Name: TIBOK NG PUSO
Start: 2026-06-14T19:00:00+08:00
Location: Sampaguita Gardens Events Place

The Xavier School Batch 83 Foundation celebrates it's 25th year with a fund-raising concert "Tibok Ng Puso". An evening of kundiman, folk songs, and sarsuela as interpreted by Myramae Meneses, soprano, Belford King Mabunga, baritone and Dingong Fiel, piano.
The Xavier School Batch 83 Foundation helps out the marginalized sector of society, primarily the St. Francis Learning Center in Zambales. Each year, members troop to Zambales to distribute supplies, offer medical services as well as help out in constructing classrooms for the AETA community.
Proceeds from this event will benefit this and other charitable projects of the Foundation.
�: 7 pm Saturday, June 14, 2026.
�: Sampaguita Gardens, 36 Valencia St. Barangay Valencia, Quezon City, Philippines.
�: P 5,000.00 per person. Limited seating.
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Artists profile :
MYRAMAE MENESES has made history as the first Filipino soprano to graduate from the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, one of the top 10 music schools globally. In 2018, she earned a Master of Music Performance Degree in Vocal Studies with Distinction and was awarded a 2-year scholarship by Guildhall. Her academic journey began in 2014, when she graduated with a Bachelor of Music, majoring in vocal studies at St. Scholastica's College, under the Sr. Baptista Battig Scholarship and the guidance of her voice teachers, soprano Camille Lopez-Molina and tenor Pablo Molina.
Myramae has proudly represented the Philippines in various international competitions. In 2012, she secured 2nd place in the Jovita Fuentes Vocal Competition in Manila. Her breakthrough came in 2010 when she won the top prize in the National Music Competition for Young Artists (Category C) as the youngest competitor. She has received numerous nominations for Best Female Classical Singer and Best Actress at the Aliw Awards and Gawad Buhay Awards.
Since 2011, Myramae has been a prominent figure in the performing arts industry, taking on numerous solo roles in operas, musicals, and concerts. She has also been a featured soloist with esteemed orchestras such as the Manila Symphony Orchestra, Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Manila Philharmonic Orchestra, and ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra.
Myramae's stellar performance in the musical Ibarra earned her the Aliw Awards 2023 for Best Lead Actress, where she starred opposite Piolo Pascual.
Last October 2024, she was part of PROGETTO PUCCINI, a highly successful masterclass and workshop led by world-renowned Italian tenor Fabio Armiliato, which culminated in a concert entitled AMORE IN ARIE. In November 2024, she sang a brilliant Musetta in the outreach performance of La Bohème in Silliman University’s famed Luce Auditorium in Dumaguete City.
In May 2025, Myramae reprised the role of Musetta in La Bohème at the Liceo de Cagayan de Oro University. As a proud member of the Viva Voce Voice Lab, Myramae along with her colleagues plan to continue expanding opera's reach throughout the Philippines.
Myramae Meneses continues to inspire and elevate the Filipino presence in the global music scene with her exceptional talent and dedication to her craft.
BELFORD KING MABUNGA is a classically trained baritone who holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the Philippine Women’s University College of Music, where he studied under Mrs. Mercedes Dugan. From 2011 to 2018, he was a full scholarship awardee of the Klassikal Music Foundation (KMF), founded by Dr. George T. Yang. During his tenure at KMF, Belford performed principal soloist roles in all the foundation’s major productions and was mentored by renowned international baritone Andrew Fernando.
His operatic credits include the role of the Commissioner in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Cultural Center of the Philippines under Maestro Ruggero Barbieri, a production co-sponsored by Rustan’s and the Italian Embassy. He has also appeared in Manon Lescaut with the Singapore Lyric Opera and in Fidelio with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Belford was a featured soloist in Discover Opera at the CCP and made his debut with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra in 2017 at the Makiling Sunset Concert Series, performing arias and ensembles from beloved operatic works.
