Faculty Profile

Prof. William Mulligan Adjunct Professor of Music Director of Performing Arts

Education:

• M.Mus., Florida State University
• B.Mus., Florida State University

Research and Scholarly Interests:

Opera, American Musical Theater, History of Song, Sacred Vocal Music, and Irish Traditional Music

Recent Publications and Recordings:

CrossRoads, Kent Walker and William Mulligan (PARC Records); When Love Came Down, Duets with Kent Walker (PARC Records); Sacred Landscapes, Duet and Background Vocals with Kent Walker (PARC Records); Half Way Home, Background Vocals for Grayson Warren Brown (OCP Publications); Have You Heard the News, Background Vocals for Grayson Warren Brown (World Library Publications); “Student Life,” Sinfonia Songs (Evansville, IN: Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, 1998)

Other Activities:

Prof. Mulligan is extremely active as a singer and performer in the New York City area. He has been acclaimed for his honest and sometimes humorous characterizations in both opera and musical theater.  Prof. Mulligan has performed a number of dramatic roles with several theaters around the country, including the Florida State Opera, Pensacola Opera, Opera in the Ozarks (Eureka Springs, AK), the Geva Theater Center (Rochester, NY), the Liva Arts Center (Scranton, PA), the Florida State Theatre (Tallahassee, FL), and the Jefferson Performing Arts Center (New Orleans, LA).  Prof. Mulligan is currently serving as the director of the Manhattan College Singers and the Coordinator for Performing Arts at Manhattan College.

Courses Taught/Teaching:

• ART 129:  Beginning Vocal Instruction
• ART 130:  Advanced Vocal Instruction
• ART 131:  The Manhattan College Singers
  
• ART 410:  Irish Traditional Music
• ART 400:  History of the Broadway Musical
  

Contact Information:

• Telephone: (718) 862-7254
• Office: Thomas Hall - Room 517
• Fax: (718) 862-7254
• e-mail: william.mulligan@manhattan.edu

Page last updated by K. Balaj on May 21, 2007