Anton is a product of the University of the Philippines College of Music. Anton trained and conducted his college choir which consistently won the top prize in annual choral competitions.
He was Musical Director of the play “Man of La Mancha” for St. Paul’s College in Iloilo City, Philippines. He later led his family of eight through a decade of local and international appearances and concerts as a family band, on TV and on live stage, where they performed in more than 500 shows in the Philippines, Japan, Bahrain, and Dubai. He then founded The Aquatones and for twenty years performed with them in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Oman and Pakistan for private functions and public concerts. He also performed as piano soloist for 5-star hotels, wedding receptions, birthday parties and many other private and public events.
Anton has produced his own albums of instrumental compositions, piano and voice covers, using his excellent knowledge of Digital Audio Workstations like Logic Pro X for sound engineering and mixing, together with his piano, compositional and vocal skills. He created and designed his own websites for personal and professional purposes, to showcase his productions. He became an accredited piano teacher for the Trinity College of Music in London, England for ten years, taking most of his students to Distinction marks in their bi-annual international examinations. His pop voice students have earned international accolades as well, three of whom bagged championship trophies in various talent competitions, namely the TFC Pop Star Middle East in 2004, the World Championships of Performing Arts in Los Angeles in 2009 and the Talentadong Pinoy Worldwide in 2013.
Knowing that not all students desire to pursue a career as concert pianists or international recording artists, Anton creates a custom-made program of study for each of them according to their wants and needs. The materials he uses consist mostly of his own first-rate piano arrangements aimed at a particular student’s musical level, transcribed and printed with MakeMusic Finale for the professional look. He builds on effective sight-reading in order to one day make his students independent musicians. Anton\'s ear-training methods are unique, built upon the methods he used for himself which have made him able to play almost anything he hears for the first time. Anton is both a perfectionist and an exceptionally patient teacher. Because of his passion for teaching, students will better realize their musical goals faster and more effectively with him as the guide for their private music lessons.
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