
Conductor, Singing Teacher, Music Editor, and Composer

Sean is an experienced conductor, composer, and singer, with a background in music editing, having worked for Oxford University Press before focusing on a freelance career. Sean read Music at Royal Holloway University of London, where he received both his undergraduate and Master’s degrees. During this time he joined the choir of The Royal Chapel of All Saints, Windsor Great Park, subsequently becoming Composer in Residence in 2008 and Assistant Director of Music in 2009.
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In 2011, Sean took up his first directing position when he co-founded Quire Voices. Known for their unique engaging performances, they perform to a high standard and have been featured on Classic FM alongside The Band of The Household Cavalry. Sean subsequently became the Musical Director of Spelthorne Choral Society in 2015, regularly performing with Ashford Baroque Ensemble and West London Brass. Sean diversified his conducting in 2016 when he became Chorus Director of The Royal Harmonics—a Windsor-based barbershop chorus. The chorus are currently placed fourth in the country and were silver medalists at the Irish Association of Barbershop Singers Convention (IABS) in 2017. In 2017 Sean also became Chorus Director for The Knights of Harmony, a barbershop chorus based in Chesham and was appointed as the new Musical Director of West Sussex Philharmonic Choir and Laudamus Chamber Choir in 2021.
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Sean conducts other project-based choirs during the year. This has previously included Sanctus Voices at Holy Trinity Garrison Church, Windsor; The Royal Automobile Club Choir, Epsom; and Marlow Choral Society’s ‘Come and Sing’ Christmas concert. Sean also enjoyed being Assistant Director of Music for the Windsor Castle Pantomime as they performed Aladdin in the Waterloo Chamber in 2018.
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As a professional singer and singing teacher, Sean has a keen interest in vocal technique, having participated in training with Janice Chapman and Ron Morris at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His past solo performances include the Mozart Requiem and Great Mass in C minor, as well as a performance at The Royal Albert Hall. Sean previously won a gold medal with his barbershop quartet First Edition at the IABS Convention, 2017.

Laudamus Chamber Choir
Come and Sing:
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Vivaldi's Gloria
Saturday 11th February 2022, 10.30am
Trinity Methodist Church, Brewery Road,
Woking, GU21 4LH
Tickets available from www.laudamuschamberchoir.org.uk
Spelthorne Choral Society
Haydn: Creation
Saturday 25th March 2023, 7.30am
St Peter's Church, Laleham Road
Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 2DX
Tickets available from www.spelthornechoralsociety.com


West Sussex Philharmonic Choir
Bach: St John Passion
Saturday 22nd April 2022, 7.30pm
St Mary's Church. Causeway,
Horsham RH12 1HE
Tickets available from www.westsussexphilharmonicchoir.org.uk
Quire Voices
Byrd: 400
Commemorating 400 years since the death of renaissance composer William Byrd and his astonishing musical legacy.
Tickets available from www.quirevoices.org.uk
