Edgardo "Ed" Lumbera Manguiat
ED MANGUIAT, the Founder and Conductor of the University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors (UPSA), has led the UPSA to win Grand Prizes, First Prizes and other Top Prizes in prestigious choral competitions in Arezzo & Gorizia, ITALY; Debrecen, HUNGARY; Tours, FRANCE; Varna, BULGARIA; Langollen, WALES; Neuchatel, SWITZERLAND; Torrevieja and Cantonigros, SPAIN; Sopot, POLAND; Trenscianske Tiplice, SLOVAKIA; Maasmechelen, BELGIUM; Wernigerode, GERMANY; Arnhem, the NETHERLANDS and Prague & Pardubice, the CZECH REPUBLIC.
Winning the Grand Prize in the most prestigious Guido d' Arezzo Competitions in 2001 qualified UPSA to represent ITALY and the PHILIPPINES in the 14th EUROPEAN GRAND PRIZE FOR CHORAL SINGING in 2002.
Ed received the Dirigentenpreis (Conductor's Award) in the 2001 Johannes Brahms International Choir Competitions in GERMANY. As a member of the International Federation on Choral Music (IFCM), he attended classes/workshops under international choral masters like the world-renowned Eric Ericson of SWEDEN, among others, in the 1st & 4th World Symposium on Choral Music in Vienna, AUSTRIA and Sydney, AUSTRALIA in 1987 & 1986. respectively.As a student of the U.P. College of Music, he earned the best mentorship under Prof. ANDREA O. VENERACION (U.P. Madrigal Singers), DR. JOEL NAVARRO (Ateneo College Glee Club), Prof. REY PAGUIO (U.P. Concert Chorus) and opera singers Prof. AURELIO ESTANESLAO, Prof. ELMO MAKIL and Prof. FIDES CUYUGAN-ASENCIO. Ed also enrolled at the UST Conservatory of Music under Dean RAUL SUNICO nad worked with Prof. FIDEL CALALANG of the UST Singers.
Being at the helm of UPSA for thirty (30) years, he has created and formulated specific vocalizations for curing and improving voices of non-singers. As a conductor, clinician or workshop moderator, Ed has handled almost fifty (50) corporate, church and community chiors which have also been recipients of this training.As a composer, he has collaborated with three (3) National Artists - Maestro LUCIO SAN PEDRO, Dr. BIENVENIDO LUMBERA and Dr. VIRGILIO ALMARIO either as lyricist or as composer. His works include several hymns and inspirational songs (for choirs and soloists) for his church (INC) and other institutions, namely "Ipagdiwang, Kanyang Kaningningan", "Sing for Me", and "Mga Bayani Nitong Bayan", among others. He also composed one of the themes in the internationally-acclaimed film "Magnifico".
Ed was nominated and inducted to the Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society following the recognitions he received from the Rotary Club of Manila and the DSWD (2007) for his voluntary works for the less privileged. He received recognitions from the Rotary Club and the City Government of Lipa in 2008, the Golden Achievers' Award in Lipa City's 50th Anniversary Celebrations (1997) following an award as the Most outstanding Lipeño in the Field of Music (1993). Ed is an alumnus of the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus (UPCC) and holds a degree in BS Hotel and Restaurant Administration, also from the University of the Philippines.
Winning the Grand Prize in the most prestigious Guido d' Arezzo Competitions in 2001 qualified UPSA to represent ITALY and the PHILIPPINES in the 14th EUROPEAN GRAND PRIZE FOR CHORAL SINGING in 2002.
Ed received the Dirigentenpreis (Conductor's Award) in the 2001 Johannes Brahms International Choir Competitions in GERMANY. As a member of the International Federation on Choral Music (IFCM), he attended classes/workshops under international choral masters like the world-renowned Eric Ericson of SWEDEN, among others, in the 1st & 4th World Symposium on Choral Music in Vienna, AUSTRIA and Sydney, AUSTRALIA in 1987 & 1986. respectively.As a student of the U.P. College of Music, he earned the best mentorship under Prof. ANDREA O. VENERACION (U.P. Madrigal Singers), DR. JOEL NAVARRO (Ateneo College Glee Club), Prof. REY PAGUIO (U.P. Concert Chorus) and opera singers Prof. AURELIO ESTANESLAO, Prof. ELMO MAKIL and Prof. FIDES CUYUGAN-ASENCIO. Ed also enrolled at the UST Conservatory of Music under Dean RAUL SUNICO nad worked with Prof. FIDEL CALALANG of the UST Singers.
Being at the helm of UPSA for thirty (30) years, he has created and formulated specific vocalizations for curing and improving voices of non-singers. As a conductor, clinician or workshop moderator, Ed has handled almost fifty (50) corporate, church and community chiors which have also been recipients of this training.As a composer, he has collaborated with three (3) National Artists - Maestro LUCIO SAN PEDRO, Dr. BIENVENIDO LUMBERA and Dr. VIRGILIO ALMARIO either as lyricist or as composer. His works include several hymns and inspirational songs (for choirs and soloists) for his church (INC) and other institutions, namely "Ipagdiwang, Kanyang Kaningningan", "Sing for Me", and "Mga Bayani Nitong Bayan", among others. He also composed one of the themes in the internationally-acclaimed film "Magnifico".
Ed was nominated and inducted to the Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society following the recognitions he received from the Rotary Club of Manila and the DSWD (2007) for his voluntary works for the less privileged. He received recognitions from the Rotary Club and the City Government of Lipa in 2008, the Golden Achievers' Award in Lipa City's 50th Anniversary Celebrations (1997) following an award as the Most outstanding Lipeño in the Field of Music (1993). Ed is an alumnus of the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus (UPCC) and holds a degree in BS Hotel and Restaurant Administration, also from the University of the Philippines.
