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Sean Patrick Flahaven

Sean Patrick Flahaven is Senior Vice President of Theatre and Catalog Development for Warner/Chappell Music, the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group, where he represents many of the best songwriters on Broadway and the catalogs of the majority of the Great American Songbook, and oversees theatrical producing and licensing. He has produced 20 cast albums, 9 of which were nominated for Grammy Awards. His own work has been performed in New York, at regional theatres, and at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. He has been a music director/arranger/orchestrator/copyist for 21 productions off-Broadway and regionally. He has produced over 100 shows, concerts, workshops, and readings for the Shuberts, Jujamcyn, Public Theater/NYSF, Manhattan Theatre Club, O'Neill Theater Center, York Theatre, and Melting Pot Theatre. He has worked in licensing for TRW, MTI, and R&H. Vice President, Music Publishers Association; ASCAP Symphonic & Concert Committee; Dramatists Guild Music & Anti-Piracy Committees; Tony Nominator.  BA Boston College, MFA NYU-Tisch, MFA Brooklyn College. Faculty, NYU-Tisch since 2002.

Promotion and Protection of Musicals
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Promotion and Protection of Musicals

28 September 2015

Sean Patrick Flahaven dispenses practical advice to aspiring musical theatre writers.

Protecting, Distributing, and Monetizing Your Work Online
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Protecting, Distributing, and Monetizing Your Work Online

16 July 2014

Sean Patrick Flahaven offers insight into how artists can protect their intellectual property from piracy.