Sean Kleve
percussion

Percussionist Sean Kleve is a performer and promoter for contemporary classical music. As the founder of Baldwin-Wallace College’s new music ensemble entitled l(a, Sean directed the ensemble in a variety of repertoire from composers such as, Xenakis, Cage, Reich, and Feldman. Today, Sean’s most recent accomplishments have resulted in performances at Alice Tully Hall with the Manhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, The Juilliard School, the Aspen Summer Music Festival, Symphony Space, and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. Sean’s exciting repertoire of solo music and chamber music spans from Bach to Babbit. As a performer of new music, Sean has worked with many composers and artists including Steven Schick, Charles Wourinen, Steve Reich, Krzysztof Penderecki, Alarm Will Sound, and Joan Tower.

Not only known for his performances of contemporary music, Sean has also been successful in the orchestral field. Sean has performed with the Grammy Award Winning Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the Youngstown Symphony, and the Cleveland Pops Orchestra. Sean was named the first-call substitute percussionist/timpanist with the newly formed Chamber Orchestra of New York.

Born in Cleveland Ohio, Sean completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Percussion Performance at Baldwin-Wallace College. Currently, Sean is living in New York City and is working towards his Master’s Degree in Classical Percussion from the Manhattan School of Music. Sean’s teachers have included Duncan Patton, Chris Lamb, Steven Schick, She-e Wu, Josh Ryan, Andrew Pongracz, Doug Howard, Tom Stubbs, and Paul Yancich.