The music of Sheridan Seyfried resonates with music lovers around the globe today. His style is melodic and accessible, rhythmically driving at times, soulful at others. His influences are wide-ranging and include music by Beethoven and Dvorak as well as genres such as Celtic and American folk, blues, bluegrass, and New Age. Seyfried’s music has been heard in venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Liszt Academy in Budapest, and at major music festivals including Chamber Music Northwest (OR), Music from Angel Fire (NM), and Festival Mozaic (CA).

 

In 2013, Seyfried wrote a romantically hued violin concerto for Dennis Kim, who premiered it with the Tampere Philharmonic (Finland). The performance brought a normally reserved audience to its feet, and has since been performed by the Lebanese Philharmonic. Kim has also championed Seyfried’s lively and expressive Sextet (2010) for clarinet, piano and strings, originally composed for celebrated clarinetist David Shifrin (it has also been performed frequently by Belgian soloist Roeland Hendrikx). More recently, Seyfried has written a three-movement violin sonata for Kim, who premiered it with pianist Orli Shaham in 2025.

 

Seyfried’s music written for cello soloist Jonah Kim includes Serenade (2018) and Dancing in the Eye of the Storm (2022). The latter work was described as "the audible incarnation of the thrilling" at its premiere at Festival Mozaic, as played by Kim and pianist Dominic Cheli. Most recently, Seyfried has completed a four-movement sonata for Kim (2026), who premiered the work with pianist Sean Kennard, for whom Seyfried has composed a piano sonata.

 

Seyfried's chamber music output is prolific. Trio Barclay has commissioned four full-length piano trios from Seyfried (2021, 2023, 2025, and 2026), the first of which they recently released on Orchid Classics (UK), produced by celebrated veteran Michael Fine, alongside two other contemporary works. His marimba and violin duet, Blues Train (2015), his most-performed work, was written for the ViMaDeAn Duo (Denis Petrunin and Anastasia Petrunina). 

 

In the realm of orchestral music, Seyfried’s Double Concerto for two violins and orchestra, premiered by violinist brothers Nikki and Timmy Chooi, is infused with bluegrass, and has been broadcast nationally on APM's Performance Today. Seyfried has also composed a bass trombone concerto for soloist Zachary Bond, which was performed by the U.S. Army Orchestra under Colonel Timothy Holtan. In 2025, the U.S. Army Strings commissioned and premiered Seyfried's Homeward for string orchestra at their 75th anniversary gala concert at the Kennedy Center. 

 

A native of Philadelphia, PA, Seyfried grew up playing violin in the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra. He continued his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he received the Alfredo Casella Award for excellence in composition upon his graduation, shortly thereafter joining Curtis's theory faculty. His major mentors have included Edward Aldwell, Richard Danielpour, James Grant, and Nils Vigeland. In addition to composing, Seyfried is an experienced choral director and church organist, and, together with his wife, Ya-Jhu Yang, produces the popular annual Celtic to Classical concert series in southern Delaware. Seyfried currently resides outside Philadelphia.