Fernando Funk (a/k/a Raym Picardo). Raym studied classical music at the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music (Philippines) under a scholarship program. He also studied jazz music at Blue Bear School of American Music (San Francisco) and at Laney College (Oakland) for jazz ensemble and theory. He was awarded third prize for the National Song Writing Competition and third prize for the National Music Competition for Young Artist (flute category, both in the Philippines). He has written a musical score for a film about domestic workers in Japan. Raym has performed with the Community Music Center Symphony Orchestra as flutist and with Ed Kelly, Robert Stewart, Walter Savage, Kalil Hasheed, Urs Steiner, Allison Lovejoy, Flip Nuñez, Sugarpie Desanto, Melecio Magdaluyo, Joey Ayala, Kuh Ledesma, Basil Valex, Sasha Padilla, Christopher De Leon, Ethnic Faces, Sinag Lahi, Noel Cabagun, and Bernard Soler. He also freelances with different bands and musicians.