In addition to his classical pursuits, he performed in Pinoy Playlist at Maybank Theater, BGC, as part of Metropolitan Stage and Artists, a group of opera singers founded by Andrew Fernando.
A passionate music minister, Belford currently serves as Music Director and Choir Director of the Moonlight Hymnaires, the music ministry arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Taguig City, where he leads worship through sacred choral and instrumental music. He is also a committed music educator — a flautist, voice and piano teacher, and vocal coach.
Belford is currently pursuing his Master of Music in Voice Performance under Dr. Marvin Gayramon. Beyond the stage and classroom, he is also an accomplished volleyball coach, actively training the men’s and women’s varsity teams of the Philippine Women’s University.
DINGDONG FIEL is a concert pianist, composer, musical director/orchestra conductor, vocalist and educator. He holds the distinction of performing 12 solo piano concerts in 2023. A feat never done before on Philippine soil.
He earned his Bachelor of Music Degree from the UST Conservatory of Music and was the recipient of the RECTOR'S AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE having obtained the HIGHEST ACADEMIC AVERAGE of the entire course, as well as the BENAVIDES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT. He finished his post graduate studies (Weiterbildendes Certificate) at the FRANZ LISZT Hochschule für Musik in Weimar, Germany Solo Piano and Chamber Music under the academy’s rector - Prof. Rolf-Dieter Arens as well as vocal accompaniment with Prof. Karl Peter Kammerlander.
He has garnered a total of 5 first prize wins from various piano competitions. Through sponsors like the Friends of The Philippines Society USA Inc., Deutsche Post, the UST Alumni Organization, Thueringer Aufbau Bank, Sparkasse Thueringen, The New Liszt Foundation, and various Philippine Embassies all over the globe, Dingdong was able to perform in a series of piano concerts around Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the USA - in Spain, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Guam, China, Japan, and Bahrain, among other countries.
Dingdong usually performs his own compositions in his concerts, the most recent was at a tour in Japan where he premiered his Preludes for solo piano- “Nuestro Mundo”. He has also composed music for foreign films that were entries to International Film Festivals - “THE GREEK MIRACLE" (2011), Three Spanish films - "PILAR GUERRA" (2011), “DON JUAN TENORIO” (2015), “LA REVOLTOSA” (2016) and the most recent - “JEAN D’ARC” the french film entry to the 2018 International Silent Film Festival Manila where he composed an hour and thirty-four minutes of music to accompany the famous film classic. This prompted silent film expert and critic - Teddy Co to exclaim that his scoring of the film was “the best version he has seen so far”.
Dingdong also attracted the attention of noted composers who were moved to write music specifically for him. These include music written by composer John Luke Jose for solo piano, a piano composition by Spanish pianist and composer Michael Davidov and "5 Pieces For Dingdong" which was composed specifically for him.
As Musical Director/Orchestra Conductor he was involved in various theater and opera productions such as Repertory Philippines' Manila staging of the musical "NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY", Ryan Cayabyab’s rock opera - "LORENZO”, the Manila run of the famous musical "INTO THE WOODS”, and Menotti’s thriller opera - THE MEDIUM, to name a few, as well as numerous classical, jazz, rock and pop concerts.
Dingdong is the songwriter and lead vocalist of the band - HARI. The band debuted at the biggest Original Pilipino Music gathering of 2018, The OPM pinoy playlist 2018. Their single - “Pa’no Umibig Muli” is already out on all digital platforms (i.e Spotify, Itunes, Amazon, Google music). New songs will be released this year by the band. He is currently the lead vocalist and songwriter of the group BLUE VIOLET BLUE.
In this pandemic, despite the quarantine protocols in place, it was still very eventful for Dingdong’s singing career. Through numerous videos posted on social media pages, people noticed and he was eventually invited by an association of singers based in the US to do an online singing fundraiser entitled- Quaran-Sing. The week after the said concert, a big producer based in New York also booked him an interviewed/live performance singing his original songs at WISH USA 107.5.
As a mentor and collaborative artist, he has worked with hundreds of instrumentalists and singers from all over the world for more than two decades.