3x MAC Award & Noel Coward/Julie Wilson Award-Winner

(Cabaret/Jazz)

“Ms. Mulder sang as if the songs were torn from inside her and reduced the room to a hushed silence… everything the genre can be but almost never is.”

— Stephen Holden, New York Times

Marissa Mulder evokes the knowing-yet-girlish sound of Blossom Dearie, the ethereal pop of Eva Cassidy, the gentle sensuality of Marilyn Monroe, and even sometimes the plaintive indie-rock edge of Martha Wainwright.

She has performed at The Carlyle, Lincoln Center, Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, The Algonquin Hotel, 54 Below, Joe's Pub, Birdland, The Metropolitan Room, and many others. 

 

​AWARDS

• Noel Coward and Julie Wilson Award Winner, presented at Lincoln Center

• TimeOut NY Rising Star of the Year

• 3X MAC Award (Manhattan Association of Cabaret Awards)

• Winner for Major Recording, Major Artist and Album of the Year

• Bistro Award Winner, Vocalist of the Year

• MetroStar Challenge at the Metropolitan Room Winner

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CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED SHOWS

I'll Follow The Sun - Music From The Beatles Songbook
Marissa digs deep into the iconic catalog of John Lennon and Paul McCartney putting her unique stamp on infectious songs like Penny Lane and haunting ballads like Julia and She’s Leaving Home. Seamlessly weaving personal stories about the writers and shedding light on their most prolific works, Marissa will have you hear these beloved songs as never before.

Tom...in his words: The music and poetry of Tom Waits 

With the grit of a sheriff facing down an outlaw, Marissa takes on the bard of bad, Tom Waits. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee has always operated on the edge, blending strains of jazz and blues, even vaudeville, into his rock ballads and scores. Mulder explores his iconic songs, such as Downtown Train and Ol’ 55, as well as lesser-known treasures like Broken Bicycles and Alice. This show is one of the most daring and counter-intuitive pairings in Cabaret history.

Girl Talk: Songwriters from Joan Baez to Taylor Swift
Girl Talk is a powerful and personal tribute to female songwriters, past, present and future that inspire us with the vulnerability in their music and lift us up time and again. Marissa performs the work of Alanis Morissette, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift, Ani DiFranco, and Tori Amos, all relentlessly uncompromising artists with a distinctive style and unique storytelling. Their courage is contagious!

Jimmy Van Heusen
Jimmy Van Heusen was one of the most prolific and brilliant composers of the Great American Songbook...and also one of the most colorful! He test-piloted fighter planes while creating timeless classics such as Love and Marriage, All The Way, Come Fly With Me, The Second Time Around, and Call Me Irresponsible. Marissa traces Van Heusen's career from New York to Hollywood, where he wrote the songs for the storied Crosby/Hope Road Pictures, as well as over 80 songs for Frank Sinatra.

Souvenirs: A Tribute to the Songs of John Prine
Grammy Award winner John Prine is one of the greatest songwriters of our time, and wrote some of his most beloved songs while working as a mailman. John Mellencamp said “There are only two people who write songs like that – God and John Prine.” Hear Marissa’s take on some of Prine's most beloved songs including Angel From Montgomery, Hello In There and Paradise.