He was a member of the UST Coro Tomasino from 1995 to 1996. From there , he was picked to be a member of the VOCAL ENSEMBLE PHILIPPINES , a prestigious group of young classical singers. On July 1999 , he was selected from among hundreds of aspirants all over Asia to be a pioneer member of the Asian Youth Choir  and was sent to Niigata, Japan for their debut performances. And recently , he was again selected to be part of the male chorus in the " Student Prince " production of the Singapore Lyric Opera  under the baton of Lim Yau. It was staged at the Kallang Theatre in Singapore and ran from May 4 to 9 , 2000

Ron has had a number of singing groups under his skillful baton . Such are the DENR Chorale , the MUSIC MATRIX of BPI , the School of the Holy Spirit Glee Club ( of which he led to a runner-up victory in a competition), the LITURGIKON of the University of Sto. Tomas and ARS MUSICA. 

He has been the Musical Director of the Disciples Choir since 1991