Brief Bio Of Roger Moniz
Roger began playing the Double Bass in public school in grade 5. Though he had wanted to play French Horn, he was tall for his age and the Bass was chosen for him. It wasn’t until he discovered J.S.Bach in high school that he really fell in love with the Bass. He studied privately at first with Viiu Varik and then at the University of Toronto. After graduation, he detoured through the worlds of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, jazzy cabarets and Broadway musicals. It was doing a musical (Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris) where he first met Kathleen Fraser- Collins who, in 2000, would introduce Roger to Bobby Brown and the world of Scottish Country Dancing.
Roger is a full time musician, currently based out of Napanee, Ontario. In addition to playing with Bobby Brown and the Scottish Accent, he is Principal Bass of the Etobicoke Philharmonic and the Quinte Symphony, as well as section bass with the Kingston Symphony.