Composer Profile

Sean Michael O'Boyle

(1963–)

Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria

Living in: Melbourne, Victoria

Awarded the Order of Australia in 2015, Sean O'Boyle AM is a Melbourne-based Australian composer, conductor, and educator. His compositions have been performed and/or recorded by: all the major Australian orchestras, including the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmanian, West Australian and Queensland Symphony Orchestras; by European orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, Orchestre Symphonique Divertimento, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and BBC Concert Orchestra; and by North American orchestras including the Dallas, Lexington, and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestras, and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. In 2002, he was featured exclusively at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) where his compositions were performed live for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In 2000, Sean composed the ABC’s Olympic theme for use during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games broadcast. The theme was subsequently performed for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Sean has a keen interest in the music of indigenous Australians and in 2001 he collaborated with didgeridoo maestro, William Barton, in composing his Concerto for Didgeridoo & Orchestra. This concerto was ranked No. 32 in the ABC Classic FM “The Classic 100 Concertos” series, and No. 87 in ABC’s “Classic 100—20th Century” series. Sean is a master orchestrator and has contributed much to the concert, opera, and ballet platforms. As a conductor, Sean has conducted in concert halls including the iconic Sydney Opera House, Avery Fischer Hall in New York, Queens Hall in London, the Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, as well as in great concert spaces under the stars in outback Australia.

Horn Ensemble Works

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