Sean Michael O'Boyle AM (born 1963) is an Australian composer and conductor. His ''River Symphony'' was performed by the Queensland Orchestra and released on

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in 2007 on a CD that also included ''Concerto for Didgeridoo'' composed with and recorded by William Barton. ''River Symphony'' was placed 85th in the

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Classic 100 Symphony, and ''Concerto for Didgeridoo'' was placed 87th in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Classic 100 Twentieth Century. O'Boyle became a

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in the 2015

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for "significant service to music as a composer, conductor, musician, performer and musical director."Media Notes

Career

O'Boyle has written for, conducted, directed and collaborated with many artists including

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, Adam Lopez, James Morrison,

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, David Hobson, Riley Lee, David Campbell and

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. He has twice received the ABC Golden Manuscript Award for his work as a composer and his projects have received numerous

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nominations and awards. In 2002, O'Boyle was featured exclusively at the

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(CHOGM) where his compositions were performed live for

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. In 2000, Sean composed the ABC's Olympic theme for use during the

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broadcast, which was subsequently performed for the

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in Manchester and the

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in Athens. In 2009 O'Boyle wrote and arranged music for ''The Ashes'' – the greatest cricketing event in the world. His setting of the anthem "

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" was selected as an official anthem of the 2014

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. O'Boyle's setting of Jerusalem is played to welcome the English cricket team for each day of play during the Ashes series, when held in the UK. In 2010 O'Boyle relocated to New York City. In 2014 O'Boyle was appointed chief arranger and Composer-in-Residence of the Queensland Pops Orchestra. In 2014 Dame Evelyn Glennie performed the world premiere of his percussion concerto ''Portraits of Immortal Love'' with the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra under the direction of

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. From 2011-2017 he was an Artist in Residence for Moravian College in Bethlehem Pennsylvania. From 2017-2019 O'Boyle was Artistic Director, music, for the University of the Sunshine Coast, where he designed an implemented the inaugural music program. From 2020 he resides in London working a major musical theatre project.

Awards and nominations

APRA Music Awards

ARIA Music Awards

References

External links

Sean O'Boyle at www.musicaustralia.org

Sean O'Boyle at ABC Music
* * 1963 births Living people People educated at Brighton Grammar School 21st-century Australian conductors (music) 21st-century Australian male musicians Australian composers Australian male composers Members of the Order of Australia {{Australia-musician-stub