A little snippet preview of something currently in the works. Just piano, a vocal, and the sound from a suburban rooftop. All recorded in one take.

what's that? star (draft)

Teaser reel of four songs from West Side Story arranged for Campanile Consort, the TCD department of music's student-led chamber choir. Performed in concert at 8.30pm at the Printing House on Friday the 8th of April. Reel features brief sections from 'Something's Coming', 'Maria', 'Somewhere', and 'Tonight'.

West Side Story arrangements for the Campanile Consort: Teaser Reel

Little play-around with Avril 14th from the album Drukqs for the day that's in it. Multi-tracked piano with effects.

Avril 14th

'Something's Coming' from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim

Conducted by Sinead Alari
Arranged by Seamus Ryan

Something's Coming

'Maria' from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim performed by the Campanile Consort on Friday the 8th of April.

Conducted by Sinead Alari
Arranged by Seamus Ryan
Soloist: James Kelly

Maria

'Somewhere' from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim performed by the Campanile Consort on Friday the 8th of April.

Conducted by Sinead Alari
Arranged by Seamus Ryan

Somewhere

'Tonight' from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim performed by the Campanile Consort on Friday the 8th of April.

Conducted by Sinead Alari
Arranged by Seamus Ryan

Tonight

Rough field mic recording of Trinity Orchestra rehearsing White Sky by Vampire Weekend for Forbidden Fruit Festival. Soloist: Dahnan Spurling

White Sky for Trinity Orchestra (rehearsal take)

Trinity Orchestra rehearsing Obvious Bicycle by Vampire Weekend to play at Forbidden Fruit Festival. Soloist Ami Hewitt

Obvious Bicycle for Trinity Orchestra (rehearsal take)

A composer and a pianist. Studies Music and Philosophy at TCD, and piano performance with Anthony Byrne at the RIAM. Plays keyboard and arranges music for Trinity Orchestra and writes music for the theatre. 

Last theatrical projects were a live electronic score for Gays Against the Free State, by Oisin McKenna and directed by Colm Summers as part of the Tiger Dublin Fringe, and an original score and sound design for the play Constellations by Nick Payne, directed by Claudia Kinahan as part of Debut Festival 2016.

Other past projects include arranging the music of Vampire Weekend, and the music of David Bowie for Trinity Orchestra to play at festivals such as Electric Picnic, Forbidden Fruit and Metropolis. He is currently working on a collaborative songwriting project with Leonard Buckley.

contact: seamusryanmusic@gmail.com

Séamus Ryan