About Me
Sean Hagerty is an independent musician, passionate about artistic collaboration in
a variety of capacities and settings. From dirty LES rock clubs to Broadway, sleek
Chelsea dance-halls to introverted studio projects, Sean continues to explore new
territory in New York City.
As an electic violinist, he plays and sings with the Freedom Haters, an experimental rock trio
based in Brooklyn.
Stepping to side-man, he's played with Michael Cerveris and Nellie McKay at the Bowery Ballroom as well as
Aaron Stout and Tomer Oami, local singer-songwriters.
Accustomed to multiple roles, Sean often doubles as arranger for his projects.
Boston Fielder's soul-tinged Muthawit Orchestra marked his NYC debut, with a concert full of
arrangements for strings, trumpet, and sax.
In late summer of 2006, he served as violinist, music director, and arranger for Ben Magnuson's
"Who Asked Me to Annoy You With my Sad Repartee," a cabaret of love songs. The ensemble brimmed with violin, cello, French
horn, piano, bass, and drums, coaxing vibrancy into music by Tom Waits, Duncan Sheik, Scott Weiland, and others.
Surprisingly, Sean had the unique chance to write a revised version of "Bohemian Rhapsody"
for the Broadway cast of Sweeney Todd. The 11-piece group of singer-musicians premiered the
new "Rhapsody in Blood" at the 25th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition at the New Amsterdam Theater in Times Square.
In addition, the cast performed one of the "Who Asked.." works, "Lady, the Roof Brings Me Down" as part of Fleet Street at the Bowery.
Sean also works with electronics, producing synths and beats for his own songs.
With Zahra Hashemian, he produced "Resurrect Myself", performed at Club Sol.
He is an avid programmer of Max/MSP/Jitter, having worked with a number of performance artists,
notably Michael Portnoy at the SOHO art parade.
Part of the downtown multi-media community, Sean created an interactive animation for Harvestworks, using their from-scratch sensor suitcase. He is currently sound designing at Three Legged Dog (3LD), an experimental theater group.
