For Jazz Appreciation Month we created this educational video about Gerry:
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Students: Announcing the 2020 Gerry’s Jazz Challenge In this very difficult time of COVID-19, the Gerry & Franca Mulligan Foundation has created an activity for music teachers and students who are working and studying …
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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 Teachers: click below to download a …
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 …
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The Gerry and Franca Mulligan Foundation once again invites students and teachers nationwide to participate in the annual Gerry Mulligan Concert and Essay Contest Teachers and students will have the unique opportunity to receive – …
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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