Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson is a freelance multi-instrumentalist/arranger/composer/music director/producer/educator residing both in Los Angeles, California and Brooklyn, New York. As a violist he has appeared with Outkast at the Kid’s Choice Awards on the Nickolodean Channel, Rihanna on the Jay Leno Show and at the 2007 American Music Awards, Christina Aguilera on her 2006 MTV special ‘Back to Basics’ and with John Legend and Kirk Franklin at the 2008 B.E.T. Gospel Celebration. He has also appeared with Shakira, Wyclef Jean, and Gnarls Barkley at the 2007 Grammy Awards, and with Hall and Oates on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Extra, and The Megan Mullally Show. Miguel has had his own segments devoted to him on the Disney Channel and KCET. Miguel graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in viola performance and has performed in orchestral settings with Wayne Shorter, Stevie Wonder, John Williams, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Roy Hargrove, Ray Brown, Brad Mehldau, Quincy Jones, James Galway and Henry Mancini among many others. As a studio musician he has recorded for Dr. Dre, John Cale, Barry Manilow, Joss Stone, Michael Buble, Rene Olmstead, Common, Randy Jackson, Travis Tritt, Rafael Saadiq, and on Ray Charles’ grammy winning album ‘Genius Loves Company’. As a jazz soloist Miguel has played alongside Hubert Laws, Billy Higgins, Brian Blade, Buster Williams, and Patrice Rushen and has performed at the Blue Note in New York. Miguel has very diverse interests and performs/tours and records with ensembles ranging from tango, electronica, avante-garde jazz, classical, hip-hop, to pop music.