about
Biography
Seamus is a 26 year old composer, producer and arranger, also formerly employed as deputy organist and choirmaster at Crown Court Church, Covent Garden, with a portfolio spanning from classical music to electronic arrangements.
As a film composer Seamus has worked on projects such as the HBO sizzler for "Letters from London", a documentary series directed by Ahmed Jamal, and "The Cathar", an independent short film directed by Liam Heath. Seamus has also recently worked with Tango Alakulo on arrangements of Finnish Tangos for the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and renowned singer Matti Salminen, which were performed in January at the Musiikkitalo in Helsinki.Seamus recently graduated in Electronic Music BMus at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, scoring a distinction in his final, where he explored his interest in electronics, sound recording and processing, and developing his own compositions and visuals.
As a child, Seamus showed promise as a classical performer, andwas awarded a full scholarship to attend the Purcell School of Music in Hertfordshire - and later St Mary's Music School, where he studied the keyboard and composition for 8 years, honing his craft as an classical orchestrator, arranger, and composer. In 2017, he embarked on a Physics degree at the University of St Andrews for 2 years, where he was included on the Dean's List for Academic Excellence. As a senior organ scholar at St Andrews, Seamus performed at worldclass venues around the UK and abroad, such La Madaleine in Paris, Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, d'Aix-en-Provence, and York Minster Cathedral among others, as well as composing music for Choir & Organ Magazine.
CREDITS
Co-arranger and orchestrator for Speakers Corner Quartet in collaboration with GSO, at the Royal Festival Hall, 2024.
Composer and Videographer for piece premiered at the Bauhaus Festival, in collaboration with Vidal Sassoon and Ercol, 2024.
Arranger and Producer of Vivaldi 'Winter' for electronics and string quartet, for Bianchi Musica's live show, 2024.
Cameraman and Videographer for the Harry Mercer Trio, 2024.
Pianist for Josh Curtis' Life Support, 2024.
Co-producer and Recording Artist for Royal Parks Underwater Recording and Soundscapes Project, led by Emily Peasgood 2024.
Mix & Mastering engineer for the band Embers of Summer's debut single 'seconds in time', 2024.
Arranger and orchestrator of tunes and film soundtracks for a wedding, Bianchi Musica, 2023.
Composer of sountrack to 'Home' by Sinead Peng, anmation student at LCC, 2023.
Composer of sountrack to 'The Sinking' by Imogen Radwan, 2023.
Composer of soundtrack to 'A Life Lived with Grace', commissioned by the Commonwealth Blue Charter, 2022.
Composer for 'The Cathar', an independent Short film by Liam Heath, 2021.
Additional Music for HBO documentary sizzler 'Letters from London', directed by Ahmed Jamal, 2021.
Arranger and orchestrator for a Finnish Tango project, in collaboration with Tango Alakulo, the Helsinki Philharmonic, and Matti Salminen, 2021-22.
Arranger and Orchestrator for David Gordon and the London Concertante, arranged Jazz tunes for mixed string ensemble and soloists, 2020.
Arranger and assistant mix engineer for English folk dance album 'Boone Companion', 2019.