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MUSIC, TOO!
Come Listen All!
On Saturday, April 30th,
lucky ticket holders for GDEF's
Dinner, Drama & Dessert events
were privileged to hear the premiere of
Come Listen All!
a piece written especially
for the GDRHS Band and Chorus
and performed in commemoration of Groton's 350th birthday
by the GDRHS Band
and Chorus
conducted by Paul Berler.
Composed by Sean O'Loughlin,
Come Listen All! was inspired by the poem
Song of Myself
by Walt Whitman.
The piece was commissioned by
the
Groton Dunstable High School Music Department
and funded by a grant from GDEF.
Through this GDEF grant,
students learned about the composition process,
and furthered their interpretive and performance skills
through the opportunity to work with Mr. O'Loughlin
on the performance of the piece as he envisions it.
The concert was held in
the gymnasium
at the Groton Dunstable Regional High School
beginning at 7:00pm.
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Composer Sean
O'Loughlin:
Mr. O'Loughlin's music has been performed
by the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Syracuse
Symphony, Oregon Symphony, and the Syracuse Society for New Music, among others. His growing catalog of wind band music is performed by countless
professional and educational ensembles each year. His musical style reflects his
admiration for the tradition of American composition pioneered by
Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, and others.
Mr. O'Loughlin's extensive musical background includes
orchestrating, copying, and proofreading scores for television and film in Los
Angeles, as well as on-air announcing for a national jazz public radio station.
He is a frequent guest conductor at schools and honor groups around the country. An annual ASCAP Special Awards winner, Sean was a composition fellow at the
Henry Mancini Institute in Los Angeles, and holds degrees from New England
Conservatory and Syracuse University.
Mr. O'Loughlin's music is published exclusively by Carl
Fischer Music.
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