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JEFFREY RYAN composer Praised for his “strong personal voice” (Globe and Mail), “masterful command of instrumental colour” (Georgia Straight), and “superb attention to rhythm” (Audio Ideas Guide), Jeffrey Ryan writes music that runs the gamut from opera, art song, and choral music to chamber and orchestral works. Recipient of SOCAN’s 2014 Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award for career achievement, Ryan’s music has engaged audiences in concerts and broadcasts worldwide. His many commissions include works for the Cleveland Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Victoria Symphony, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo String Quartet, Arditti Quartet, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, and Tapestry Opera. Major recent projects include Seasons of the Sea with First Nations storyteller Rosemary Georgeson for Vetta Chamber Music; Midnight Sun Songs for the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (Yellowknife); and Book of Love for Kokoro Dance and Standing Wave. Recordings of Ryan’s music have garnered four JUNO nominations and five more from the Western Canadian Music Awards. His portrait CD Fugitive Colours, performed by the Vancouver Symphony with the Gryphon Trio, launched the Naxos Canadian Classics series and won the 2012 Western Canadian Music Award for Classical Recording of the Year. Ryan’s growing discography includes recordings by musica intima, the Canadian Chamber Choir, clarinetist Cris Inguanti, pianists Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa and Yoko Hirota, the Thunder Bay Symphony, the Penderecki String Quartet, and Standing Wave. Based in Vancouver, Ryan is Composer Advisor for Music Toronto, and was the Vancouver Symphony’s Composer Laureate for 2008/09, after serving as the VSO’s Composer-in-Residence from 2002 to 2007. He was an Affiliate Composer with the Toronto Symphony from 2000 to 2002. He holds degrees from The Cleveland Institute of Music (where he studied with the distinguished composer Donald Erb), Wilfrid Laurier University, and the University of Toronto. Find him online at jeffreyryan.com.