Sean Hully

Sean sings easy-listening songs drawn from pop, rock, and jazz. He has very compact system that sounds great and is suitable for large or small rooms. He uses a high quality headset microphone which doesn't let the voice drop out when he picks up a flute or saxophone. Plus, it gives a pleasing, no-clutter view of his performance.

Sean uses a nylon string classical guitar, a beautiful sounding curved soprano saxophone, a flute, and harmonica to enhance songs. The woodwinds give the music variety and interest. Your guests will be intrigued by their sound and seeing him physically manipulate the instruments. Occasionally, he will layer guitar tracks and create percussive sounds.

If there is any point when simple ambient music is needed during the event, Sean can play light instrumental classical guitar.

Like most musicians, Sean has been playing music most of his life. His journey has been quite eclectic, starting out as a boy chorister who concurrently played guitar, bass, and saxophone throughout high school. During his undergraduate program at Queens' University, he specialized on classical saxophone. He later enrolled in the Humber College Jazz Program and fell in love with jazz saxophone and improvisation.

Sean left Canada for one year to work for Carnival Cruise Lines as a saxophonist. Upon returning to Toronto, he recorded an original album and freelanced heavily, including playing saxophone with tribute bands to Billy Joel, Elton John, Bob Seger, and Tina Turner. He also could be found in pit orchestras for many musical theatre productions doubling on flutes and clarinets. He soon became the saxophonist in the fun 50s and 60s band Little Peter and the Elegants for six years.

He returned to school to receive a Masters of Arts in music composition at York University and then moved to his hometown to start his music studio Bird House Music and founded the Sean Hully Jazz Group.

In 2015, he became immersed in the goal of creating a solo act that could utilizes all of his skills in one place, so he dropped all of his bands to retrain himself and incorporate a phrase sampler which is the heart of his solo act.

The important item is access to an electrical outlet. Sean needs an area of about 5 square feet that is out of the way of any traffic to perform.