Miguel Alvarado

Miguel Alvarado is a native of Tampa, Florida, and embarked on his professional music journey at the age of thirteen, initiating his performance career in the Tampa Bay area with various local RnB, Latin, and Rock groups. He is a graduate of both the University of North Florida and Middle Tennessee State University, where he received two first-place Downbeat Magazine Awards as a graduate student in the Small Group Jazz Composition and Jazz Vocal Arrangement categories. In 2020, Mr. Alvarado was honored with the Nashville Industry Music Awards Jazz Performance Award, coinciding with the release of his critically acclaimed album "Idile" on Ear Up Records—an international jazz label founded by the world-famous saxophonist and philanthropist Jeff Coffin. Since 2007 he has been dedicated to teaching music in the classroom, and currently teaches in the jazz department at MTSU.