This is out this day next week. If you like the sound of clarinets, electric guitars, violins, cellos, pianos, analog & FM synths, an SP404, field recordings, and a superflat/deadpan aesthetic that’s maybe just a little bit sad, then maybe this is for you ✅⚡️🔥 seanclancy.bandcamp.com/album/se-n-c...

Talking all things E.T. last night to introduce the National Symphony Orchestra’s performance of the film score live in concert. Was wonderful to speak to such an enthusiastic crowd and detail the little Easter eggs and wonderful themes in Williams’s fantastic score.

Excited to welcome Oscar-nominated sound editor Douglas Murray to @tlrhub.bsky.social at @tcddublin.bsky.social on April 27 Doug will be discussing his many credits, incl. his collaborations w/ David Lynch on the Twin Peaks pilot (1989) and its prequel film, Fire Walk With Me (1992) Booking link:

Looking forward to presenting on a new topic as part of the DCU musicology seminar series this Wednesday!! There’ll be lots of clips and a little bit of snark - because it’s me.

Two new positions with the #ERC-BROKENSONG project at Maynooth University. The first position is for a Postdoctoral Researcher/Senior Postdoctoral Researcher to conduct analysis of the medieval Insular music corpus recovered, transcribed, and edited within the project. my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...

Was thrilled to discuss An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) with Dr Elsie Walker on her new podcast, Films Change Lives. I avail of every opportunity to recommend this film to friends and colleagues. It’s an absolute gem. Do have a listen to our conversation: open.substack.com/pub/filmscha...

The joint conference of the RMA, SMI, and EADH (Queen's University Belfast, 29 Aug-1 Sept 2026) is extending its proposals deadline to noon (BST) on Friday 2 January 2026, as it has come to our attention that one key adjacent support network has not had a chance to disseminate news of the call.

We have a fully funded PhD (+ research expenses) in Ethnomusicology going in @ucddublin.bsky.social supervised by my new colleague, Abigail Lindo. Abigail is looking to supervise in a host of exciting & pertinant areas. Full details below: www.ucd.ie/music/newsan...

Only one week left to submit to our Music and Media conference at UCD next June!

Don’t forget to submit a paper by Dec 5 for our Music and Media conference at UCD: “Directions and Aesthetics of the Digital Era” www.ucd.ie/music/newsan...

Don’t forget to submit a paper by Dec 5 for our Music and Media conference at UCD: “Directions and Aesthetics of the Digital Era” www.ucd.ie/music/newsan...

Call for papers, deadline 1 December 2025. Proposals for the SMI's combined annual conference with the RMA and the EADH (29 August - 1 September 2026, Queen's University Belfast) are now warmly invited. Details at musicologyireland.com/events/confe...

A reminder that the CFP is now live for the International Musicological Society (IMS) Music and Media Study Group’s annual conference. Taking place on 11-12 June 2026 at @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social (Dublin, Ireland), the theme is “Directions and Aesthetics of the Digital Era” Please share widely

Well, it's happening now! Do please see the call for papers for Music and Media: Directions and Aesthetics of the Digital Era June 11-12 2026 School of Music, University College Dublin

Plans coming together for a film music conference @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social next June! Keep an eye out for our Call for Papers over the coming days ☺️

🎨 🎼 The Expansive Canvas is more than a conference — it's a celebration! We're calling artists, musicians, poets, and creators of all kinds to respond to the music of women composers of the long 19th century. Submit to The Creative Palette! 🎨 📣 Open to all! 🔗 expansivecanvas.com/call-for-par...

My review of Dan White’s new book, The Music of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings: Sounds of Home in the Fantasy Franchise, is now available to read online. Heartily recommend the book to anyone interested! liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/msmi/19/...

📣 Registration is now open for The Expansive Canvas: Large-Scale Form in the Music of 19th-Century Women Composers! 🗓 Full programme + sign-up: 🌐 expansivecanvas.com/registration/ — Nicole Grimes & Denise Neary (Co-Chairs) #ExpansiveCanvas #WomenInMusic #Musicology

The schedule for SMI's 23rd annual plenary conference (Dublin, 19-21 May) is now available. This and other details at musicologyireland.com/events/confe...

Delighted to see the Berlin Phil concert of Williams’s music (TWICE) last weekend! Stéphane Denève was a wonder as conductor & the Phil were phenomenal. Denève gave his flowers to Williams, leaving them on the score on the podium. A class act 🥲

💾 Online Webinar: 29th May, 3pm (Irish Time) Find out more about the MMus Music & Culture course content, new scholarship opportunities and have a chance to ask our academics questions about studying with us! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1jtV...

