Author Archives: seanlclancy

I have recently been awarded an RTÉ Lyric FM/IMRO Composition Bursary. This Bursary will enable me to create an orchestral piece for the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra which will loosely deal with anxieties of change created by predetermining one’s structure. The other recipient of this award was the fantastic Enda Bates and the whole schemeContinue reading “RTÉ lyric fm / IMRO Mentored Composition Bursary Recipients Announced”

40 Chromogenic Colour Prints Performed on 5 November 2011, Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London, UK. Hannah Davey (Soprano), Paul Norman (Guitar). Featured as part of the Park Lane Group’s 15th Young Composers Symposium & Concerts. Full information available here Au Milieu d’ un demi performed on 12 December 2011, Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK.Continue reading “Future performances”

My large ensemble piece Irreversible was featured on Serbian Radio (Radio Beograd 3) on the 5th of October 2011. The programme was dedicated to the Irish entry for the 2011 International Rostrum of Composers and also featured works by Jonathan Nangle, Judith Ring and Enda Bates. What they said about the music: ‘In this showContinue reading “Irreversible featured on Serbian Radio”

For the last two weeks of August I was down in Dartington in Devon working with Gerald Barry and Richard Baker. Whilst there, I had some of the most insightful conversations on music that I’ve had, and since then I’ve really been thinking deeply about my practice as an artist. In addition, I have beenContinue reading “Dartington”

My piece Basso Continuo as performed by the terrific Crash Ensemble in April at the Irish Museum of Modern Art is the CMC’s feature for the month of August. A video of this performance can be seen here

A recent piece of mine 40 Chromogenic Colour Prints inspired by Gabriel Orozco’s Until You Find Another Yellow Schwalbe performed by Hannah Davey and Paul Norman is now available for listening in the Tunes Section of this site.

On receiving the Carl Sczuka Prize for his composition Roaratorio, John Cage opened his acceptance speech with the following sentiments: ‘Everything we do is done by invitation. That invitation comes from oneself or from another person.’ In light of this, I have invited myself to formulate a number of thoughts I have been having inContinue reading “Thoughts at the Intersection of Findetotenlieder”

My solo Viola piece Ursatz will be performed by Ciarán Crilly on Saturday 16 July, 6pm at the Hilltown New Music Festival in Ireland. Full festival details available here

Recent pieces Basso Continuo, I See Now Why People Hide,  and Ruckstande, along with a new recording of Stabat Mater have just been added to the ‘Tunes’ section on this site for listening. Hope you enjoy!