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Biography
Sheridan Seyfried
composer
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Composer Sheridan Seyfried is a native of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his undergraduate degree at the
Curtis Institute of Music where he studied with Edward Aldwell, Richard
Danielpour, Jennifer Higdon and Ned Rorem. Upon graduating from Curtis, he
received the Alfredo Casella Award in Composition. His diverse body of
work includes orchestral, chamber, solo, and film music. Seyfried’s compositions
have been performed throughout the world in major venues including Prague’s
Rudolfinum, Vienna’s Radio Symphony Hall and Salzburg’s Mozarteum. His
music has been performed by artists including Ida Kavafian, Anne-Marie
McDermott, Steve Tenenbom, and Peter Wiley, and by orchestras including the
Minnesota Orchestra. In 2001, Seyfried received an ASCAP award for his string
quartet, Pro and Contra; the following year he was named a Presidential
Scholar in the Arts. The recipient of a 2006 Presser Music Award, he has been
composer-in-residence at the Music From Angel Fire (NM) festival and with the
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, and has appeared at the Chamber Music Northwest
(OR) festival. Also an accomplished pianist, Seyfried has frequently performed
his own music, most recently in recital at Washington’s Kennedy Center with
violinist Stephanie Jeong. He is currently writing a new work for organist
Paul Jacobs. Seyfried is now on the music theory faculty at the Curtis Institute
of Music. He is also completing studies for his Master’s degree in Composition
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