Vico Bonoan

Student, Musician, and Artist in Philippines

Vico Bonoan

Student, Musician, and Artist in Philippines

Growing up, I was always interested in the realm of the arts, music and other forms of media. Every day as a kid, I would always watch my grandmother, an alumni of the UST Conservatory of Music, play the piano and practice her art songs. In our household, we were always listening to vinyls, CDs, and cassette tapes from my grandparents and parents' collection and that upbringing lead me to become a student musician, actor and pop culture enthusiast.

I began my formal education in the UST Conservatory of Music in 2018, taking up a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Theater. I also became an active member of the UST Coro Tomasino on the same year, and as of 2021, I was elected to become Vice President of the said choral group. To this day, I am a scholar of UST Coro Tomasino and I am grateful to continue working for the choir.

In my free time, I like to hang out in my home studio, practicing my Theater pieces and write and record songs, which I am yet to release to the public.

In our home studio, I've grown to love inviting and having some of my musician friends over to record and write songs, as well as jam together. Those experiences lead me to dream of putting up my own recording studio. Although our equipment are still on the commercial-end, the songs and recordings, as well as the memories attached to them have sentimental value to me, and I would love to create a space for that for other Filipino musicians.