Boelens has an impressive sound, as agile as a gymnast and possessing an unbridled musical imagination. Miguel is a musical jack-of-all-trades. He feels at home in all styles and remains true to himself. Miguel was a Young VIP (MCN) member in 2006; since 1998, he has been a member of the jazz trio Dimami and together they recorded six CDs. Miguel has played with Seven Eleven, Bob Color, Zapp String Quartet, Lavalu, Oostenwind, Cubob City BigBand, Contraband, Jacob ter Veldhuis, Eric van de Westen, Dodge, de 8baan, Martin Fondse Oktemble, Frank Boeijen Groep, the Groove Troopers, Raise the Roof!, Cuby & the Blizzards, Beam and Markus Stockhausen, Young Sinatras, the Centimeters, Thijs van Leer, Bart van Dongen, Tango Orchestra Zarate, Beef!, Tejater Teneeter, the New Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra, Efterklang, the Jazzinvaders, Efterklang, Blink!, Racoon, Corrie van Binsbergen, Ladies of Soul, Gare du Nord, Bløf, and many others.
Miguel has been a conservatory teacher since 2010. He is a main subject teacher and band coach at Artez, the Arnhem Conservatory.
Another passion is composing and producing music for film and theater. Miguel acquired these skills during a period when he was a full-time composer and producer of national and international music productions for radio and television. For Stella Den Haag, he composed two productions with Marielle Woltring: “Werner eet zijn schoen op” (Werner Eats His Shoe) and “Niemand Weet…” (Nobody Knows…).
For the international production (KRO, Ketnet, and TV3 Catalunia) “Picknick with Cake,” an animated series based on the book of the same name by Thé Tjong King, Miguel composed each of the 13 episodes in a different style, matching the respective main animal. The series won the Cinekid Kinderkast Fiction Jury Prize in 2013 and is broadcast in eight countries. The beautiful stop-motion animated film “Dag Meneer de Vries,” directed by Mascha Halberstad, is a resounding success and moves every viewer with its beautiful story and music that strikes just the right chord. He composed the score for Erik van Schaaik’s “Under the Apple Tree,” a stop-motion horror comedy that won numerous awards, including the Golden Calf for Best Animated Film.
Since 2017, Miguel has been associated with the international circus-theater company Cirque de la Liberté as composer and musical director.
In 2021, Miguel composed music for the documentary “De Geharde Rug” (The Hardened Back), directed by film star and artist Mirthe Dokter.