MICHELE
HENDERSON
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NAME
Michele Henderson
BORN:
Michele Henderson
31st May, 1979
Pointe Michel, Dominica
PROFESSION
Singer
FAMILY
PARENTS:
Lambert Henderson and Margaret-Rose Paquette-Henderson
SIBLINGS:
Elsa, Marie-Claire and Jonathan
SPOUSE:
Roland Delsol Junior 19?present
CHILDREN:
EDUCATION
198390 | Grand Bay Primary School, Grand Bay, Dominica |
199095 | Dominica Grammar School, Roseau, Dominica |
DEGREES: | |
1933 | High school diploma, Dominica Grammar School |
CAREER
1996 | Band member of Impact, performed on album Islander |
2000 | Performed at Carifesta 2000, St. Kitts, as part of the Dominican contingent |
Grenada Spice Jazz Festival, St. Georges, Grenada | |
Inaugural Archipel Concert, Martinique | |
4th Games of the Francophone, Ottawa, Canada, as competitor representing Dominica | |
Anse d’Arlet Festival, Anse d’Arlet, Martinique | |
Ifet, Basse Terre, Guadeloupe | |
2001 | Barbados Congaline Festival 2002 on World Beat Night, St. Lawrence Gap, Barbados |
St. Lucia Jazz Festival, St. Lucia | |
World Creole Music Festival, Pottersville, Dominica | |
2003 | World Creole Music Festival, Pottersville, Dominica |
2004 | New York International Music Festival, Miami, Florida, USA |
18th annual UCLA Jazz & Reggae Festival, Los Angeles, California, USA | |
22nd Anittilliaanse Feesten, Hoogstraten, Belgium | |
Leuven Rock Festival, Leuven, Belgium | |
World Creole Music Festival, Pottersville, Dominica | |
2005 | St. Vincent Blues Festival, Buccament Bay, St. Vincent |
St. Lucia Jazz Festival, St. Lucia | |
Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark | |
World Creole Music Festival, Pottersville, Dominica |
WORKS
ALBUMS | |
1996 | Islander, as member of Impact band |
2000 | Michele Henderson, debut album |
2001 | Michele Henderson, Creole Special—Live at the Arawak House of Culture |
2002 | Sound Check |
2004 | Mwen aime’w |
AWARDS
1996 | Successful Young and Upcoming Caribbean Artist–Emergens Award, Martinique |
1997 | Best Recorded Female Artist—FAME Awards, Dominica |
1998 | Auguiste Etienne Award for Achievements as a Young Person, from the Youth Division, Dominica |
2003 | Album of the Year 2002 (Sound Check) and Song of the Year 2002 (Sing for Africa), FAME Awards, Dominica |
2004 | Special Recognition Award—Golden Drum Awards, Division of Culture, Dominica |
2005 | Best Female Artist—Flamboyant Awards, DBS Radio, Dominica |
NOTABLE
1995 | Won DOMFESTA song contest |
Performed on Mizik a Nou Volumes 1, 2 & 3, (1997, 1998 and 1999) | |
2004 | Appointed an official Goodwill Ambassador to Dominica |