Mark Anthony Carpio

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Mark Anthony Carpio
Birth name Mark Anthony A. Carpio
Origin Quezon City, Philippines
Genre(s) choral music, classical music, folk music, pop music
Occupation(s) conductor, composer, arranger, singer, pianist, professor,
Instrument(s) voice, piano
Years active 2001-present
Associated acts Philippine Madrigal Singers (also known as "the Madz")
Website (official Madz site)
(official faculty profile)


Mark Anthony Carpio is a choral conductor who is the present choirmaster of the Philippine Madrigal Singers. He is also a faculty member at the University of the Philippines College of Music in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.

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He graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1992 with a degree of Bachelor in Music (Major in Piano), cum laude, under two full scholarships. Soon after his graduation, he joined the faculty of the UP College of Music, initially with the Piano Department.

That same year (1992), he was invited to be a part of the Philippine Madrigal Singers (also known as the Madz), where he sang as a tenor. He was also part of the batch that won the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in 1997, under Prof. Andrea Veneracion. That same year, he was invited to be a part of the World Youth Choir, which held its rehearsals and performances for the summer session in Japan.

In 2001, Prof. Andrea Veneracion personally selected him to be her successor as the Choirmaster of the Madz. Under his leadership, the Madz embarked on a series of concert tours in the United States, Canada and Thailand. In the Madz's 2004 European Concert Tour, he lead the choir to its victory at the 2004 Certamenes Internacional Habaneras y Polifonia in Torrevieja, Spain, garnering two First Places for both categories. With that, this was also his first international choir competition. At the 2006 Florilege Vocal de Tours in Tours, France, he again lead the choir in winning the two First Places in the Mixed Vocal Ensemble Category and Free Program Category, the Prize of University Francois Rabelais (Renaissance Program) and the Grand Prix de la Ville de Tours (making them eligible for the 2007 European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in Arezzo, Italy). The Madz later won the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing, making them the first choir to win the European Grand Prix twice in the competition's history and currently the only Asian choir to do so.

He is currently a Lecturer at the Conducting Choral Ensemble Department of the UP College of Music. In addition, he also currently conducts the Kilyawan Boys Choir and the Pansol Community Choir. Furthermore, he is also a Vocal Accompanist, and a countertenor soloist.

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