Sean O'Boyle

Awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in 2015 – Sean O’Boyle is an Artist-In-Residence at the Moravian College Music Department. An acclaimed conductor and composer he has conducted performances from the Sydney Opera House to Queens Hall in London and the Lincoln Center in New York. In 2002, he was featured exclusively at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting where his compositions were performed for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Sean composed the ABC’s Olympic theme for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and also performed for the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games and the 2004 Athens Olympics. Sean is a recipient of multiple ARIA Award nominations for his work. Writing and producing music for more than 150 CDs in collaboration with the ABC, he has worked with many major recording artists. He has twice received the coveted ABC Golden Manuscript Award for his work as a composer. In 2003 he collaborated with William Barton in composing his Concerto for Didgeridoo and Orchestra. This concerto was ranked number 32 in the ABC Classic FM’s The Classic 100 Concertos. Composition projects include “The Song Bird” and “Space Encounters” for Opera Queensland, “Aladdin” for Queensland Ballet, original tunes for his jazz group Blackwood, ABC television show “Gardening Australia”, ABC television documentary series “New Eden”, the feature film “A Heartbeat Away” and most recently “Portraits of Immortal Love” which had its world premiere in the USA in October 2014 featuring soloist Dame Evelyn Glennie.