Sean Friar, composer

Present Music, Milwaukee
May 24, 2013 - 8:00pm

Present Music will premiere my new 10-player piece, Breaking Point. Other music on the program by Ted Hearne.

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Turner Hall Ballroom
Milwaukee, WI

TRANSIT in Brooklyn
May 25, 2013 - 8:00pm

TRANSIT Ensemble will be playing my piece Scale 9 again along with works by Ryan Brown and Ryan Carter on their New York/Denmark concert (featuring half New York composers and half Danish). It should be a great mix of music!
The Actors Fund Arts Center
@ The Schermerhorn
160 Schermerhorn Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Psappha in Hong Kong
June 13, 2013 - TBD

Psappha Ensemble will perform Scale 9 as part of their residency at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Academy Recital Hall
Hong Kong

Wild Shore Festival
July 5, 2013 - 7:30pm

TRANSIT will be ensemble-in-residence at this year’s Wild Shore Festival in Homer, Alaska. They’ll perform my Scale 9.

Wild Shore Festival for New Music
Mainstage Concert
Homer, AK

More info HERE

Wild Shore Festival (2)
July 7, 2013 - 11:00am

TRANSIT will be ensemble-in-residence at this year’s Wild Shore Festival in Homer, Alaska. They’ll perform my Scale 9 on a floating stage!

Wild Shore Festival for New Music
Halibut Cove Live’s Floating Stage
Homer, AK

More info HERE

Cabrillo Festival
August 3, 2013 - 8:00pm

Marin Alsop will conduct the premiere of my new orchestral work, Noise Gate, commissioned by the Cabrillo Festival. I will share the program with Kronos Quartet, and composers Brett Dean and Thomas Newman.

More information HERE

University of Southern California
October 7, 2013 - 8:00pm

The USC Thornton School of Music Contemporary Music Ensemble will play my piece, Scale 9, conducted by Frank Ticheli.

More details coming soon.

Thornton School of Music
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Green Umbrella, LA Phil
December 3, 2013 - 8:00pm

The Los Angeles Philharmonic will perform my music on their Green Umbrella Series.

MORE INFO HERE

Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, CA

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February, 2013

I am pleased to announce that the Los Angeles Philharmonic will perform my music on their 2013-2014 season.

January, 2013

There are many exciting commissions and performances I look forward to announcing in the coming months, including new works for orchestra, ensemble, and solo. Stay tuned!

Sean has received a Composers Assistance (CAP) Grant from the New Music USA in support of upcoming performances of a revised version of his junk car percussion concerto, Clunker Concerto.

New York-based Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble has received a MetLife Creative Connections Grant from New Music USA in support of my residency with them this season.

December, 2012

Mariel Roberts’ album, Nonextraneous Sounds, which features my piece, Teaser has been named one of the top Classical albums of 2012 by TIMEOUT Chicago, Rhapsody, and the Denver Post! It is available on iTunes and Amazon.

September, 2012

Nonextraneous Sounds is Q2′s ALBUM OF THE WEEK at New York’s Classical Music Radio Station WQXR! This is my 2nd album in a row that’s received this distinction! Check it out on iTunes or Amazon.

July, 2012

Sean has been commissioned by Chamber Music America to write a 30-minute percussion quartet for Line C3 Percussion.
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Commissioned by Milwaukee’s Present Music to compose a new work for large ensemble and electric guitar.

Sean is an invited composer at the La Pietra Forum for Contemporary Music in Florence, Italy, where he will work with the East Coast Contemporary Ensemble and Georg Friedrich Haas.

Sean will be the 2012-2013 Composer-In-Residence for the Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble in New York. They will perform several of his works throughout the season, culminating in the premiere of a new commissioned work for ensemble.

Sean will be a Visiting Lecturer in Music at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music 2012-2013.

February, 2012

Sean has been awarded the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

December, 2011

Awake, featuring my piece, Velvet Hammer, is showing up on “Best Albums of 2011″ lists all over the place, including: All Music, The Awl, Silent Ballet, CBC Radio Canada, Citta del Capo Radio Metropolitana, KALX Berkeley,Ted Gioia, Music in the Bubble, and this one. It was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered earlier this year, and reached the Top 10 in iTunes Classical and #2 in Amazon Classical.

If you haven’t checked it out yet, you can find it on iTunes, Amazon, and most anywhere else. Lot’s of great reviews are posted on the PRESS page.

October, 2011

Interviewed for Yale University’s Oral History of American Music: Major Figures in American Music, an ambitious project that seeks to interview all those who have had an influence in American music, as well as younger up-and-comers.
A 3-hour (!!) interview (both audio and written transcription) between myself and Libby van Cleve is now available. HERE is the full list of musicians who have contributed to the project.

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