Mike MRF

Mike Flanagan is a Lennon Award-winning, OUTmusic Award-winning, and three-time Billboard-charting saxophonist, pianist, music director, songwriter, and educator. He began playing professionally at age 17 and went on to earn a Bachelor’s of Music in Jazz Performance and Music Education from Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. 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 20 he held a two-night weekly performance-residency as band leader at the Sheraton Hotel Prudential; featuring world-renowned artists such as Esperanza Spaulding, Terri Lyne Carrington, Joann Brackeen, Christian Scott, Bob Moses, Andre Hayward, and Jason Palmer. After graduating, Mike began songwriting, producing, and releasing albums independently, under recording-artist moniker, MikeMRF, through his own label MRF Music.