Sidney Marquez Boquiren grew up in the Philippines and Saudi Arabia, spending most of his adult life in the United States. A MacDowell Fellow, Sidney teaches courses in music theory and composition as well as general education classes and directs the Improvisation Ensemble at Adelphi University in Garden City (New York) where he has previously served as the Chair of the Department of Music. He sings with the Ignatian Schola which serves the Jesuit Community of the Eastern Province, as well as at The Church of St. Francis Xavier in Manhattan, New York. As a composer, Sidney collaborates with artists on various projects including multi-media art; chamber opera; dance; and poetry.
As a practitioner of Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL), Sidney has written activities for use in the music theory classroom. He has also explored how to adapt POGIL principles and practices in general education and honors classes as well as in multi-disciplinary courses such as “Understanding Music: Bach, Beyoncé, and Beyond” and “Music & Christian Worship in Contemporary Culture”. Sidney regularly uses certain POGIL practices in terms of students working collaboratively in teams, having roles, reporting out, and learning through discovery in his various courses. Sidney has co-presented on POGIL in the music theory classroom and non-STEM fields at multiple conferences including Adelphi University’s annual Teaching & Learning Conference (January 2023); the College Music Society Northeast Chapter Conference (March 2023); and the NCAPP (July 2023).
Within the POGIL community, Sidney is an active participant with a strategic team to enact The POGIL Project’s Strategic Plan 3 (SP3). In the past, he has been interviewed for the POGIL Podcast; served as a reviewer for the POGIL Impact Award; and with other POGIL friends, he has also co-facilitated eSeries sessions. Most recently, he was a co-facilitator of the 2024 PNM Orientation and facilitator-in-training at the 3-Day Workshop at Simmons University this summer. Sidney is a member of Mar-lie & the Moogtones, The POGIL Project’s in-house band.
