Marco attended Rutgers University where he studied music theory with New York composer Philip Corner and jazz guitar and improvisation with the late Ted Dunbar. He spent many years as a journeyman guitarist, guitar teacher, songwriter and bandleader, performing continually in local and European venues, and releasing a few recordings along the way. More recently, he studied conga drumming and Afro-Cuban percussion in New York City with Latin music great Bobby Sanabria.
Marco pursues the practice and study of sacred sound - the use of sound as a medium for healing and spiritual evolution. He created XUMANTRA as a vehicle for new music using instruments from the world’s sacred sound traditions, most notably, Tibetan singing bowls and gongs.
Along the way on his sonic and musical quest, Marco has assembled an impressive collection of bowls, bells, gongs, drums, percussion, and strings from exotic traditions that he uses in the XUMANTRA project. His work with these instruments represents a fusion of the musical and spiritual paths.