ARTIST FEATURE: Sean Hayward is a musician carrying many hats. From electric guitar to percussion, from flamenco to classical contemporary, he is one...
Guitarist and Gamelan music expert Sean Hayward shares insights on the importance of rhythm and practicing with the metronome.
Words by Sean Hayward
ARTIST FEATURE
ARTIST FEATURE: Sean Hayward is a musician carrying many hats. From electric guitar to percussion, from flamenco to classical contemporary, he is one...
Sean Hayward
Sean Hayward is a composer, performer, researcher, and educator based in both Los Angeles, California and Surakarta, Central Java. His music is a reflection of his wide ranging interests, which include Javanese gamelan, process music, interdisciplinary story telling, Balkan folk music, the contemporary classical guitar, extreme metal, and ancient tuning systems. From 2019-2020, Sean was a recipient of a Fulbright research grant, focused on the bamboo calung ensemble of Banyumas, Central Java. He holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Performer-Composer program at California Institute of the Arts where he has also served as a lecturer. Current activities include working as a lecturer in Javanese gamelan at UCLA, composing for documentary film, performing with the Indonesian lute trio Cenglu, and the experimental puppet theater troupe, Wayang Sampah.
