Orlando is a Seattle-based musician, educator, and songwriter. 

He is currently Assistant Artistic Director for the Tacoma Refugee Choir and holds a Masters in Teaching from the University of Washington. He has over eighteen years of experience teaching music and theater and over thirteen years of experience as an arts administrator (Seattle Children’s Theatre, 2013-2015; The 5th Avenue Theatre, 2010-2013, 2015-2023) working to empower young people and build stronger communities. He is a Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project alum, a Jonathan Larson Grant finalist (2019, 2020, 2022), and recently received a 2024-25 National Fellowship from the Dramatist Guild Foundation. Favorite music direction credits include How to Break (2018, 2016), Great Wall (2012), and Cloaked (2011, 2010). 

Orlando also coordinates Rondalya sa Seattle, a Filipino American folkloric music ensemble and is a member of the Shades of Praise Gospel Choir at St. Therese Parish.