Sheridan Seyfried composer

(ASCAP) b. 1984

122 Apel Avenue Oreland, PA 19075

(267) 808-7704 sheridan.seyfried@gmail.com

USA www.sheridanseyfried.com Recent Commissions

Work Title/Instrumentation

Commissioner Violin Concerto (2013) Five Songs on Poems of Dag Hammarskjold (2013) Trio (2012) for Violin, Marimba and Piano Poeme (2012) for Violin and Piano Sextet (2010) for Clarinet and Piano Quintet Then Velvet Dark (2008) for Piano Quartet

Tampere Philharmonic (Finland) Chuck and Judy Freyer Duo Oto The Kenneth and Laura Mitchell Family Michael and Alice Powell OPUS ONE Piano Quartet

Awards/Residencies

2011 Composer-in-Residence, Pennsville Memorial High School (NJ) 2007 Composer-in-Residence, Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (PA) 2006 Composer-in-Residence, Music From Angel Fire Festival (NM) 2006 Recipient, Presser Foundation Music Award 2004 Participant, Minnesota Orchestra’s Reading Sessions and Composer Institute 2002 Presidential Scholar in the Arts 2001 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Award (for string quartet, Pro and Contra)

Major Performances

2013 Violinist Dennis Kim, Tampere Philharmonic (Finland) 2011 State College Choral Society, Goucher College, Baltimore (MD) 2010 David Shifrin, Ani Kavafian and OPUS ONE at Chamber Music Northwest (OR) 2009 Violinist Ray Chen at Queen Elizabeth International Violin Competition, Belgium 2009 Violinist Stephanie Jeong at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington (DC) 2008 OPUS ONE at Chamber Music Northwest (OR) 2007 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra at the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall, Philadelphia 2006 Violist Steven Tenenbom at Music From Angel Fire (NM) 2004 Minnesota Orchestra (reading session) at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis 2004 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra’s European Tour: Prague’s Rudolfinum, Vienna’s Radio Symphony 2002 Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Philadelphia Ethical Society

Musical Education

2008 – 2010 MM (Composition), Manhattan School of Music (NY), with Richard Danielpour, Nils Vigeland 2002 – 2007 BM (Composition), Curtis Institute of Music (PA), with Richard Danielpour, Jennifer Higdon 1999 – 2002 Private composition study, Dr. James Grant 1996 – 2009 Private violin and piano study, various teachers

Teaching, Performance and Administration

2011 – Present General music teacher, Kohelet Yeshiva High School (PA) 2011 – Present Director of choirs and organist, Grace Lutheran Church (PA) 2010 – Present Music theory instructor, Mannes College, The New School for Music (NY) 2009 – Present Composition teacher, Atlantic Music Festival (ME) 2008 – 2012 Music theory instructor, Curtis Institute of Music (PA) 2003 – 2007 Co-founder and Executive Director, Lewes Chamber Music Festival (DE) 2000 – Present Private composition, piano, and violin teacher