Conductor and Composer Sean Mayes Signs with Opus 3 Artists

Mayes will be represented worldwide by Matthew Oberstein

Conductor and composer Sean Mayes is the most recent musician to join the roster at Opus 3 Artists, where he will receive worldwide representation from the company's Senior Vice President, Matthew Oberstein.

Hailing originally from Toronto, Mayes has a broad range of expertise across both classical music and music theater. In the latter, he recently conducted the Tony-winning productions MJ: The Musical and Hadestown, as well as the American Pops Orchestra in Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future on PBS.

Further credits include The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration at the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Philharmonic, as well as the new musical Mandela, inspired by the life of Nelson Mandela and co-produced by the Mandela family.

As a composer, Mayes co-wrote Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White with the Canadian multidisciplinary artist HAUI and also conducted the premiere performance at the Canadian Opera Company.

As a pedagogue, Mayes is a part-time Professor of Musical Theater at Canada's Sheridan College. He has also appeared as a guest instructor at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Marymount College Manhattan, and the Guildford School of Acting (UK).

Other conductors on the Opus 3 roster include Marin Alsop, Karina Canellakis, JoAnn Falletta, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Mei-Ann Chen, and Teddy Abrams.

"Delighted to share that I have joined Opus3 Artists and their incredible roster of artists for worldwide representation!" Mayes wrote on social media. "[I'm] excited for a whole new chapter of artistic collaboration with the exceptional Matthew Oberstein and the entire Opus 3 team."