 He is married to violinist Divina Francisco, and together they have two children; a son and a daughter.He has won the Aliw Award for Best Musical Director four times, and was inducted into the Aliw Hall of Fame in 2009.He has also won the Awit Award for Best Arrangement (recording industry award), and is twice a winner of the Philstage Gawad Buhay (Philippine musical theater) award for his work as musical director of the Manila stagings of West Side Story (Stages) and Sweeney Todd (Repertory Philippines).