Eric Ryan Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Manhattan

20+ years experience establishing, teaching, and directing music programs.New School and Parson School of Design - Artist in Residence - guided MFA students thesis projects combining music, digital media production, story telling, and fine arts.Director of Instrumental Music, Children's Aid Society - established comprehensive music program and curriculum. Pioneered multi-platform online music learning content, communication, and archives. Directed Wallace Foundation and YAI Initiative grants to revitalize the CAS facilities, curriculum, and online learning capabilities. Founder/conductor, CAS Harmony in Harlem jazz band. Performancing appearances at The National Arts Club, Radio City Music Hall, and El Museo del Barrio, ABC ch.7, as well as local radio. Mentored students into advanced music programs - Jazz Academy at Lincoln Center, Talent Unlimited, and Jazz Mobile programs. Resident professional artist -LEAP foundation, Midori and Friends, and CMP (Creative Music Programs) - established long running group and private Suzuki violin and guitar programs for the in numerous public and charter elementary, middle, and high schools throughout NYC- notable schools, the Salk School of Science and the Dual Language School, among many others.Teacher and program coordinator - Abrons Arts Center private and group Suzuki violin and guitar classes, pre-K to adult. Adjunct violin and guitar teacher abroad at the Kiari School of Music (Roseau, Dominica) and National Conservatory of Kenya (Niarobi, Kenya).

Manhattan

20yrs + professional performing musician - studio, tour, and live performance. Classical, Flamenco, Jazz, Blues. Commercial, soundtrack, touring ensemble, orchestral, soloist. Songwriting and arranging. Radio appearances as a featured Flamenco guitarist and Spanish music scholar on National Public Radio (NPR). Music featured on Mtv, national radio, network tv.Currently performing solo guitar music, a program of the musics of Spain and South America. Author: “Flamenco Masters” -transcriptions of traditional Flamenco. Performances at Hunter College, American Institute of Guitar, New School, Carnegie Hall, Irving Plaza, China Club, The Abrons Arts Center, Radio City Music Hall, Yale University, Knitting Factory, National Arts Club, CBGBs, among many others.

Manhattan

20 yrs+ teaching private classes to students of all levels.Featured performer and scholar of the guitar on NPR radio.Authentic traditional and modern Flamenco guitar repertoire of Sabicas, Paco De Lucia, Ramon Montoya, Seranito, Diego Del Gastor, and many others. Traditional classical guitar repertoire with emphasis on the varied musics of South America and Spain. Master classes in performance, interpretation, analysis, repertoire.

Manhattan

20 yrs+ teaching private classes to students of all levels.Classical Suzuki Violin. Teaching proper form, technique, and repertoire to students ages 4 to adult with the Suzuki Method, the world's foremost method for learning music.

Manhattan

Owner and head engineer of Studio 151, digital audio tracking and mixing studio in lower Manhattan. Pre and post production. Creative music production, voice over, mastering, video sound production. On set sound direction/recording.Engineer at Harmolodic, owned by jazz legend Ornette Coleman. Video production. Digital music pre production and mixing.

Manhattan, New York, United States

Led team of developers in designing natural language processing software (C++, Smalltalk) for real time, goal oriented sales conversations with an autonomous automated online sales agent. Worked with coders to conceptualize UX design elements to facilitate engagement and drive adoption of channel. Optimized back-end analytics architecture. Clients included CNET, Acer.

Music Theory And Composition

Education record

Gene Switzer (Violin), Nikolai Sikorski (Violin), Sinichi Suzuki (Suzuki Violin), Mike Stern (Jazz Guitar), Kevin Eubanks (Guitar), Jose.

Music Performance, General

Music History, Literature, And Theory

Music Performance, General