About
Ryan is a performer, composer, improviser and scholar originally born in Hawaii and is now active as a performer and composer in the Los Angeles area.
He has earned his BA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in music composition/theory and his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in music composition/performance.
Links
Ryan's Homepage
Now currently offering composition and improvisation lessons online and personal lesson in the Burbank area.
A-Tribute Ensemble
A piano trio (violin, piano, cello) that I play with, currently active in the LA area.
Ryan's Myspace
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Print: $20.50 Download: $7.50 This is a small and concise article written for the purpose of introducing musicians to the act of improvisation, especially within the classical medium. The exercises listed here consists of several ideas, approaches, as well as a number of exercises which may help to facilitate a musician's skill on the area of improvisatory music.
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Harmonic Etude 022208Harmonic Etude 022208 (multimedia download)
Download: $0.99 An improvisation that focuses on harmony, drawing from various styles and sources.
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Counterpoint 022008Counterpoint 022008 (multimedia download)
Download: $0.99 A mixture of different kind of styles, with an emphasis on the idea of counter-point.
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Waves 022008Waves 022008 (multimedia download)
Download: $0.99 Harmonies are influenced by jazz and modern musics, while the form retains a fairly classical shape.
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Variation 010508Variation 010508 (multimedia download)
Download: $0.99 Improvisation done on the above date -- will occasionally update this site with more tracks as time goes on. For this particular session I focused on variations and development of a theme, sonorities inspired by Bartók, Schoenberg, and Bach.
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Print: $20.50 Download: $7.50 This is a small and concise article written for the purpose of introducing musicians to the act of improvisation, especially within the classical medium. The exercises listed here consists of several ideas, approaches, as well as a number of exercises which may help to facilitate a musician's skill on the area of improvisatory music.
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Harmonic Etude 022208Harmonic Etude 022208 (multimedia download)
Download: $0.99 An improvisation that focuses on harmony, drawing from various styles and sources.
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Counterpoint 022008Counterpoint 022008 (multimedia download)
Download: $0.99 A mixture of different kind of styles, with an emphasis on the idea of counter-point.
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Waves 022008Waves 022008 (multimedia download)
Download: $0.99 Harmonies are influenced by jazz and modern musics, while the form retains a fairly classical shape.
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Variation 010508Variation 010508 (multimedia download)
Download: $0.99 Improvisation done on the above date -- will occasionally update this site with more tracks as time goes on. For this particular session I focused on variations and development of a theme, sonorities inspired by Bartók, Schoenberg, and Bach.
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