The album also garnered a number of songwriting awards. The album would go on to produce several radio singles and song placements in Film and Television (Off Season TV, Amazon and Bear City 2 and 3, both of which Mike acted in). In 2013, Mike released his sophomore album Mob Music which peaked at #1 on the iTunes Jazz Albums Charts and #2 on the Billboard HeatSeekers Chart. After graduating Berklee, Mike began songwriting, producing, and releasing albums independently on his own label MRF Music, under recording-artist moniker, MikeMRF During his undergraduate studies, he was selected at the age of 19 to tour Japan as a member of the Berklee Swing Orchestra and by age 20 he held a two-night-a-week performance-residency as band leader at the Sheraton Ho tel Prudential and featured world-renowned guest musicians such as Esperanza Spaulding, Terri Lyne Carrington, Joann Brackeen, Christian Scott, Andre Ha yward, Bob Moses, Jason Palmer and more. Lennon Award-winning, OUTmusic Award-w inning, and three-time Billboard-charting, he began playing professio nally at age 17 and w ent on to earn a Bachelor’s of Music in Jazz Performance and Music Education from Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Mike Flanagan is an American saxophonist, pianist, songwriter, composer, music director, educator, and actor. His groundbreaking music video for his original song “Trying,” which he acted in and directed, has over one million views on YouTube.Ĭurrently, Mike lives in Provincetown, MA and serves as Entertainment Director for two Provincetown venues: Post Office Cafe & Cabaret, and Tin Pan Alley, both where he performs regularly. Mike also performs with singer/songwriter, Matt Alber, and co-leads a jazz quintet alongside Lauren Scales and Chris Grasso.Īs a pianist, Mike has recorded for Kat Deluna, LeAndria Johnson and music directed for James Jackson Jr, Perfect Mark Music, Ada Vox, Madame the Puppet, Varla Jean Merman, Esera Tuaolo, and worked with Ruth and Issa Pointer (Pointer Sisters) and more.Īs a composer, songwriter, and recording artist, Mike has released four albums, independently, under the artist-name MikeMRF and has topped iTunes, charted on Billboard three times, and won two OUTmusic Awards and a Lennon Award. with the release of their live album, “Wait Just Listen,” and sold out the main stage at City Winery Boston. In spring of 2002, Mike and Lisa toured the U.S. Mike also tours with and music directs for Lisa Bello in their multi-award-winning R&B/hybrid setting ‘Lisa Bello x MikeMRF’. He has shared the stage with jazz greats Steve Davis, Mike Tucker, Marilyn Maye, Gray Sargent, Marshall Wood, Tim Ray, Richie Barshay, Dave Zinno, Donna Byrne, Terri Lyne Carrington, Joanne Brackeen, Esperanza Spaulding, and more and has toured the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Mike holds a Bachelor’s of Music in Jazz Saxophone and Music Education from Berklee College of Music, as well as a Master’s of Music in Music Theory & Composition: Songwriting from New York University, where he simultaneously taught composition as an adjunct professor.Īs a saxophonist, Mike leads several of his own groups and music directs for Lea DeLaria. Mike Flanagan is an American saxophonist, pianist, songwriter, composer, music director, educator, and actor from Brocktn, MA.
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