BIOGRAPHY
Sean McCann (b. 1988, California) is a composer, curator, and sound engineer who examines pastoral and bizarre beauty. His chamber compositions have premiered in London (Cafe OTO), Stockholm (Fylkingen), Moscow (Kymatic Ensemble), and Toronto (Thin Edge New Music Collective). Since 2012, McCann has concurrently operated the record label Recital, which publishes contemporary experimental music, alongside archival Fluxus and sound poetry editions. His recent albums include Puck (2019, LP), Music for Private Ensemble (2013, LP), and Music for Public Ensemble (2016, 2xLP), which marry orchestral settings and text abstractions. McCann is currently working on an opera, which will be published in the coming year.
DISCOGRAPHY
Mother of Pearl [with Sarah Davachi] (2021) – Recital [LP / CD]
Saturday Night [with Matthew Sullivan & Alex Twomey] (2020) – Recital [LP]
Puck (2019) – Recital [LP]
Saccharine Scores (2018) – Recital [Book / CD]
Music for Public Ensemble (2016) – Recital [2xLP]
A Castle Popping (2015) – Recital [LP]
Music For Private Ensemble (2013) – Recital [LP]
Ten Impressions for Piano & Strings (2015) – Root Strata [LP / CD]
The Capital (2011) – Aguirre Records [LP]
Prelusion (2011) – Root Strata / Recital [LP / CDr]
Mammoth Mountain (2009/2010) – Avant Archive [2xCS]
Fountains (2010) – Roll Over Rover / Round Bale [2xCDr / 2xCS]
Sincere World (2010) – Amethyst Sunset [LP / CD]
Open Resolve (2010) – Stunned Records / Orange Milk [CS / LP]
Midnight Orchard (2008) – Roll Over Rover [CS]
Phylum Sigh (2008) – DNT Records [CS]
COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY
LIST OF COMPOSITIONS
Folded Rose (2023) – string quartet with humming
Folded Rose (2018) – solo piano with humming
Puck (2018) – two readers and video setting
Portraits of Friars (2018) – large ensemble
commissioned by Edition Festival
Pistons (2017) – choir & speaker (variable instrumentation)
Violet Fat (2017) – solo vibraphone with voice
Vilon (2017) – quintet with singing
commissioned by Kymatic Ensemble
Victorian Wind (2015) – quartet
commissioned by Thin Edge New Music Collective
BOOKS
As Stupid as a Fish (2019)
Sea Scene (2018)
Pacifics (2015)
SELECT PERFORMANCES
Cafe OTO
performance by Apartment House
string quartet, playing “Folded Rose”
May 27th, 2023
London, United Kingdom
Central Presbyterian Church
quintet, playing “Folded Rose” & “Stupid Portraits”
September 14th, 2019
Austin, TX, USA
Berkeley Art Museum
quartet
February 1st, 2019
Berkeley, CA, USA
Cafe OTO
performance of “Puck” with Lia Mazzari
August 1st, 2018
London, United Kingdom
Fylkingen
as part of Edition Festival
10-part ensemble, playing “Portraits of Friars”
February 9th, 2018
Stockholm, Sweden
The Museum of Contemporary Art
duo with Matthew Sullivan
June 30th, 2016
Los Angeles, CA, USA
San Francisco Zen Center
quadraphonic tape performance
August 25, 2012
San Francisco, CA, USA