
Seána Dubh is an audiovisual composer, audio engineer, and educator based in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
Seána's journey in the audiovisual field is marked by a diverse range of experiences. As a current PhD student at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), she is conducting research in musique concrète, experimental audiovisual composition, and uncanny environments. Her academic pursuits are complemented by her role as a sound specialist at UTS in the FASS MediaLab department. With a wealth of experience in the film and television industry as an audio engineer in post-production, she has made significant contributions to a wide array of projects, including feature films, television series, documentaries, promos, TVCs, and podcasts.
Her passion for all things audio began as a child when she began teaching herself the piano, and then, as a teenager, moved on to formal lessons, becoming classically proficient. Upon completing her high school studies and realising she didn't have the stoic exterior required for classical performance, Seána gravitated towards the technical and electronic aspects of music and sound, enrolling in a Bachelor of Music and Sound Design at UTS in 2016. In her final year, she interned at boutique post-production house ZIGZAG Lane and was offered a full-time position once she finished her degree. Seána then spent the next several years finessing her skills as a sound designer, mixer and recording engineer, including a nomination for an ASSG award, before returning to academia to pursue further studies. In 2022, she achieved First Class Honours and earned the University Medal with her thesis "Towards Audiovisual Harmony: Exploring Synaesthetic Experience through Visual Music Composition". Seána then began her PhD in 2023, where she has since passed her confirmation of candidature and is now in the creative part of her creative practice research journey. She also works as technical support and an educator in the MediaLab department, teaching undergraduate and Masters students how to use audio software and equipment for sound engineering.