RYAN BROWN composer, performer 1194 Ocean Ave. Oakland, CA 94608 415.407.9794 ryan@ryanbrownmusic.com www.ryanbrownmusic.com
EDUCATIO N Princeton Unive rsi ty, Princeton, NJ Ph.D., Music Composition Dissertation: Metrical Dissonance in the Music of Battles Advisor: Dmitri Tymoczko Second Reader: Steven Mackey Master of Fine Arts, Music Composition (2010) San Francisco Conserva tory o f Music, San Francisco, CA Master of Music, Composition (2005) Cali fornia S tate Unive rsity , Long Beach, Long Beach, CA Bachelor of Music, Composition (2002) RECENT A WARDS 2013: Winne r, Renee B . F isher Compose rs Compe ti ti on 2012: Hoefer P rize, San F rancisco Conservato ry o f Music 2012: Honorable Men tion, Renegade Ensemble Com posers Compe ti tion 2012: Finalis t, Ca rlsbad Music Festiva l Co mposers Competi tion 2011: Semi -Final ist , A reon F lutes Composi tion Comp etit ion RECENT REC ORDI NGS Four Sho rt Pieces for Solo Piano , performed by Michael Mizrahi
The Bright Motion (New Amsterdam Records), May 2012 Ornamen t, performed by Lara Downes
13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg (Tritone Records), September 2011 The Light By Which She May Have Ascended , performed by Jody Redhage Of Minutiae and Memory (New Amsterdam Records), August 2011 Under the Rug , performed by Janus I Am Not (New Amsterdam Records), October 2010 UPCOM ING PERFORM ANCES April 12, 2013: (Unt it led) (world premiere ) Kronos Quartet Switchboard Music Festival Brava Theater San Francisco, CA June 3, 2013: Four Pieces for Solo piano NY Phil Biennial New York, NY