Ralph Farris Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Providing an approach to composing music and sounds using new technologies. Electronic and software instruments open new possibilities for musical expression and sound design, which become two aspects of the same artistic practice. Students study studio techniques as methods to realize creative vision and learn new media composition in weekly lessons and courses.

YoungArts is one of the only organizations in the U.S. that supports artists across 10 disciplines at all stages of development, beginning with the critical moment when they decide to pursue a life in the arts, and continuing throughout their careers.Every year thousands of performing, visual and literary artists age 15-18 apply to YoungArts through our national competition. Finalists travel from around the country to National YoungArts Week, all expenses paid, to collaborate with peers and develop their crafts with internationally recognized leaders in their fields. Finalists in their senior year are further eligible for nomination as a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts—one of the nation’s highest honors for high school students.

Notable Moments:▻ Guest Curator | Randy Cohen’s Person Place Thing▻ Curator & Host | Co-Lab: The Art of Collaboration | Rogers Art Loft | Las Vegas▻ Presenter | with ETHEL, TED Vintage | NY▻ Presenter | with ETHEL, EG Conference | CA▻ Host | Carnegie Hall Family Concerts | NY▻ Presenter | with ETHEL, TED Conference | CA

Notable Moments:▻ Music Supervisor & Coordinator, Conducting & String Coach | Martin Scorsese’s The Key to Reserva | NJ▻ Orchestra Leader & Coordinator | Ocean (Cunningham/Cage) | Lincoln Center | NY▻ Music Coordinator | 9/11 Rescue and Recovery Effort | St. Paul’s Chapel | NY

Notable Moments:▻ Producer | 9/11 Calling Of The Names Ceremony | St. Paul’s Chapel | NY | 2020 – PRESENT▻ Album Producer | Stanley Grill: AFTERWARDS..., AT THE CENTER OF ALL THINGS et al.▻ Album Producer | Hevreh: A Path of Light, Meserole Street

Notable Moments:▻ Featured Composer | Tracy MacDonald and Matt Zodrow’s RIGGED▻ Featured Composer | Contemporary Music Festival | New England Conservatory Preparatory School | MA▻ Composer | Aquila Theatre’s production of The Tempest | IT & US Tour▻ Composer | Aquila Theatre’s production of A Female Philoctetes, Brooklyn Academy of Music | NY▻ Composer | Jehane Noujaim’s industrial, Pangea Day▻ Arranger & Orchestrator | Five for Fighting’s America Town▻ Arranger & Orchestrator | TED Conferences, EG Conference, Robert Mirabal, Dayna Kurtz, Chantal Kreviazuk, Dishwalla, Kaki King, Roger Daltrey, Stewart Copeland, Joe Jackson, Todd Rundgren, STEW et al.

Appearances on the world’s great stages (Library of Congress, Royal Concertgebouw, Suntory Hall, Sydney Opera House); at celebrated festivals (Tanglewood, Ravinia, TROMP, The Venice Biennale); on numerous television shows (Late Night, The View, The Daily Show, As the World Turns); and countless recordings (Jason Robert Brown, Bang on a Can, Depeche Mode, Regina Carter, Clay Aiken, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Harry Connick Jr., Natalie Merchant).Notable Moments:▻ Touring Performances | Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble | USA▻ Swing Viola | King Lear (Philip Glass) | Broadway | NY▻ Premiere of Their Mark with choreographer Molissa Fenley and percussionist Frank Cassara | NY ▻ Premiere of Donald Womack’s Blue Ridge Seasons | Peter Askim and Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra | NC▻ Viola | The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra | USA/EU/ASIA▻ Live Appearances | They Might Be Giants (The Daily Show); Trans-Siberian Orchestra (The Rosie O’Donnell Show); Mannheim Steamroller (Fox & Friends); Enya (The View); Live! with Regis & Kathie Lee; STEW & The Negro Problem (St. Ann’s Warehouse), The Who (Madison Square Garden) Michie Nakamaru (Suntory Hall) et al.▻ String Soloist & Advance Music Director | the Roger Daltrey Band’s Celebration Tour | USA▻ Principal Viola | The Juilliard Orch., Tanglewood Fest. Orch., Spoleto Fest. Orch. | USA/EU▻ Performances with Leonard Bernstein, Simon Rattle, Seiji Ozawa, Kurt Masur, Jessye Norman et al.▻ Artist-in-Residence | Rogers Art Loft | Las Vegas▻ GRAMMY® Nomination for Best Pop Performance with Vocal | with Five for Fighting

New York, Ny

Founding Member & Artistic Director of GRAMMY®-winning quartet ETHEL. Premiered over 350 works. Producer and Lead Programmer of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ETHEL & Friends and Balcony Bar from Home.Notable Moments:▻ Performance Residencies: Balcony Bar, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Brooklyn Public Library; Hermitage Artist Retreat (FL); Appearances with STEW, Bang on a Can, Ursula Oppens, Jill Sobule, David Byrne, Jake Shimabukuro, Andrew Bird, Sheryl Crow, Ensemble Modern, Stewart Copeland, Pablo Ziegler, Todd Rundgren, Joe Jackson, Alexis Michelle et al.; Recordings with Julia Wolfe, Kurt Elling, Laurence Hobgood, Kaki King, Thomas Dolby, Sondre Lerche, Robert Mirabal et al.; Tours: EU, MX, RU, and AU▻ House Band | with ETHEL and Thomas Dolby | TED Conference | CA▻ Composer | with ETHEL: Documerica, The River, TruckStop, EG(o), Circus: Wandering City▻ Teaching Residencies | with ETHEL: Juilliard, Eastman, Peabody, Interlochen, NEC▻ Ensemble-In-Residence | with ETHEL, Denison University | OH▻ Guest Artist | with ETHEL, Very Young Composers of the New York Philharmonic | NY▻ Quartet-In-Residence | with ETHEL, Native American Composer Apprentice Project | AZ▻ GRAMMY® Award Winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album | with Kurt Elling & ETHEL▻ ASCAP Concert Music Award Winner | with ETHEL

New York, Ny

Original Company Orchestra Member, Swing Conductor, and Violin/Viola Double Performer with The Lion King on Broadway.

Bm | Mm, Viola Performance

Activities and Societies: Juilliard Orchestra | FOCUS! | Music History TAWilliam Schuman Prize for Outstanding Leadership in Music

Fellowship, Music Performance

Activities and Societies: Fellowship Orchestra performances with Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle, Gustav Meier; Coachings.