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Hot Scenes of Winter: Shepherd In the Subtropics

Perhaps it was because I first encountered Sean Shepherd’s music online, that most disembodied medium, but when I finally heard him performed by the Cleveland Orchestra at Knight Hall, I closed my eyes. There. That makes the most sense. One is usually curious about who is making what sounds, how deftly an instrument is fretted and bowed, what physical energy is fueling the feelings, in what manner the conductor is pulling and pushing a composition. But after a few minutes of watching, it felt better not to. As if Shepherd’s Wanderlust emanated from another dimension. An inner one. Touched by an outer one. One … Continue reading

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Is the Rest Silence?: Music In the Time Of the Crisis

Walking into the middle of a session for U of Miami Frost School of Music composition students guided by Sean Shepherd at a room in the Knight Hall is like entering a scene from an elegant and spare art movie. The room is modern. So is the music. Most of the characters are young and casually attired. Everyone is very intense and intent on playing and listening. With Cleveland Orchestra musicians interpreting the work with the same seriousness they play the masters, this was the first time these young composers heard their music precisely, sharply, as they wrote it. Which was enlightening, for … Continue reading

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