miguelfenton

Online status:

Offline

Last login:

11.05.2008

Member since:

15.08.2007

Name:

miguel fenton

Hometown:

montreal quebec

Internet:

http://www.miguelfenton.net

Occupation:

musicien

About Me:

Miguel Fenton, who studied music at the Santo Domingo Conservatory and is originally from the Dominican Republic, took instrument making classes and studied in a variety of percussion workshops in Cuba, Haiti and with Alto Moreida (Brazillian Percussion).
In 1975, he was a percussionist with the Santo Domingo music conservatory orchestra, the Dominican folk ballet, and the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival. Mostly interested in his country’s musical roots, from 1982 to 1985 he lead the Raices band (jazz and Dominican folklore influenced music) along with many concerts of experimental blends of percussion.

Since his arrival in Montreal, Miguel Fenton performed and has become popular in most of Quebec and Ontario festivals such as the Montreal Jazz Festival, Coup de Cœur Francophone, Drummondville’s Folk Festival, Cowansville Festival, Toronto’s Hispano Festival and Ottawa’s Festival. He has played percussion with different Latin, African, Haitian, Italien, Latin jazz and commercial bands. In 1997, after many appearances on télévision and radio shows (Radio Canada…) Fenton won the prize for latin percussionist with the best visibility with the Latin and Quebec public. He was a regular guest on téléRitmo, a show about Afro-Dominican folklore and the variety of Latino-American instruments. He recorded the percussion section for Carlos Ferrand movie CUEVO.