Don Muro (donmuro.com) is a composer, performer, author, and educator in the field of electronic music. His compositions have embraced many musical styles -- sacred, classical, rock, and fusion. His music has been performed in settings ranging from New York's St. Patrick's cathedral (where he presented the cathedral's first synthesizer/multimedia concert) to Disneyland. His educational music is widely used through the United States as well as in Europe and in Japan.
As a performer, he is recognized as a master synthesist specializing in live performance techniques for electronic keyboards. He has presented electronic music concerts, lectures, and demonstrations throughout the United States and also in Europe and Japan.
Muro has presented electronic music concerts and seminars at educational institutions including the Manhattan School of Music, the Berklee College of Music, Temple University, Duquesne University and North Texas State University. He has taught the basics of music technology and sequencing to over 4,000 music educators through the Don Muro Summer Workshops, which take place every summer at colleges and universities throughout the United States. He also served as the first Chairman of Electronic Music for the International Association of Jazz Educators as well as the New York State School Music Association.
Don Muro is also a major spokesman for the electronic medium. For several years his column of synthesizer performance techniques appeared in Keyboard Magazine. In addition, he has written over eighty articles about music and technology for publications such as International Musician, The Instrumentalist, and the Music Educators Journal.
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