Miguel Govea
Bandleader, arranger, trumpeter, accordionist, vocalist, and recording artist - Miguel Govea offers the best in Latin music for any event. In the San Francisco Bay area for the last 25 years, he has led and accompanied various musical ensembles, including:
Los Compas
La Familia Peña-Govea
Cascada de flores
Latido
Los Peludos
Francisco Herrera
Dr. Loco’s Rockin’ Jalapeño Band
Agustín Lira and Alma
Los Otros
He plays for nightclubs, community events and private parties, dance companies, theater groups, television and radio broadcasts, and film soundtracks, such as:
El Rio, S.F.
Cigar Bar, S.F.
The Ramp, S.F.
Pier 23, S.F.
Peña Pachamama, S.F.
Cotati Accordion Festival
San Jose Jazz Festival
National anthem, S.F. Giants game
Pac Bell Park Grand Opening
San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival
M.H. DeYoung Museum of Art, S.F.
The Palace of Legion Of Honor, S.F.
S.F. Mexican Museum’s 30th Anniversary
San Diego’s Adam’s Ave. Roots Festival
Ballet Folklorico Ensambles, S.F.
KQED Ch. 9 – “Spark” program
“Fight in the Fields” documentary soundtrack
Hon. Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House of Rep.'s
Hon. Judge Carlos Bea, 9th U.S. Circuit Court
Hon. Mayor Jerry Brown, Oakland, CA
Los Compas
Los Compas is a band of seasoned pros playing the hardest hitting salsa in San Francisco. Although many musicians and singers have passed through its ranks, Los Compas is by no means a “pick up” band. Most members have 10-15 years of association with the group. For 5 years, the band’s now legendary run at the waterfront’s Pier 23 made that bar "the place to be" on Friday nights. Whether an intimate 4 piece setting or a nightclub sized 10 piece band, Los Compas consistently functions as a crisp, energetic, tight-knit unit.
“One of the hardest working bands on the San Francisco scene, Los Compas is led by Miguel Govea – one time member of the seminal Chicano New Song band, Los Peludos - who has shaped a sound that embraces the diverse musical cultures that make up the Bay Area Latino community. Cumbias, merengue, Tex-Mex, salsa, Latin jazz…”no se rajan” (they do not shrink) from any musical challenge…” (Latin Beat Magazine)
La Familia Peña-Govea
At one fateful performance, Miguel met a musician/lawyer named Susan Peña, who played “Jesusita en Chihuahua” on her fiddle and eventually became the mother of his daughters, Rene (age 21) and Cecilia (age 13). 20 years later, the four members of La Familia Pena-Govea are earning reputations as exciting performers of traditional Tex-Mex and Colombian music, garnering acclaim at festivals and events throughout Northern California. Their first c.d. recording, entitled “René at 15,” includes: rancheras, polkas, valses, vallenatos, boleros, and a danzón. Their second c.d., "Cohetes," will be available in March 2006.
Rene Pena-Govea
Rene misses teaching her button accordion classes at Boaz Accordions in Berkeley (now closed). She is currently
accepting students for private lessons and may be contacted at: rene_pg@sbcglobal.net