[UPDATE]
Hello Everyone! Thank you very much for all my donors and supporters so far!
I'm entering my 3rd term already and finishing my 2nd year @Guildhall! Time flies so fast! but I'm still trying to finish and accomplish my target amount by May 2019. Hope you could help in anyway possible!
May you all have a wonderful day!
Thank you for reading!
Mark
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Hello everyone! I am MARK CHRISTIAN BAUTISTA, a Filipino Tenor currently studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, UK.
I joined the prestigious music conservatoire last September 2017 to pursue my music scholarship under the Ann Driver Trust Grant. I am eager to pursue my passion in classical/opera singing, it is a once in a lifetime opportunity for young Filipino classical singers like me who dreams big. I’m very privileged for this opportunity and very keen to develop my talent to be able to share and help others in their craft, and be one of the country’s pride in my chosen art form.
On September 2018, I will be entering my 2nd year course of Bachelor of Music in Vocal Studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, while participating in a number of competitions, concerts and recitals in the UK, and Europe throughout the year to promote Philippine music, culture and arts.
I am still raising funds, and my goal is to raise £3,750 (est. Php 262,000) more to cover all of the remaining school fees for the whole year. I will be forever grateful for your financial support in any amount possible.
Hope you can support a Filipino Artist! Thank you very much.
Mark Christian Bautista
Visit my social media accounts to learn more about me:
Facebook Page - fb.me/FilipinoTenor
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Who am I?
Born in the Philippines, emerging classical tenor Mark Bautista was the second prizewinner of the Pendine International Voice of the Future competition at the 72nd Llangollen International Musical Eistedfodd in Wales, UK and currently studying with Susan Waters at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
In Manila, he performed with Coro San Benildo, resident chorale of De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde under the leadership of Lorenzo Gealogo, and was part of the group when they won top prizes in national and international competitions that garnered citations from highly acclaimed adjudicators around the world.
He also concertized mainly with the Manila Symphony Orchestra as a tenor soloist, and part of the Viva Voce Voice Lab, a group of young classical opera singers performing different art songs, choruses and arias for concerts, events, and theatres in the Philippines under its Artistic Director, Filipino Mezzo-Soprano Camille Lopez-Molina.
Mark is also a recipient of “Most Outstanding Student Artist” award at the fourth Gawad Sinagtala, for exemplifying great talent and passion for music, given by the De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde.
Mark’s various stage experiences in Manila, Philippines includes concerts and performances at the Cultural Centre of the Philippines. In the UK, he sang in the 2018 production of British Youth Opera “The Rake’s Progress” by Igor Stravinsky. Recent Guildhall performance includes ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by Benjamin Britten for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Opera Course, and a debut professional performance for the 2019 production of ‘Porgy and Bess’ by George Gershwin with Grange Park Opera in Surrey, UK.
Mark is a scholar and a recipient of The Anne Driver Trust Grant and The Elizabeth Sweeting Award.
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The Guildhall School is a vibrant, international community of young musicians, actors and production artists in the heart of the City of London.
Rated Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework and ranked as the UK’s top conservatoire in the Guardian University Guide 2019 for Music , the School is a global leader of creative and professional practice which promotes innovation, experiment and research, with over 1,000 students in higher education, drawn from nearly 60 countries around the world.
The School is also the UK’s leading provider of specialist music training at the under-18 level with nearly 2,500 students in Junior Guildhall and the Centre for Young Musicians .
Source: https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/about_the_school/