Dr Seán Doherty is a composer, performer, and musicologist. He was introduced to music through the Irish fiddle tradition of his hometown of Derry. He read music at St John’s College, Cambridge, after which he completed a PhD in musicology at Trinity College, Dublin. He is an assistant professor of music at Dublin City University. With his colleague, Dr Róisín Blunnie, he leads an MA programme in Choral Studies, the first of its kind in Ireland. His compositions are frequently commissioned, performed, and broadcast both nationally and internationally.