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seandoylemusic
  • Dec 28, 2018
  • 5 min

Throwback 2018!

As this year comes to a close, I'd like to share a few highlights from the past twelve months. I was fortunate to have some really...

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seandoylemusic
  • Jun 18, 2018
  • 1 min

"regarding 'Reconciliation Elegy'" at June in Buffalo

Courtney Orlando and SD after her performance of regarding "Reconciliation Elegy" at the June In Buffalo festival, 6 June 2018. Photos:...

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seandoylemusic
  • Dec 10, 2017
  • 1 min

"Benediction" premiere by Maryland Choral Society today!

Of particular interest to those in the Baltimore/DC/NoVA area: the Maryland Choral Society will be premiering my new choral anthem...

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seandoylemusic
  • Dec 4, 2017
  • 4 min

"An Die Musik" premiered in Fredonia

Tomorrow, it'll be a month since I traveled back to my old stomping grounds of Fredonia, NY to hear my incredible friends, the ANA Trio,...

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seandoylemusic
  • Sep 3, 2017
  • 2 min

A Short Note: Walter Becker (1950-2017)

Steely Dan: (L to R) Walter Becker, Donald Fagen Woke up this morning to texts from friends sharing the news that Walter Becker,...

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seandoylemusic
  • Jul 3, 2017
  • 8 min

Assembling an anthem, with assistance from Whitman

When my colleague Matthew Brown (the conductor of the American University symphony orchestra) and I first discussed the idea of a new...

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seandoylemusic
  • Apr 28, 2017
  • 2 min

Tonight & Tomorrow: premiere of "An Anthem Reassembled"

Tonight and tomorrow at 8pm the American University Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of my friend and colleague Matthew Brown,...

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seandoylemusic
  • Jan 4, 2017
  • 3 min

One last glance at '16

So last year (as we now can gleefully refer to 2016) can be unhesitatingly described as all over the place (and that's kind!). As we...

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seandoylemusic
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • 8 min

Elitism and the Making of Professional Composers - PART THREE

This is the last of a three-part series of posts where I argue standards of professional quality are necessary if composers want to be...

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seandoylemusic
  • Jul 20, 2016
  • 5 min

Elitism and the Making of Professional Composers - PART TWO

This post follows Part I of a three-part series where I argue standards of professional quality are necessary if composers want to be...

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seandoylemusic
  • Jul 13, 2016
  • 6 min

Elitism and the Making of Professional Composers - PART ONE

A serious question (not hypothetical): Name a professional enterprise outside the creative arts where the idea of developing a solid,...

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seandoylemusic
  • Jul 6, 2016
  • 9 min

Witness for the prosecution: 10 thoughts on Volans

The avenues of social media where new music reside have been afire the past 24 hours with the sudden notice of a speech given by the...

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seandoylemusic
  • Jun 18, 2016
  • 3 min

News! Website Update & more...

Summer means I've found time to give this site a much-needed update. So, here-we-go: • The most notable update is this BLOG! On this...

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seandoylemusic
  • May 16, 2016
  • 3 min

Reflections on a Half-Century of “Pet Sounds”

A mentor once told me that the only thing that separates the waning childhood of high school seniorism and the latent adulthood of...

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seandoylemusic
  • Feb 4, 2016
  • 1 min

News: Radio broadcast, reviews, etc...

Ubi Caritas was recently broadcast on Baltimore Radio WYPR "Choral Arts Classics" Listen to the broadcast here. For more information...

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seandoylemusic
  • Jan 6, 2016
  • 5 min

Le silence déjà funèbre - Pierre Boulez (1925 - 2016)

(above: Boulez: "Improvisation III sur Mallarmé" (original unpublished version, 1959) - opening. Courtesy Phyllis Bryn-Julson...

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seandoylemusic
  • Nov 22, 2013
  • 6 min

Benjamin Britten at 100

The following is a sort-of "preview" of a lecture I gave on the School of Music Research Colloquium series at SUNY Fredonia on 4 December...

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