Born in Manila, Philippines, Sidney Marquez Boquiren studied composition with Michael Schelle, Stephen Jaffe, and Scott Lindroth. His music has been performed in Belgium, Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, the USA, Japan, Australia, and various Southeast Asian countries, including at the Asian Composers League Festival in Manila, Philippines and twice at the Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Amsterdam. Recently completed projects include commissions from the male vocal quintet ensemble amarcord (Leipzig, Germany), the instrumental quintet NOISE (San Diego, California), and the Scandinavaian choral ensemble, Voces Nordicae (Stockholm, Sweden). The New York-based new music group Orchestra of Our Time will be premiering a new work in December 2006. His next large-scale work is an evening-length staged production for Anne La Berge, Ayelet Harpaz, and Schlagwerkgroep Den Haag (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), scored for amplified flutes, amplified voice, percussion ensemble, and electronics, to be premiered in 2007. He is currently Assistant Professor in Music at Adelphi University.