COREY SEAPY
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ABOUT
Corey Seapy is a dynamic conductor and educator who has spent the last sixteen years maximizing the artistic potential of a wide variety of ensembles. His versatility has allowed him to work with wind ensembles and orchestras of all ages and ability levels. He is committed to sharing meaningful repertoire, and has led works by historically significant composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Copland, Grainger, Holst, Mahler, Mozart, Strauss, Stravinsky, and Varése. As a champion of new music, Dr. Seapy has recently commissioned works by Robert J. Bradshaw, Garrett Gillingham, Christopher H. Harris, Derek Jenkins, Stefanie Lubkowski, Daniel Morel, and Steven Weimer, and has premiered many student compositions.
Dr. Seapy serves as Director of Bands at the University of Central Missouri, where he leads the Wind Ensemble, teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in conducting, and oversees all aspects of the band program. Prior to this appointment in 2022, he served as Director of Bands at Millikin University in Decatur, IL for three years. He received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory where he served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and studied conducting with Steven D. Davis. Alongside his conducting and scholarly activity at UMKC, Dr. Seapy helped organize and host the 2017 National Conference for the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA).
Dr. Seapy also holds a Master of Music degree in Conducting from Ithaca College (NY), where he studied with Stephen Peterson, Cynthia Johnston Turner, and Jeffery Meyer, and a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from Gordon College (MA), where he studied conducting with David Rox, Gerald Dolan, and Kenneth Phillips, and clarinet with Bill Kirkley.
Prior to living in the Midwest, Dr. Seapy conducted and taught in Massachusetts, where he served as Music Director of the Charles River Wind Ensemble and Director of Bands at Ipswich High School. Earlier positions include Orchestra Director at Ipswich High School, Conducting Fellow with the Senior Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble at New England Conservatory, Assistant Conductor of the Gordon College Wind Ensemble, Conductor of the Northeast Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble, and Director of Bands at Georgetown High School. He has led award-winning high school ensembles in venues such as Symphony Hall and Jordan Hall in Boston, and on tour in England and Florida.
Dr. Seapy’s awards include a Third Place Award from the American Prize in Conducting (College/University Division) and a Finalist designation from the American Prize in Band/Wind Ensemble Performance (Community Division). He is an active guest conductor and adjudicator, with appearances at honor band and marching band festivals in Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, and Virginia, and at universities and public schools throughout the United States. Recent scholarly activity includes presentations at the 2023 and 2019 CBDNA National Conferences, the 2023 Missouri and Illinois Music Education Conferences, and the 2021 Indiana Music Education Association Conference.
Dr. Seapy resides in Lee’s Summit, MO, where he spends most of his free time trying to keep up with a toddler.
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Professional activity
Pitch is a B*$%!…
Panel presentation at the Illinois Music Education Conference (2022)
Great Artists Steal…
Video presentation at the Indiana Music Education Association Conference (2021)
Digital Resources for the 21st-Century Conducting Teacher and Student
At-large presentation at the CBDNA National Conference (2019)
Solace by Steven Bryant - An Electroacoustic Journey
Poster presentation given at the CBDNA Southwestern Division Conference (2018)
Remembering World War One
Collaborative, cross-disciplinary performance on the 100th anniversary of the WW1 armistice
Directed, wrote narration, and coordinated all aspects with UMKC faculty and students (2018)
L’Histoire du Soldat by Igor Stravinsky
Narrated and coordinated a full, ballet-style staging of the work for its 100th anniversary (2018)
The Cost of Compassion by Robert J. Bradshaw
Recorded, coordinated, and conducted the interactive world premiere (2017)
University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory Wind Symphony
Video Presentation: Polystylism and the Wind Works of Michael Colgrass
Article: A Band Stronghold (WASBE Journal Vol. 21, 2014)
Analysis: Motivic Connections in Gustav Holst's First Suite in E-flat
Program Note Sample: Dionysiaques by Florent Schmitt
