Praised
by the New York Times as "imaginative...like, say, a Martian dance
party," Ryan Carter's music often explores interpersonal interactions
and
the impact of technology on the experience of music. Recent commissions
have
come from Carnegie Hall, Present Music, The Milwaukee Children’s Choir,
the
Calder Quartet, the Y Trio, and NOW Ensemble. Ryan’s music has recently
been
awarded the 2007 Lee Ettelson Award, a 2006 Creative Connections Award
from
Meet the Composer, the 2005 Aaron Copland Award, the Presidential Award
from
SUNY – Stony Brook, and three ASCAPlus Awards; Ryan was also a regional
winner
in the 2006 SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Commission Contest and one of
the
youngest finalists for the 2005 Gaudeamus Prize. Ryan holds degrees
from
Oberlin Conservatory and SUNY – Stony Brook, where his primary teachers
included Pauline Oliveros, Richard Hoffmann, and Daniel Weymouth. Ryan
spent
the last year studying with Louis Andriessen and Gilius van Bergeijk at
the
Royal Conservatory in The Hague (the Netherlands) and is starting doctoral
work this
fall as a MacCracken Fellow at New York University.
For more information, visit www.ryancarter.org
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