Grupo Fantasia Biography:
Angel Wagner, musical director of Grupo Fantasia and master percussionist,
plays more than 30 instruments. Angel has studied at the Harbor
Arts Academy
in New York, The Berklee College of Music in Boston and in the 1990’s, tutored on congas under Grammy
nominee, Giovanni Hidalgo.
Currently, Angel is a band leader, percussion teacher, director of the Wagner
Multicultural Workshop and percussionist in his band Grupo Fantasia.
Originally from the Dominican
Republic, Angel began his career playing
with a cheese grater and fork! At age eleven, Angel went on professional tour
with a Merengue band, later performing in Miami
and at Madison Square
Garden in New York. Angel has performed with such groups as "Aramis Camilo", Orquestra
Cafe", "Luis Ovalles" and "Manguito".
Angel formed Grupo Fantasia in 1993, with
musicians from all around the world. Over the years, Fantasia has performed at
the "Calle Ocho" festival in Miami,
as well as touring extensively throughout the Northeast. His performances
include a multitude of schools, universities, colleges, fundraisers, private
functions and musical galas, affording him to team up with the most exclusive
event coordinators and party planners in New England.