We're excited to welcome Prof Deborah Wong (UC Riverside) to UCD tomorrow for her lecture 'Music and Conviviality: Empathy, Repair, and Homage'. Prof Wong will explore the role of conviviality in music scholarship. 🔗 Full abstract: bit.ly/4iNnG5W 📍UCD Sutherland School of Law 🕔 Wed 7 May, 5pm

📢Calling all Early Career Ethno/Musicology Researchers Join us in a discussion with Deborah Wong, UC Riverside this Wed 3pm to share research and discuss key challenges in Ethnomusicology. Folks from all music disciplines are welcome! bit.ly/3YZYW3o @ucddublin.bsky.social

Currently recruiting masters students @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social for September. This year myself & composition students have worked with Crash Ensemble, Bozzini Quartet, and Line Upon Line amongst others. Contact me if interested in applying people.ucd.ie/sean.l.clancy

Delighted to see my article '“Reminiscence Therapy”: Musical Nostalgia in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy (2015–2019)' published in Émergences! I've so much to say about these complex scores, far beyond the wordcount! But I try scratch the surface here! publications-prairial.fr/emergences/i...

Was great to return to Évry University, Paris, last week to present my paper of Georges Delerue’s score to Platoon, discussing tensions between it and Barber’s Adagio for Strings. Wonderful university. Wonderful colleagues. Need to return soon for more pastries.

Hello folks. I am sharing an article I have written for JRMA with some recent research that responds to some criticisms of the practice turn in music, and that brings music history and perf. studies together. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Watched “What’s Up Doc?” just for Barbra Streisand. Pleasantly surprised by A) how funny it is B) how smart / stupid the humour is: perfect sweetspot C) that the middle act is set at a MUSICOLOGY CONFERENCE! Any other films mentioning/depicting musicology? (Besides Inside Out 2!) boxd.it/8XcSLz

Job Opportunity: Ad Astra Fellow - Assistant Prof in Digital Music Cultures Deadline Extended: 3rd March The deadline to apply for the Assistant Prof in Digital Music Cultures has been extended to 3rd March. So there is still plenty of time to get your application in! www.ucd.ie/adastrafello...

Re-amplifying this job going in digital music cultures in @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social Come work with me and many other nice people in arts & humanities. Plenty of opportunity to collaborate in the school & in the college The search is deep & wide www.ucd.ie/adastrafello...

Exited to return to NYU this summer to present my paper “I don’t think we have enough hot dogs”: Metafilm music in Todd Hayne’s May December (2023). It’ll be my first non-Williams-themed paper at Music and the Moving Image. Yes, the title came first. The paper will just write itself. I hope!

Ahoy Ahoy we’ve got a new job going in @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social It’s an ad Astra Fellow/Assistant professor in digital music cultures, and I think we’re casting the net pretty wide as to what that might entail. Take a look below: www.irishjobs.ie/job/ad-astra...

We're delighted to host the 2025 SMI/ICTMD Ireland Postgraduate Conference at Trinity College Dublin, 16-17 January. A stunning program of presentations, concerts, & a roster of award ceremonies that will be full of festive celebration. Registration is now open at www.eventbrite.ie/.../smiictmd....

Quite surreal to see my PhD thesis being cited in Emilio Audissino’s new article, “Canonizing John Williams”. Spurs me on to continue my research, if I can squeeze it between all my new teaching (how do people manage the balance!?) A wonderful coda to my academic year!

As usual: unsurprising and a hot mess

Wicked is monumental but left me underwhelmed and unimpressed. Drab colouring despite lavish sets and costuming, and the flow and momentum of good songs is disrupted by too many lengthy cuts and dialogue interludes. Most impressive thing about it is the marketing!

Super cool to see Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr (hilarious!) on campus today, with a live score by @seanlclancy.bsky.social & PhD composers no less! Perfect way to mark my final day of teaching in my first term @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social

Thrilled to have presented at NYU Steinhardt for Music & the Moving Image conference! I resuscitated & updated my MA thesis on the reminiscence motif in Star Wars, and was blown away by the support & warmth of the audience. Great also to catch up with friends old & new. See you all in 2025!

Corrected, printed, submitted! Quite surreal to hold the hefty tome in my hands. Happy to share it with anyone who’d be interested!

Today, I was finally introduced to the hidden gem of St. Pats, the Russel Library, by their resident musicologist Kayleigh Ferguson. Obsessed!

#PhDone! Had a wonderful experience during my viva today thanks to Dr Antonio Cascelli, Dr Kylie Jarrett, and my external examiner Dr Emilio Audissino! Sláinte! I am soon to be Dr Power, fulfilling my dream of being a Bond villain and/or Marvel superhero!

It was a privilege to co-chair the SMI/ICTMD-IE Postgrad Conference with Kaylie Streit! No better way to cap my time as a student at Maynooth than by welcoming many young scholars, from near & far, to my academic home! My thanks again to all who joined us!

My last in-person class at Oxford Brooke’s today - finishing out the 3rd year’s musicology module with a discussion closely related to my thesis. It’s been a privilege to teach such engaged, excited and inquisitive students; I’ll remember our classes very fondly.