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Marco Polo Ignacio (Musician)
Hailing from the municipality of Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines, he graduated at the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music with a degree of Bachelor in Music, Major in Composition.

He first learned the piano at age 5 and took the violin as his main instrument at age 7. He enrolled first as a violin major in the conservatory, and later shifted to composition in his third year (also taken some music education units), due to his growing interest in arranging, orchestration and composition.

He held his graduation recital at UST, dated Oct 1, 2007, with notable success, under Professor Manuel Maramba and Antonio Africa.

As he was studying, he learned to notate scores using Finale software and encoded the orchestral parts of the operas Eugene Onegin (2006) of UST and Susannah (2006) of U.P. He was commissioned on encoding pieces, such as kundiman music and compilations of religious music.

Making extra income as a wedding violinist with SJT Strings, he notated lead sheets for the wedding instrumental group and later for his music ensemble. That started his instrumental lead sheet compendium which began in 2006. Also in 2006, he was made as the district rondalla instructor of Sta. Maria, Bulacan. The rondalla of the municipality of Sta. Maria is later transferred to Brgy. Sta Cruz Elementary School, located in a remote barangay in Sta. Maria, Bulacan.

Taking the necessary education units, he took and passed the Licensure Exams for Professional Teachers (Secondary) on March 11, 2012. In May 2013, he was employed as an elementary teacher at Sta. Maria Central School.

As a songwriter, he wrote the song “When God Made A Way” in 2015, later re-interpreted by GSeven Band in 2017, and is now becoming a famous wedding song in the Philippines. He is also the violinist of the pop-rock band Hey Jace and is a session recording violinist, notably in the song of Join The Club’s “Langit ‘Pag Kapiling Ka.”

In 2018, he transferred his station to Fortunato F. Halili National Agricultural School (FFHNAS), teaching under the Special Program for the Arts Department (Music). Then in late 2018 and early 2019, he arranged several popular music for rondalla namely: Titibo-Tibo, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Mundo and Buwan. The rondalla’s video performance of “Mundo” went viral and was featured in 24 Oras (GMA 7 news program); it was also shared in various news pages in Facebook and blogs, making the school rondalla of FFHNAS well-known. The following school year, they played “Star Wars Medley”, “Game of Thrones Medley” and the pop song “Ikaw at Ako”, paving the way for their TV guesting at UNTV’s “Good Morning Kuya” and “Talentado Ka” segment of TV5.