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Michael Andrew Seaton

Semi-professional violist, occasional pianist, violinist and percussionist, performs in chamber groups and orchestras (baroque, symphony), orchestral pits for musicals/opera, and brass bands.

Very occasional composer, very frequent arranger and orchestrator, user of MuseScore (previously Finale, cappella, Noteworthy Composer).

Big on "classical" music but enjoys many other genres.

Works as a computational scientist for a living.

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Arrangement of the third movement of Edvard Grieg's piano piece Poetic Tone-Pictures (Op. 3) for a chamber orchestra of two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in B flat, two bassoons, two horns in F and strings. Completed as an orchestration exercise using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds in May 2023.

Score for entire work at https://musescore.com/user/1...

Arrangement of the sixth movement of Edvard Grieg's piano piece Poetic Tone-Pictures (Op. 3) for a chamber orchestra of two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in B flat, two bassoons, two horns in F and strings. Completed as an orchestration exercise using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds in May 2023.

Score for entire work at https://musescore.com/user/1...

Arrangement of Vasyl Barvinsky's first of 5 Preludes (1918) for symphony orchestra, completed in July 2022 as an entry for the Orchestration Challenge 2022 run by Orchestration Online. Rendered using MuseScore 4 with Muse Sounds and Spitfire Audio BBC SO.

Score available at https://musescore.com/user/14072251/scores/8910720

Arrangement of the second movement of Edvard Grieg's piano piece Poetic Tone-Pictures (Op. 3) for a chamber orchestra of two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in B flat, two bassoons, two horns in F and strings. Completed as an orchestration exercise using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds in May 2023.

Score for entire work at https://musescore.com/user/...

Arrangement of first movement (Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo) of Ludwig van Beethoven's Sonata No. 24, Op. 78 - originally for piano and in F sharp major - for a classical-era orchestra. Completed in August 2023 as an entry for the Orchestration Challenge 2023 run by Orchestration Online. Rendered using MuseScore 4 with Muse Sounds.

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Arrangement of the first movement of Edvard Grieg's piano piece Poetic Tone-Pictures (Op. 3) for a chamber orchestra of two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in B flat, two bassoons, two horns in F and strings. Completed as an orchestration exercise using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds in May 2023.

Score for entire work at https://musescore.com/user/...

Arrangement of the fourth movement of Edvard Grieg's piano piece Poetic Tone-Pictures (Op. 3) for a chamber orchestra of two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in A, two bassoons, two horns in F and strings. Completed as an orchestration exercise using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds in May 2023.

Score for entire work at https://musescore.com/user/14072...

Second movement of Michael Andrew Seaton's orchestral Suite on Turkish Folk Songs: a fugal scherzo based on the 5-in-a-bar folk dance "Ali Paşa".

Full score of entire work available at https://musescore.com/maseaton/scores/6702113

Image credit: Ingo Mehling (CC BY-SA 3.0), depicting the Vespasian Gate in Side, Turkey

Arrangement of the fifth movement of Edvard Grieg's piano piece Poetic Tone-Pictures (Op. 3) for a chamber orchestra of two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in B flat, two bassoons, two horns in F and strings. Completed as an orchestration exercise using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds in May 2023.

Score for entire work at https://musescore.com/user/1...

Arrangement of second movement (Allegro vivace) of Ludwig van Beethoven's Sonata No. 24, Op. 78 - originally for piano and in F sharp major - for a classical-era orchestra. Completed in August 2023 as an entry for the Orchestration Challenge 2023 run by Orchestration Online. Rendered using MuseScore 4 with Muse Sounds.

Score available at https://m...

Arrangement of the first of Manuel de Falla's Cuatro Piezas Españolas - Aragonesa - for symphony orchestra. Completed in September 2021 and rendered using MuseScore 4, Muse Sounds and Spitfire Audio BBC SO.

Score for entire work at https://musescore.com/maseaton/scores/7040357

An arrangement of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Humoresque (the second of his Opus 10 Two Pieces for piano from 1872) for a small (chamber) orchestra of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B flat, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F and strings.

Completed as an orchestration exercise in January/February 2023. Full score available at https://musescore.com/user/14...

Variation 4 from an arrangement of Johannes Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (Op. 24) for symphony orchestra. Completed in April 2023 and rendered using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds. Full score of the entire work available at https://musescore.com/user/14072251/scores/10247233

Variation 21 from an arrangement of Johannes Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (Op. 24) for symphony orchestra. Completed in April 2023 and rendered using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds. Full score of the entire work available at https://musescore.com/user/14072251/scores/10247233

Variations 23, 24 and 25 from an arrangement of Johannes Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (Op. 24) for symphony orchestra. Completed in April 2023 and rendered using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds. Full score of the entire work available at https://musescore.com/user/14072251/scores/10247233

Variations 7 and 8 from an arrangement of Johannes Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (Op. 24) for symphony orchestra. Completed in April 2023 and rendered using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds. Full score of the entire work available at https://musescore.com/user/14072251/scores/10247233

Variations 5 and 6 from an arrangement of Johannes Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (Op. 24) for symphony orchestra. Completed in April 2023 and rendered using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds. Full score of the entire work available at https://musescore.com/user/14072251/scores/10247233

An arrangement of Maurice Ravel's air for piano, À la manière de Chabrier, for symphony orchestra, completed in October 2022 and re-rendered using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds in December 2023. Full score is available at https://musescore.com/user/14072251/scores/8748099

Variation 22 from an arrangement of Johannes Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (Op. 24) for symphony orchestra. Completed in April 2023 and rendered using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds. Full score of the entire work available at https://musescore.com/user/14072251/scores/10247233

Variation 19 from an arrangement of Johannes Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (Op. 24) for symphony orchestra. Completed in April 2023 and rendered using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds. Full score of the entire work available at https://musescore.com/user/14072251/scores/10247233

Variation 18 from an arrangement of Johannes Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (Op. 24) for symphony orchestra. Completed in April 2023 and rendered using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds. Full score of the entire work available at https://musescore.com/user/14072251/scores/10247233

An arrangement of Maurice Ravel's waltz for piano, À la manière de Borodine, for symphony orchestra, completed in September 2022 and re-rendered (and revised) in December 2023 using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds.

Full score is available at https://musescore.com/user/14072251/scores/8689512

Variations 11 and 12 from an arrangement of Johannes Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (Op. 24) for symphony orchestra. Completed in April 2023 and rendered using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds. Full score of the entire work available at https://musescore.com/user/14072251/scores/10247233

Variation 20 from an arrangement of Johannes Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (Op. 24) for symphony orchestra. Completed in April 2023 and rendered using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds. Full score of the entire work available at https://musescore.com/user/14072251/scores/10247233

Variations 9 and 10 from an arrangement of Johannes Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (Op. 24) for symphony orchestra. Completed in April 2023 and rendered using MuseScore 4 and Muse Sounds. Full score of the entire work available at https://musescore.com/user/14072251/scores/10247233