Hey everyone, welcome to my NextCat page.

I really hope you enjoy visiting my page and my music. It'd be great to have you as one of my friends, so please add me and I will enjoy visiting your sites.

As a composer, copyist, arranger & orchestrator, I am always looking for new opportunities and projects, so please feel free to get in touch - I would love to hear from you.

General

I am a composer based Auckland, New Zealand. I hold both a Bachelor of Music (first class honours) and Master of Music degrees, during which time have studied with Anthony Ritchie, Jack Body, John Psathas, Michael Norris and Lyell Cresswell.

Ryan also works as a teacher (theory, composition and musicianship), conductor (Kristin School, Carmel College, North Shore Junior Orchestra) and instrumentalist. He also supervises music examinations for Trinity Guildhall. This diversity brings a wealth of invaluable knowledge, understanding and 'real' experience to all of his work.

Composer

Music premiered, recorded or workshopped by ensembles such as: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Gruppetto Quartet (Greece) Southern Sinfonia (NZ) Auckland Symphony Orchestra (NZ) The Committee (NZ) Marama Chamber Orchestra (NZ) Dunedin Youth Orchestra (NZ) Opononi Summer School (NZ) North Shore Junior Orchestra (NZ) Southern Consort of Singers (NZ) Numerous solo artists and university based ensembles

Copyist, Arranger & Orchestrator

Past and present client list includes: New Zealand Qualifications Authority Alexandros Pappas (Composer, Greece) New Zealand Choral Federation New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Alexey Kurkdjian Ogalla (Conductor & Arranger, Brazil) Claire Cowan (Composer, NZ) Southern Sinfonia (NZ) Anthony Ritchie (Composer, NZ) Bellbird Publications (NZ) John Ritchie (Composer, NZ) Maarire Goodall (Composer, NZ) Scott Hunt (Film composer, USA) Auckland Symphony Orchestra (NZ) Auckland Youth Orchestra (NZ) Rhian Sheehan (Sound artist, film composer, NZ) Marc Chesterman (Film composer, NZ) Stephen Matthews (Composer, NZ) Brently Ford / Waiheke Piano Trio (NZ) Barbara Stroud (Song-writer, NZ) North Shore Junior Orchestra (NZ) University PhD research School and university based ensembles