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Ryan Lindveit (b.1994) is an American composer who takes inspiration from literature, art, science, technology, and personal experience in order to craft colorful and emotionally vivid musical journeys. His works have been commissioned and performed by several distinguished ensembles including Alarm Will Sound, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, American Composers Orchestra, New York Youth Symphony, Interlochen World Youth Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra, Orkest de Ereprijs, Yale Philharmonia, USC Thornton Symphony, Donald Sinta Quartet, FearNoMusic, the City of Tomorrow, and the wind ensembles at USC, UT Austin, Arizona State, Texas Tech, Illinois, and Yale, among others. His work has received recognition from BMI, ASCAP, SCI, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the National Band Association, Symphony in C, Tribeca New Music, and the Texas Music Educators Association. Ryan also won both the New Music for Orchestra and New Music for Wind Ensemble competitions at the University of Southern California. He has held fellowships or residencies at the Aspen Music Festival, Mizzou International Composers Festival, ACO Underwood New Music Readings, Red Note New Music Festival, the International Young Composers Meeting (Apeldoorn, NL), Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium, and California Summer Music.
Ryan earned a master's degree in composition from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Aaron Jay Kernis, David Lang, Christopher Theofanidis, and Martin Bresnick. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Composition degree summa cum laude from the University of Southern California, where he was selected as Salutatorian for the class of 2016. Additionally, he was named the Outstanding Graduate of both the Thornton School of Music and the Composition Department. Ryan also received the competitive USC Discovery Scholars Prize, a postgraduate grant awarded to ten graduating seniors for the creation of outstanding original work in any discipline. At USC, he studied composition with Ted Hearne, Andrew Norman, Frank Ticheli, and Donald Crockett. He studied conducting with Larry Livingston, Sharon Lavery, and Jenny Wong at USC. Originally from the Houston area, Ryan began formal composition studies in high school with Stephen Bachicha at Rice University. Additionally, he has participated in lessons and masterclasses with Stephen Hartke, Steven Stucky, Martijn Padding, Richard Ayres, Oscar Bettison, Erin Gee, Dana Wilson, and Chen Yi. Ryan currently serves as a Teaching Fellow at Yale University, where he teaches composition and orchestration to undergraduate students. Recent and upcoming projects include Close Up at a Distance commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony and the Interlochen World Youth Symphony Orchestra, Pray Away for the Yale Philharmonia, Mysterious Butterflies for wind ensemble commissioned by the Big 12 Band Directors Association, and Don't Be Evil: Fanfare for Band which Ryan conducted on tour to Australia with the Yale Concert Band. |
