seandoylemusicDec 28, 20185 minThrowback 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 exciti...
seandoylemusicJun 18, 20181 min"regarding 'Reconciliation Elegy'" at June in BuffaloCourtney Orlando and SD after her performance of regarding "Reconciliation Elegy" at the June In Buffalo festival, 6 June 2018. Photos:...
seandoylemusicDec 10, 20171 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 Benedi...
seandoylemusicDec 4, 20174 min"An Die Musik" premiered in FredoniaTomorrow, 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, ...
seandoylemusicSep 3, 20172 minA 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, co-found...
seandoylemusicJul 3, 20178 minAssembling an anthem, with assistance from WhitmanWhen my colleague Matthew Brown (the conductor of the American University symphony orchestra) and I first discussed the idea of a new wor...
seandoylemusicApr 28, 20172 minTonight & 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, wil...
seandoylemusicJan 4, 20173 minOne last glance at '16So 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 ste...
seandoylemusicJul 27, 20168 minElitism and the Making of Professional Composers - PART THREEThis is the last of a three-part series of posts where I argue standards of professional quality are necessary if composers want to be ta...
seandoylemusicJul 20, 20165 minElitism and the Making of Professional Composers - PART TWOThis post follows Part I of a three-part series where I argue standards of professional quality are necessary if composers want to be tak...
seandoylemusicJul 13, 20166 minElitism and the Making of Professional Composers - PART ONEA serious question (not hypothetical): Name a professional enterprise outside the creative arts where the idea of developing a solid, ver...
seandoylemusicJul 6, 20169 minWitness for the prosecution: 10 thoughts on VolansThe 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 comp...
seandoylemusicJun 18, 20163 minNews! 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 ...
seandoylemusicMay 16, 20163 minReflections 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 colleg...
seandoylemusicFeb 4, 20161 minNews: Radio broadcast, reviews, etc...Ubi Caritas was recently broadcast on Baltimore Radio WYPR "Choral Arts Classics" Listen to the broadcast here. For more information ...
seandoylemusicJan 6, 20165 minLe silence déjà funèbre - Pierre Boulez (1925 - 2016)(above: Boulez: "Improvisation III sur Mallarmé" (original unpublished version, 1959) - opening. Courtesy Phyllis Bryn-Julson Collectio...
seandoylemusicNov 22, 20136 minBenjamin Britten at 100The 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...
