The Volcano Island Band featuring Sean Mireau

About

Sean Michael Mireau and the "Volcano Island Band" have been entertaining audiences in the southwest United States since the mid 1990s. They create a lively and festive atmosphere by performing live calypso/island/luau/reggae/steel drum music. They can play soft, ambient, instrumental, background music or higher energy party music with vocals. They have over 400 songs in their song list but some of their most requested songs include Margaritaville, Yellowbird, One Love, Red Red Wine, Brown Eye'd Girl, Kokomo, Stir it Up, Hot Hot Hot, Let it Snow, Jingle Bells, and Winter Wonderland. They have performed at events with attendance as small as ten people or as large as one thousand people. They have provided live musical entertainment for countless wedding receptions, birthday parties, New Year's Eve parties, anniversary parties, pool parties, cocktail parties, office parties, Christmas parties, grand openings, and large and small events of all kind. They have performed numerous times at every major resort in the Phoenix area including the Arizona Biltmore, The Camelback Inn, The Scottsdale Hilton, The Phoenician, the Pointe Hilton Resorts, the Ritz Carlton, the J.W. Marriot at Desert Ridge, The Wig Wam Resort, and the Hyatt Regency at Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale as well as countless back yards all over Arizona. Sean Mireau and Volcano have also performed at events and venues such as the Glendale Glitters Holiday Spectacular, the Chandler Ostrich Festival, the Tempe Festival of the Arts, the Phoenix Zoo, the Desert Botanical Gardens, the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, University of Phoenix Stadium, and Veteran's Memorial Coliseum.

For smaller engagements, Sean can perform as a solo musician on steel drums. Or, for more energy and variety, there is the option of adding additional live instruments such as additional steel drums, guitar, congas, electric piano, marimba, vibraphone, or drum set by adding one or more members of Sean's band "Volcano". Volcano can perform with as few as two musicians or as many as ten musicians making them flexible enough to fit any size engagement or budget. If you are looking for a way to turn your event into a great event, Sean Mireau and the Volcano Island Band is the way to go!

Sean has been working as a professional musician in the southwest United States since 1984. Sean sings, plays drum set, steel drums, marimba, vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, tympani, congas, and numerous Latin percussion instruments. He has a tremendous amount of performance experience. He has performed with many successful and talented bands and artists in the southwest United States such as Island Steel, Paul McDermand, Panacea, Novo Mundo, the Dina Preston Band, and his own band "Volcano". He started playing steel drums in 1992 as a member of the Arizona State University "Pandevils" steel drum band. Sean has an Associate of Arts Degree from Central Arizona College and he studied percussion and Jazz Performance at Arizona State University. While studying music at ASU, Sean performed in over 50 concerts and recitals as a soloist and as a member of the ASU Big Band, New Music Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Marimba Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, Percussion Jazz Ensemble, numerous jazz combos, and the Steel Drum Band. He placed first in the 1991 Drum Corps International Individual and Ensemble Competition held in Dallas, Texas and has made numerous television appearances in Arizona since 1995 including on KTVK Channel 3 and KSAZ Channel 10. Sean has performed in twenty-three states nationally and his international performance locations include Canada, Turkey, Italy, Greece, and Spain.

Influences

Jimmy Buffett, Bob Marley, Harry Belafonte, UB40, Santana, The Beach Boys, The Police, James Taylor, Van Morrison, the Eagles, the Steve Miller Band, Sting, Paul Simon, Andy Narell, Spyro Gyra, Basia, Pan Ramajay, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and many more!

Available for Your

Anniversary Party, Awards Night, Bachelor Party, Bachelorette Party, Bar/Bat Mitzvah Party, Bar/Lounge, Birthday Party, Bridal Shower, Casino, Christmas Party, Church Service, Club/Nightclub, Concert Venue, Convention, Corporate Event, Cruise, Dinner Dance, Fair, Festival, Graduation, Grand Opening, Halloween Party, Holiday Party, Hotel, Parade, Private Party, Restaurant, Reunion, Seminar, Sporting Event, Studio Session, Sweet 16 Party, Trade Show, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Reception, Workshop