From left to right: Jude Roldan, Theresa Roldan
Internationally-published composer and arranger Jude Bautista Roldan graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music where he studied piano and choral conducting. His works are published by Hal Leonard and Pavane Music Publishing USA. His choral works Sanctus and Pin Pin de Sarapin has been named Editor's Choice in JW Pepper, one of the largest distributors of vocal and choral music in the world. These works have been recorded, premiered and performed in festivals and competitions around the world and was featured at the Pacific International Choral Festival gala concert and the Oregon Bach Festival On the House Concert in Eugene Oregon, USA.
Jude also holds the multifaceted position of music director, pianist, composer and arranger for the Hail Mary the Queen Children’s Choir. Together with his wife, Maria Theresa Vizconde-Roldan, their choir became the first-ever Children’s Choir of the World winner at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in North Wales, United Kingdom and Choir Olympic Champions at 3rd World Choir Games in Bremen, Germany.
As part of their advocacy to support and strengthen the children’s choral movement in the Philippines, he and his wife, together with the Ave Maria Children’s Choir Foundation, organized Halina’t Umawit! (Come, Let Us Sing!), an annual Philippine Children’s Choir Festival which started in 2009. Last August, their choir was invited as choir in residence at the 12th Cantemus International Choral Festival and Conducting Mastercourse in Nyíregyháza, Hungary and performed in a series of concert in Denmark organized by Danish Music Consort and the MidtVest Pigekor. Jude is a professorial lecturer at the Centro Escolar Conservatory of Music where he teaches Piano, Music Theory and Analysis, Arranging and Counterpoint.
As a sought-after clinician for children's choir, Theresa has been giving conducting master classes, choir clinics, and music education lectures and workshops around the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and USA. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education, cum laude at the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music, and finished her Master of Arts in Choral Conducting at the same university. She is now finishing her Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Education at Saint Paul University Manila and currently teaches Music Education, Conducting and Large Ensemble Class at the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music.
Her choral works have been have been published, performed and premiered at various choral festivals and competitions around the world. She was one of the featured composers at the 2015 Pacific International Choral Festival in Eugene, Oregon, USA. These works were published by Hal Leonard and Pavane Music Publishing USA. She was also commissioned to arrange the competition piece by CMLI Voices in Harmony in 2016.
To propagate Filipino choral music, Theresa, together with her husband Jude, arranges Filipino folksongs and writes choral music for children’s choirs. Recently, they organized Groundwork for Choirs, a series of choral workshops for conductors around the Southeast Asia and launched their book Groundwork for Part-Singing, a collection of short pieces to develop the readiness of choristers to sing in parts. She has also served as chairman for choir category at the National Music Competitions for Young Artists and has been invited to adjudicate in prestigious national and international choral festivals and competitions. Theresa is also Vice President for Projects of the Philippine Choral Directors Association.