The 2020 winners of the Gerry & Franca Mulligan Foundation Scholarship Awards at Darien High School have just been announced. Our congratulations and best wishes for a bright future with music!
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Contest Deadline Extended
Due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are extended the closing date of Gerry’s Jazz Challenge to May 15th 2020. Click here for more information and to enter.
Continue ReadingIdol Gossip Challenge & Lead Sheets
Gerry’s 2020 Jazz Challenge has ended. See you next year.
Continue ReadingBig Band Charts for Educators
In conjunction with this year’s Jazz Challenge we are offering some very special big band charts of Gerry’s iconic song Idol Gossip arranged for us by David Larsen Gerry’s 2020 Jazz Challenge has ended. …
Continue ReadingMulligan Foundation Donates Instruments
The Gerry and Franca Mulligan foundation has made a donation of $25,000 in Conn-Selmer instruments to Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk CT. The Foundation, based in Darien CT, gave deserving young musicians at Brien …
Continue ReadingEastman School of Music Celebrates Gerry Mulligan
On Monday, October 7th, Franca Mulligan, accompanied by Mia Toschi, the Executive Director of the Foundation, attended a tribute concert honoring Gerry Mulligan at the Eastman School of Music at Rochester University. In the summer …
Continue Reading2019 Essay Contest Winners Announced
Entries for the 2019 Gerry Mulligan Essay Contest came in to the foundation offices from around the country, and on behalf of the Gerry & Franca Mulligan Foundation, the judges are pleased to announce the …
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Students Receive 2019 Gerry Mulligan Scholarship
Each year the Gerry and Franca Mulligan Foundation provides scholarships to high school students in Darien CT – Gerry and Franca’s home town. The 2019 recipients are from left to right: trumpeter Alec Armstrong, saxophonist …
Continue Reading2019 Gerry Mulligan Day & Contest
The 2019 contest has ended. For information on the 2020 contest click here Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates.
Continue ReadingAlexa Tarantino Awarded Scholarship
The Gerry & Franca Mulligan Foundation provides an annual scholarship, awarded to a Juilliard School of Music jazz student, with preference given to saxophone players or composers. For 2019, this award was given to Juilliard …
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