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MARCO E. DIZON

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(“Music is the reflection of your soul”)

Marco Estabillo Dizon was born 1969,Yokusuka, Japan. He came from a Filipino family with a strong musical background. He started piano at the age of 7 years old. His instructor’s name was Mr. Abas. He received the “Best Student Award” and various certificates of achievement.
At the age 8, He had performed for the Great famous pianist "Van Cliburn" himself along with his numberous audiences at the Northwoods Mall area. His second piano teacher Fred Sabbach recommended him to Professors Charles and Rumaine to take lesson with them at the College of Charleston at the age of 13. In 1994, He pursued classical and Flamenco guitar playing at age 14 and started to compose. At 18, He started to play in high school Heavy Metal bands and pursed playing the piano again. He also won the state guitar competition at Manning, South Carolina in 1991.

Despite his rich musical background, Marco had never majored in Music but decided to try a diffrent field like Communication Arts , Printing,and Broadcasting at the Trident College. As a student, Marco came across a producer named Samuel T. Whatley. He was asked to compose an old classical theme rag piano style for one of his puppeteer skits. As he finished a deadline within 3 days. SamWhatley Production had hired him. In 1994, He had worked in a production called”SamWhatley Production.”
He was the composer for the children’s video called “Bubble Blast.”
Had written background music for a radio show called “High Noon.”
He also composed a piece for the" Lundell Project" demo video.
Finally, he composed music for a video that was going to be released in MTV video festival called “The Existence of Man”. In 1995, He performed at a commercial for Keys to Music. He was playing one of his Broadway Jazz compositions called” The Waning Moontide.” The production was called Osprey Productions. He performed at the Fil-Am Community show and awarded "Best Showmanship Award".

In 1996, played piano and composed for many weddings and receptions for the Church of Christ. That same year, he composed a guitar solo for a theater script to promote “Flagstone Jeans.” The producer of the skit was well known playwrite of the East Coast Region named Lou White. In 1997, He was chosen by Charleston Place Hotels Marketing Manager to play at the lounge part time and also for wedding receptions at the banquet floor he also won a $100 1st prize for the companies talent show. 6/1/00, He played all his arranged pieces at the Charleston River Dogs Stadium promoting a lawfirm Company all season.

When Marco moved to the D.C. Metropolitan area in October 2000. As He lost all connections from Charleston South Carolina along with all promoters and musicians and was forced to work hard due to higher expenses in the city. Never practiced piano for 4 years nor bought one until 2005 when he was inspired with Latin Jazz, Cumba, Salsa, Bosa Nova. It was a gradual inspiration for him from the previous friends he met back in 2001: One was a Paraguaian Guitarist, Ceasar, whom he made several apperances at the Kennedy Center; French Jazz composer Bernard ; the Carnige Hall performer, Classical Guitarist, Bernadette. He started to compose again but with a South American and smooth jazz flavor. He is now back in his feet with "Nightmoves" performing as a pianist.