BIO
Ryan Chase (b. 1987) is a composer originally from Albany, NY. His music has been performed in venues ranging from dive bars to Carnegie Hall by such ensembles as Alaria, CIRCE, Contemporaneous, the IU New Music Ensemble, the Mannes Orchestra, the Chelsea Symphony, the Mexico City Woodwind Quintet, the SUNY Purchase Percussion Ensemble, and new music soprano Ariadne Greif. His music has been read by the IU Concert Orchestra and the Albany Symphony Orchestra. Notable awards include the William Schuman Prize of the 2011 BMI Student Composer Awards, the 2010 IU Dean's Prize, 1st Prize in the 2011 National Association of Composers USA Young Composers' Competition, and the 2008 Bohuslav Martinú Award.
As a multimedia collaborator, Ryan has worked with directors, dancers, and visual artists. He recently completed the score for director Maria Dirolf's short film The Harbinger. This season will also feature the world premiere of a concert-length ballet, The Pattern of the Heavens, commissioned and produced by choreographer Lauren Weber Frederick.
Ryan is currently pursuing a DM at Indiana University. He holds degrees from Indiana University (MM 2010) and the Mannes College of Music (BM 2008). He currently studies with Claude Baker and has also studied with Keith Fitch, Don Freund, Samuel Adler, David Tcimipdis, Chen Yi, and Gabriela Ortíz. At Indiana University, he studied computer music with Jeffrey Hass, John Gibson, and Alicyn Warren; and conducting with David Dzubay and Thomas Baldner. Ryan is a member of ASCAP.
SELECTED LIST OF WORKS
**=in progress
Orchestral / Large Ensemble
Sky Dances (2012)
version 1 (2.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/1.3/strings)
version 2 (2.2.2.2/2.2.1.1/1.3./hp/pf/strings)
8'
The Pattern of the Heavens (2012)
(0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0/0.1/pf/3.2.2.1 + 3sop.3alt.3ten.3bs.)
commissioned by Lauren Weber Frederick
TBP April 24, 2012; The Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
25'
The Light Fantastic (2011)
(3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/1.3/hp/strings)
12'
Do It Live! (2010)
(1(=picc.).1.1(=bs.cl).1(=cbn)/1.1.1.1/2pc/pf(=cel)/hp/2.1.1.1)
7'
commissioned by the Indiana University New Music Ensemble
Jabberwocky (2010)
(sop. solo + 1[=picc].1[=e.hn].1[=bs.cl].1[=cbsn]/1.1.1.0/2pc/pf[=hpsd+synth+cel]/ e.gtr/hp/1.1.1.1)
text by Lewis Carroll
12'
dedicated to Ariadne Greif
The Door (2008)
(2.2.2.2/2.2.2.0/2perc/hp/strings + solo soprano)
text by Robert Creeley
17'
Chamber
**"sweet dreams and flying machines" (2012)
(piano trio)
hallucinations and watercolors (2011)
(flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion)
8'
Gold Rush (2011)
(5 violins)
12'
Gravity Games (2011)
(flute, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, piano, marimba, vibraphone, drum machine)
5'
txts fm györgy (2010)
(clarinet, horn, viola, piano)
6'
lost coast (2010)
(string quartet)
16'
the filaments dance (2008/2009)
(woodwind quintet)
12'
night, good and sweet night (2007)
(clarinet, violin, cello, piano)
14'
Solo
**[untitled solo violin piece] (2012)
(violin)
commissioned by William Herzog
September (2010)
(viola)
3'
comics "hommage a Watterson" (2009)
(piano)
11'
Chamber Vocal / Solo Vocal
Braille (2011)
mezzo-soprano and piano
text by Linda Ehrlich
2'
The Company You Keep (2005)
(soprano and piano)
text by Samantha Taylor
4'
Electronics / Solo Instrument + Electronics
spaceful time (2011)
(piano and Max/MSP)
6'
Cascade (2011)
(8.1 fixed audio)
6'30"
mini(iniatures) (2010)
(8.1 fixed audio)
5'
Fear of Focus (2010)
(stereo audio)
5'
Film
The Harbinger (2011)
directed by Maria Dirolf
6'