Ryan Chase (b. 1987) spent most of his formative musical years in Albany, NY as a trumpeter and a jazz pianist. He started composing at the age of 15 during his junior year in high school. Ryan has had the opportunity to work with and receive premieres from many ensembles throughout North America. Recent performances include the international premiere of the filaments dance by the Mexico City Woodwind Quintet at the Foro Internacional de Música Nueva Manuel Enríquez as well as the premiere of his harp and piano duo, spaceful time, at the Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music.
The recipient of the 2010 IU Dean's Prize for chamber music, he is currently working on a commission for the IU New Music Ensemble. He has received awards from ASCAP, New York Art Ensemble, Alaria, and other organizations. Other projects have included premieres with the Chelsea Symphony, the Mannes Orchestra, CIRCE, and members of the Empire State Youth Orchestra.
Past and present teachers include Keith Fitch, Claude Baker, and Don Freund. He has also participated in lessons, festivals, and masterclasses with Samuel Adler, Chen Yi, Jennifer Higdon, Paul Moravec, and George Tsontakis. Electronic music teachers include Jeffrey Hass, John Gibson, and Alicyn Warren. He received a B.M. from the Mannes College of Music in 2008, graduating with the school's top prizes in composition and theory. He recieved an M.M. from Indiana University in 2010 where he is currently pursuing a doctorate and teaching undergraduate theory courses as an Associate Instructor. Ryan is a member of ASCAP.
AWARDS
2010 IU Dean's Prize; The Bohuslav Martinú Composition Award; The Felix Salzer Techniques of Music Award; The Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award; 2008 Jean Schneider Goberman Award, 1st Prize; NYAE National Young Composers' Competition, 2nd Prize; 2007 Jean Schneider Goberman Award, 2nd Prize; ASCAP Young Composers Competition, Honorable Mention; Winner, Mannes CIRCE Competition
SELECTED LIST OF WORKS
**=in progress
2010
**Coen Madrigals (2 sopranos/mezzo/contralto/countertenor/tenor/baritone/bass) <permission pending....fingers crossed!>
**all computers go to heaven (string quartet and electronics)
**Do It Live! (1.1.1.1/1.1.1.1/2pc/kbd/hp/2.1.1.1)
- IU NME commission
**songs the monsters sang (violin, cello, piano)
**The Light Fantastic (2.2.2.2/2.2.2.1/timp+2pc/pf/hp/5.4.4.3.2)
**Glitch Arcade (2.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/timp+2pc/pf/hp/8.6.6.6.4)
**killscreen (flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, synthesizer, drumset, electric guitar, vioin, cello)
Fear and Loathing in the Concert Hall (flute and oboe) 8'
Hallucinations (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano) 17'
FrEaK ShoW (3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp+3pc/pf(=cel)/hp/strings) 12'
Jabberwocky (sop. solo + 1[=a.fl+picc].1[=e.hn].1[=bs.cl].1[=cbsn]/1.1.1.0/2pc/pf[=hpsd+synth+cel]/ e.gtr/hp/1[=mand].1.1.1) 12' [text by Lewis Carroll]
Fear of Focus (2-channel audio) 5'15"
- choreographed by Lauren Frederick Weber
- composed for the Hammer & Nail Festival and
- premiered at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, Bloomington, IN
spaceful time (hp + pf) 8'
- selected and premiered at the 2010 Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music, Bowdoin Int'l Music Festival
txts fm györgy (cl hn va pf) 6'
- selected to join the repertoire of Juventas New Music Ensemble
lost coast (string quartet) 15'
- winner of the 2010 IU Dean's Prize, Category B (Chamber Ensemble)
- Finalist, Kuttner Quartet Competition
September (viola solo) 3'
- composed for New Art/New Music at the IU Art Museum
- to accompany the eponymous painting by Betsy Stirratt
2009
chamber symphony (1.1.1.1/1.1.1.1/2pc/pf/hp/2.1.1.1) 12'
comics (piano solo) 10'
Seven Metamorphoses (solo flute) 7'
Ulysses (2 channel audio) 6'30"
2008
the filaments dance (fl(=a.fl/picc).ob(=eh).cl(=bs.cl).hn.bsn) 11'
- selected for performance at Mexico City's Foro Internacional de Música Nueva Manuel Enríquez
- 2010 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, Finalist
The Door (2.2.2.2/2.2.2.0/2pc/hp/strings + soprano solo) 17' [text by Robert Creeley]
- selected for performance by the Mannes College of Music as part of their 2008 New Music Series featuring guest composer Jennifer Higdon. Premiered by The Mannes Orchestra directed by Michael Adelson. Ariadne Greif sung the premiere performance.
2007
night, good and sweet night (cl vn vc pf) 18'
- 1st Prize, Jean Schneider Goberman Competition. Premiered by The Alaria Ensemble. Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall
- 2008 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Awards Honorable Mention
qualia (2.1.2.2/1.1.1.0/2pc/pf/hp/6.4.4.2.1) 8'
- commissioned by The Chelsea Symphony
mused rhyme (fl cl pc pf vn vc) 15'
- 2007 Mannes CIRCE Ensemble Commission
2006
and they were with us too (2vn va vc pf) 9'
- 2nd Prize, New York Art Ensemble National Young Composers Competition
- 2nd Prize, Jean Schneider Goberman Award
2005
The Company You Keep (soprano + pf) 4' [text by Samantha Taylor]
Augustinian Odyssey (vn vc pf) 11'