Friday, November 7, 11:00AM -1:00 PM
McElroy Conference Room, with snacks
Sean
Patrick Flahaven, '95
Musician, Composer, Conductor, Arts Journalist, Arts Administrator
Sean Patrick Flahaven is a producer, writer, composer, conductor, and
orchestrator based in New York City. He is currently Managing Director of the
Melting Pot Theatre Company, an award-winning, off-Broadway company; Executive
Director of the New Voices Workshop, a musical theatre writers' collaborative
organization; and a board member of PS Classics records. His work has been
performed in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Delaware,
Chicago, and at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. As a musician, he has
worked on the development and original productions of dozens of new musicals. He
has also been an arts journalist for ten years, with over 200 articles published
in Show Music, The Sondheim Review, BroadwayOnline.com, and
elsewhere. A native of Minnesota, he received degrees in English and Music with
multiple honors from Boston College; an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from New
York University's Tisch School of the Arts; and an MFA in Performing Arts
Management from Brooklyn College. He now teaches at both NYU-Tisch and Brooklyn
College.
Students joined BC alum Sean Flahaven '95 as he discussed his experiences as a musician, writer, and producer in New York theatre, including strategies for finding career opportunities in unusual ways. Making direct use of the education and skills he learned at Boston College, Sean was able to immediately find work with major playwrights, composers, directors, performers, and producers on and off-Broadway and in regional theatres. He also has suggestions about applying to graduate school programs in the arts and how to make a living while pursuing career goals - without waiting tables. This informal seminar would be of particular interest to aspiring playwrights, directors, producers, actors, musicians, composers, arrangers, conductors, and arts journalists.