I am a professional musician - drummer, pianist, singer, composer - who has performed with many top names such as Tony Bennett, Itzhak Perlman, Barbra Streisand, Maureen McGovern, jazz singer Mark Murphy, Melissa Manchester, Bill Frisell and Mike Stern. Don is currently on faculty at Fairfield University teaching drum-set in the Jazz Department under the direction of the virtuoso bassist Brian Torff. Don has an M.F.A. in Composition from Purchase College and a B.M. in Composition from Berklee College of Music. Don was on faculty at Purchase College until taking the position at Fairfield University. Don has performed on Broadway with the shows: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Golden Land, On Second Avenue, Birds of Paradise, and Falsettos. Don was the drummer/vocalist with the legendary Boston based Orchestra Luna, fusion jazz groups Mistral and Two One Two, the Michael Gibbs Big Band, afro pop jazz group Further Notice and G.R.P. recording artist Deborah Henson-Conant. Don has composed and has been commissioned to write songs such as ; “Fugue”, for electronic music, “Introspect”, for solo piano, “String Quartet”, “Significance”, for jazz quintet, “Mountains”, “Nata Sonata”, “Dance” and “Silver Lake”. On the Urbnergy second CD he is the writer of “Hope” and “Calm”.

Hometown
Merrick, Long Island, New York - home of Ben and Jerry

Mini Bio
Drummer-pianist-singer-composer

Musical Genre
Jazz-Rock-Brasilian-Afro-Cuban Instrumental and vocal

Musical Subgenre
Childrens Music

Contact Info
317-16th Street 1B Brooklyn, New York 11215 347-599-2562 c 203-434-2582 mulvanes@optonline.net

Label
Indie

Website URL:
http://www.myspace.com/donmulvaney

Favorite artists:
Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Donald Fagan, Michael Brecker, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Pat Metheny....