Matthew Sear
Matthew Sear (born 15 September 1975) is an English composer, guitarist and educator. His compositions include works for small ensembles, choral works, chamber music and solo pieces. His music draws on a variety of styles and genres.
======Matthew Sear, English composer
As of 2020, he is a teacher of piano and classical guitar at Bird College Conservatoire and The James Allan School For Performing Arts and a performing artist for Music In Hospitals and Care.
Sear studied the guitar as an undergraduate at The Guildhall School Of Music and Drama and subsequently privately, under guitarist and composer Dr Martin Vishnick. He studied as post graduate at the University Of Surrey under Dr Stephen Goss and subsequently privately, under Royal College of Music senior professor Carlos Bonell, whom he is referenced by as a former 'notable student'. Sear holds a masters degree in music, a Licentiates with The Royal Schools Of Music and a Fellowship, with The London College Of Music.
==Compositions
Sear's music has been performed across the U.K and overseas and his music has featured in the magazines Classical Guitar and Fanfare Magazine. He has written for several notable artists including the guitarists; Jonathan Pragg and Martina Barlotta, the pianist Janneke Brits and Flautist Carla Rees.
==Selected List Of Compositions
- In Your Dreams Part one and two (guitar quartet) 2003
- Fanfare (string quartet) 2003
- Meltdown (for electric guitar and harpsichord) 2019
- Sonata (for flute and classical guitar) 2020
- The Souls Of The Righteous (satb) 2019
- The Secret Garden (classical guitar duo)
- Beneath The Veil (flute) 2019
- Three Impromptus (clarinet) 2015
- The System Has Crashed (organ) 2017
- Ceremony part 1 and 2 (organ) 2018
- Impromptu (harpsichord) 2020
- Homage To Beethoven (piano) 2019
- Two Altercations (piano) 2019
- Five Short Pieces (piano) 2013
- The Halloween Preludes (piano) 2006
- Portraits of North America (guitar) 2012
- The Road To Damascus (guitar) 2016
- The Longing - An Improvisation (guitar) 2002
- Empty Spaces (piano) 2003
- Two Altercations (piano) 2019
- Three Folk Preludes (guitar) 1998
References[edit]
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1. Classical Guitar Vol.32 No.5 page 24 'Music Matters - 'British Guitarist and Composer Matthew Sear discusses Autism, the guitar and being a working musician in the internet age' by Guy Harris 2. Fanfare The Magazine For Serious Record Collectors Vol. 37 No 6 pages 183 - 188 - Made In England; a conversation with Matthew Sear by Robert Schulslaper 3. We Are Cult 16th November 2017 - Matthew Sear: The Road To Damascus Interview, by James Gent
External links[edit]
- [http://www.matthewsearcomposer.com Official website
- [1] JASSPA Music School
- [2] Music In Hospitals and Care
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