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Seán Clancy

@seanlclancy.bsky.social

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Composer & performer working across the Hibernian archipelago. Ad Astra Fellow, Assistant Professor in UCD. Likes acoustic & electronic sound, minimal & experimental stuff. Formerly Senior lecturer in music at RBC

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Jenn Kirby @jennkirbym.bsky.social · 3h

Come work with me in Liverpool!
Part-time Music Tech teaching job:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT479/u...
about a week left to apply

University Teacher in Music Technology - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a University Teacher in Music Technology - Grade 7 on jobs.ac.uk!

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frozen reeds @frozenreeds.com · 1h

Please join us as we listen to 'Psychic Resynthesis' in its entirety in the presence of the artist, who will be happy to answer questions on the making of the piece, life, the universe, and which establishment serves the best desi breakfast in Rotherham. frozenreeds.bandcamp.com/merch/psychi...

Psychic Resynthesis Listening Party from frozen reeds

Listening Party from frozen reeds.

frozenreeds.bandcamp.com

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Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 59m

This is true for most food I eat! 😂

Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 1h

Haha, wasn’t quite off the ground but we were walking to the Wellington after a concert and a dude came out of Nando’s and gave us a full roast chicken apropos of nothing. Alvin was down for it!

Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 2h

Me and Alvin Curran literally did this after a gig one time…

Ryan North? But - he died... 30 years ago this very night!! @ryannorth.ca · 4h

In video games, you will often find a fully roasted chicken abandoned on the ground, and eating it extremely quickly makes you feel better. What's less known is that this is also true in real life

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Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 4h

Finally booked my appointment to get hearing aids… students will be delighted that they won’t have to repeat themselves like 5 times when they answer a question.

Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 19h

I loved your band back then, and especially Sue’s delivery. There was nothing else like it. So much energy & beauty. T’was the stuff…

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Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 1d

Very nice to welcome the incredible Michelle O Rourke to @ucddublin.bsky.social this afternoon for a lovely recital of early & contemporary music. Lovely new piece by Caterina Schembri & always a joy to hear the acrobatic ‘O Rourke’ by Andrew Hamilton

@cmcireland.bsky.social

Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to @journalofmusic.bsky.social for a nice lil review of our Plus Minus // Ultan O Brien concert last week. Fair play to Ultan & Plus Minus for such an enjoyable show…

@ucddublin.bsky.social
@cmcireland.bsky.social
@artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social

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From Faeries to Field Recordings, Plus or Minus

The British new music group Plus-Minus Ensemble made their Irish debut last week at Whelan's (1 October), performing works by Jessie Marino, Bernhard Lang and Seán Clancy. Brendan Finan reviews.

journalofmusic.com

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Sylvia Leatham @sylvialeatham.bsky.social · 1d

“An unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time” could be Beckett’s own review of Life. 🤣

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 1d

They’re real beauts…

Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 1d

That’s the one!

Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amongst the most excited I’ve ever heard him…

Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 1d

7 year old currently losing it watching adults on tv trying to decide if something is cake or an inanimate object…

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Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 1d

Grazie Mille 🙏🏻

Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 1d

That’s wonderful… He’s a total Don… his drumming with the Necks is amongst my favourite thing on this planet…

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Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 2d

Is in my listening pile. Looking forward!

a man in a trench coat talking to another man in a suit

ALT: a man in a trench coat talking to another man in a suit

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Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 2d

Tony Buck

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Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 2d

Delighted to hear that the great Craig Taborn has received a MacArthur fellowship… if you see something with Craig Taborn’s involvement - you should pay attention…

youtu.be/qUxnD9GMm8Y

Craig Taborn | 2025 MacArthur Fellow

YouTube video by macfound

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Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 2d

I hear you, I hear you!

Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 2d

My new favourite @steamroom.bsky.social is this…

steamroom.bandcamp.com/album/steamr...

Steamroom 23, by Jim O'Rourke

1 track album

steamroom.bandcamp.com

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Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 2d

Delighted to be welcoming singer, Michelle O Rourke to @ucddublin.bsky.social tomorrow for a lunchtime recital. Michelle will sing music from the 12th century to the present day inc. lots of Irish composers. Free entry & details below…

@cmcireland.bsky.social

www.ucd.ie/music/newsan...

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Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday, Christian. Hope you’re having a lovely day! 🥳

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rubot @rubot.ie · 3d

luke skywalker -
- farmer
- lives on a windswept island in the atlantic
- emotionally damaged by religion
- starts fights in pubs, big head on him

- irish.

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Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 3d

I’d largely go along with that, but for the omission of New Haven/CT style apizza, which is better than any other pizza I’ve eaten in the US.