Sean Hickey
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Sean Hickey is a composer, born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1970 and currently based in New York. As a teenager he took lessons in electric guitar. At Wayne State University, Hickey's composition teachers included James Hartway and James Lentini. He has worked in a variety of areas and been commissioned by a number of musicians and organizations. His works include music for piano, orchestra, chorus, church, and chamber configurations. A disc of his chamber and orchestral works for Naxos American Classics, Left at the Fork in the Road, was released in November 2005, and broke the Billboard Top 100 Classical Chart. Hickey is also a published poet and writer of music reviews and travelogues. He is an ASCAP member and is published by Cantabile Press.
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- ASCAP
- Gramophone (Jan. 07 issue)
- Fanfare
- Metro Chamber Orchestra program notes
- Wayne State University Alumni
