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JEFFREY W. RYAN Composer JEFFREY W. RYAN composer Address: #202-1967 Barclay Street Phone: (604) 687-3434 Vancouver BC V6G 1L1 E-mail: [email protected] Canada Website: http://jeffreyryan.com Selected Recent Works Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation (2012) Texts by Suzanne Steele SMTB soloists, SATB choir, SSAA children's choir, orchestra. 60' Commissioned by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra in collaboration with One Yellow Rabbit Theatre Book of Love (2015) Flute, Bb clarinet, violin, violoncello, percussion and piano. 61' Commissioned by Kokoro Dance with assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts Brazen (Concerto for Alto Saxophone) (2012) Solo alto saxophone, orchestral strings, percussion. 18' Commissioned by Julia Nolan with assistance from the British Columbia Arts Council Elemental (2014) Violin, violoncello, piano. 11' Transcription of violin and percussion version, for the Gryphon Trio Jubilant Red (2014) Sanxian, string quartet. 5' Commissioned by the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra Mirari (2016) Solo piano. 10' Commissioned by the Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition Moving, Still (2013) Orchestra. 5' Commissioned by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Seasons of the Sea (2016) Violin solo, string quintet, harpsichord, First Nations storyteller. 35' Commissioned by Vetta Chamber Music with assistance from the British Columbia Arts Council and the Deux Mille Foundation …sempiternam (2013) Text from the Latin Requiem Mass. Double SATB choir a cappella. 4'30"' Two Days (2013) Text by Suzanne Steele SSATB choir, piano. 4'15" Valediction (2015) Text by Norma West Linder. SATB choir a cappella. 6' Commissioned by Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir Selected Recent and Upcoming Performances 8/20/16 Angeline on Ossabaw Canadian Chamber Choir; Jeff Reilly, bass clarinet; Julia Davids, conductor Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax, Nova Scotia 7/13/16 Mirari Matt Poon, piano Casalmaggiore International Music Festival, Casalmaggiore, Italy (European premiere) 5/25/16 The Whitening of the Ox Bradley Christensen, baritone; Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra; William Rowson, conductor Christ's Church Cathedral, Hamilton, Ontario (part of the What Next New Music Festival) 5/13/16 Moving, Still Edmonton Symphony Orchestra; William Eddins, conductor Winspear Centre, Edmonton, Alberta 5/8/16 Bellatrix Mark Fewer, violin Historic Leith Church, Meaford, Ontario 5/6/16 Mirari Eckardt-Grammaté National Music Competition Lorne Watson Recital Hall, University of Brandon, Brandon, Manitoba (World première) 4/29/16 Seasons of the Sea Joan Blackman, violin; Rosemary Georgeson, First Nations storyteller; Vetta Chamber Music West Point Grey United Church, Vancouver, British Columbia 4/27/16 Seasons of the Sea Joan Blackman, violin; Rosemary Georgeson, First Nations storyteller; Vetta Chamber Music ArtSpring Island Arts Centre, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia (world premiere) 4/22/16 Jubilant Red Geling Jiang, sanxian; Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra Roundhouse, Vancouver, British Columbia (part of the Sound of Dragon Festival) 4/12/16 Moving, Still Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Dina Gilbert, conductor Maison symphonique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec 3/13/16 Timepieces Robin Driedger-Klassen, soprano; Jason Hall, clarinet; CMC String Quartet St. Philip's Anglican Church, Vancouver, British Columbia 3/11/16 Brazen Julia Nolan, alto saxophone; Lubbock Symphony Orchestra; David Cho, conductor Broadway Church of Christ, Lubbock, Texas (US première) 2/7/16 Valediction Tafelmusik Chamber Choir; Ivars Taurins, conductor Koerner Hall, Toronto, Ontario (world premiere) Selected Discography 2013 Burn on Liquid States, recorded by Standing Wave (Redshift Records TK427) 2011 Fugitive Colours: Music of Jeffrey Ryan includes The Linearity of Light, Equilateral, and Symphony #1: Fugitive Colours Vancouver Symphony/Bramwell Tovey/Gryphon Trio (Naxos Canadian Classics 8.572765) Western Canadian Music Award winner, Classical Album of the Year 2012 Juno nomination, Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble 2013 International Classical Music Award nomination, 2012 2011 Triple Witching on Vox Terra, recorded by Cris Inguanti with Joseph Elworthy and Corey Hamm Redshift Records TK425 2010 Saturn (study in white) on Cosmophony, recorded by Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa Redshift Records TK423 2010 On Monsieur’s Departure on into light, recorded by musica intima ATMA ACD2 2613 2010 After Storm and Angeline on Ossabaw on In Good Company, recorded by Canadian Chamber Choir CCCCD0001 2008 String Quartet #3 (sonata distorta) on Launch Pad Recorded by the Penderecki String Quartet Centrediscs CMCCD 13308 2006 Quantum Mechanics: Music of Jeffrey Ryan includes Bellatrix, Quantum Mechanics, ecce homo, Stillpoint, Poison Wind and Two-by-Four Various performers Centrediscs CMCCD 12206 2005 She Threw It Down, Anathema on Connections in Brass Recorded by the Hannaford Street Silver Band with the Amici Chamber Ensemble; Gary Kulesha, conductor Opening Day Records ODR9335 2004 Pangaea on Variations on a Memory Recorded by