Sean Radermacher inspires musicians and audiences of all ages as a conductor, educator, and orchestral violinist, championing works of a diverse representation of composers and genres. A versatile musician, Sean combines an intensity and sensitivity in performance with a passion for education.

Sean currently serves as Assistant Conductor with the Erie Philharmonic. He regularly coaches and performs as Guest Conductor with the Pittsburgh Youth Concert Orchestra (PYCO). With PYCO, Sean leads community outreach performances, partnering with Violins of Hope, Carnegie Libraries, and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.

Sean appeared repeatedly as Associate Conductor with Sunflower Music Festival and Assistant Conductor with Buzzards Bay Musicfest and Sault Ste. Marie Opera. In addition to conducting duties, he also performed as a violinist in each orchestra.

Sean earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Kentucky (UK), serving as Conductor of the UK Philharmonia and Assistant Conductor of the UK Symphony Orchestra and UK Opera Theatre. His dissertation, A History of Educational Concerts of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, is available through UK’s UKnowledge database.

At UK, Sean persistently championed music by women and people of color, contributing to a multi-season project of over a dozen works by contemporary women composers. He collaborated with top international artists such as composer Salina Fisher and violinist Jennifer Koh. Sean conducted the world premiere of Qingye Wu’s Jiuzhai Valley Suite and the Kentucky premiere of Florence Price’s The Oak.

In the Lexington community, Sean conducted the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras as a guest clinician, taught violin at Central Music Academy, and served on the staff of the Chamber Music Festival of Lexington.

Sean earned a Master of Music in orchestral conducting at the Cleveland Institute of Music, studying with Carl Topilow. He earned Bachelor (summa cum laude) and Master degrees in violin performance from Duquesne University, where he studied with Charles and Rachel Stegeman.

Sean has over a decade of conducting experience through international festivals and workshops across the United States, the Czech Republic, and Bulgaria, including numerous masterclasses led by Larry Rachleff and Donald Schleicher. In 2013 and 2023, he conducted and performed as a violinist in the Monteux School and Music Festival, studying with Michael Jinbo, Tiffany Lu, Arthur Fagen, Julius Williams, Hugh Wolff, Kenneth Kiesler, and Markand Thakar.

As an orchestral violinist, Sean has performed with the Erie Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Orchestra, Lexington Chamber Orchestra, Festival Orchestra Napa, Prague Summer Nights Orchestra, and the Butler County, Firelands, Westmoreland, Wheeling, and Youngstown Symphony Orchestras.