the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra; Geoffrey Moull, conductor TBSO2004 1997 Ophélie on The Composer’s Voice: New Music from Bowling Green Recorded by the Bowling Green Philharmonia with Myra Merritt, soprano; Emily Freeman Brown, conductor Albany Records TROY321 Selected Recent Honours and Awards 2014 Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award for career achievement, SOCAN 2013 Western Canadian Music Awards nomination, Classical Composition of the Year for Burn, recorded by Standing Wave 2013 JUNO nomination, Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble for Jeffrey Ryan: Fugitive Colours, recorded by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra 2012 JUNO nomination, Classical Composition of the Year for Equilateral, recorded by the Gryphon Trio and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra 2012 Western Canadian Music Awards winner, Classical Recording of the Year for Jeffrey Ryan: Fugitive Colours, recorded by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra 2012 Western Canadian Music Awards nomination, Classical Composition of the Year for Symphony #1: Fugitive Colours, recorded by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra 2011 Western Canadian Music Awards nomination, Classical Composition of the Year for Angeline on Ossabaw, recorded by the Canadian Chamber Choir 2009 Western Canadian Music Awards nomination, Classical Composition of the Year for String Quartet #3 (sonata distorta), recorded by the Penderecki String Quartet 2008 JUNO nomination, Classical Composition of the Year for Quantum Mechanics, recorded by the Music Toronto Chamber Society Selected Professional Activity 2016 Guest Composer/Mentor, Art Song Lab (Vancouver) 2014/15 Lead Composer, Listen Up! Northwest Territories project with Gryphon Trio 2013/14 Lead Composer, Listen Up! Powell River project with Gryphon Trio 2013 Guest Composer, Moores School of Music, University of Houston, Texas, USA 2012 Guest Composer (SOCAN Foundation Residency), New Music Concerts (Toronto) 2010 Guest Composer, ISCM World New Music Days, Sydney, Australia 2010 Guest Composer (SOCAN Foundation Residency), Hamilton Philharmonic 2008-'09 Composer Laureate, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver, British Columbia 2006 Featured Guest Composer, Sonic Boom Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia 2003 Featured Guest Composer, Winnipeg Symphony New Music Festival 2002-'07 Composer-in-Residence, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver, British Columbia 2000-'02 Affiliate Composer, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto, Ontario Teaching and Related Experience 2008-09, '14 Sessional Instructor, School of Music, University of British Columbia teaching third-year Orchestration and private composition 2007, '10 Sessional Instructor, School of Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University taught second- and third-year Orchestration 2007 Lecturer, School of Continuing Studies, University of British Columbia gave lectures on symphonic repertoire 2004-'06 Masterclass Clinician, Sonic Boom Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia led Student Composers’ Workshop masterclasses in annual new music festival in conjunction with resident ensembles 2003-'07 Masterclass Clinician, Jean Coulthard Reading Sessions, Vancouver, British Columbia led masterclasses in conjunction with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s orchestral reading sessions 2000 Guest Composer, Composition Workshops, Guelph Spring Festival, April-May 2000 five-week residency with nine Grade 8 classes in Guelph schools in conjunction with new work première 1998-'99 Composer-Clinician, Student Composers Workshop, Toronto, Ontario sponsored by the Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects 1997-'01 Artist-Educator, Learning Through the Arts; Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto in residence with Toronto District Board of Education 1994-'96 Adjunct Professor, Theory Department, Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music, Berea, Ohio taught undergraduate harmony and sightsinging; also taught rhythm and sightsinging at Summer Music Clinic 1993-'94 Instructor of Theory, Cleveland Institute of Music courses taught include: core theory (harmony, sightsinging, eartraining, keyboard); form & analysis; 18th-century counterpoint; theory major seminar; graduate seminar in art song analysis Education and Training 1995 Doctor of Musical Arts (Composition), Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, Ohio Composition studies with Donald Erb 1993 June In Buffalo New Music Festival Masterclasses with Bernard Rands, David Felder, Charles Wuorinen, and Donald Erb 1990 Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Canada Composition studies with Alexina Louie 1989 Master of Music (Composition), University of Toronto Composition studies with Lothar Klein 1984 Honours Bachelor of Music (Composition), Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Composition studies with Mariano Etkin, Boyd McDonald and Owen Underhill; Recipient of the gold medal in music Professional Affiliations 1995- Associate Composer, Canadian Music Centre 1995- Member, Canadian League of Composers 1994- Member, Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) (August 2016) .
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