Composer
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Original music for the concert hall, film or events in any style or timbre.
 
Ryan has written for and has had considerable success in working with full symphony orchestras, wind orchestras, choirs, chamber emsembles, contemporary ensembles, individual artists, as well as youth and junior orchestras.
 
In recent years Ryan has become well known for creating music that players find rewarding and enjoyable and that audiences appreciate on many levels.
Services
  • Original music for the concert hall.
  • Film scoring for small or large scale projects.
  • Music for advertising.
  • Smaller projects, such as original music for weddings and other special occasions.
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    High quality mockups available to assist scoring process and/or concert performers.
     
    Ryan has excellent communication with clients, always delivers to specifications and is always on time.
     
     
    Samples
    Studio
    MacBook Pro  |  Mac OS X 10.5.5  |  2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo  |  2GB RAM
    Sibelius 5.2.5  |  Logic Pro 8.0.2  |  Soundtrack Pro 2.0.2  |  MainStage 1.0.2  |  Quicktime Pro 7.5.5
    M-Audio Key Station 49e  |  M-Audio Transit USB  |  Behringer Eurorack UB1204FX-PRO
    Sennheiser HD 280 Pro Headphones  |  2x Macpower Pleiades 250GB External Hard Drives
    EXS24  |  Ultrabeat  |  ES2 Synth  |  Sibelius Sounds  |  Halion Orchestral Library  |  M-Audio Pro Sessions
     
     
    Catalogue
    Works listed alphabetically under each category
    Orchestral
    Ardor  (2007) 5'10"
    2222, 43211, timp 3perc hp, strings
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    Awakening  (2002) 12'15"
    2222, 222, timp 2perc, strings
    Workshop: Southern Sinfonia, 2003. Premiere: Dunedin Youth Orchestra, 2004
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    Guardians of the North  (2007) 7'30"
    Wind Orchestra
    Commission: Opononi Summer School with funding from Creative New Zealand. Premiere: January 2007.
     
    Kömaru  (2005) 3'50"
    2222, 3221, timp 3perc, strings
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    Rakaia  (2007) 5'20"
    2222, 3331, timp 4perc hp, strings
    Commission: Auckland Symphony Orchestra. Premiere: Auckland Town Hall & Bruce Mason Centre, 2007. Workshop: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, 2008
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    Somnium  (2008) 5'05"
    2232, 4331, timp 3perc hp, strings
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    Southern Scapes  (2004) 9'30"
    2222, 322, timp, 4perc hp, strings
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    Subsidence  (2005) 4'30"
    2222, 4231, timp 3perc, strings
    Workshop: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, 2005. Premiere: Southern Sinfonia (Peter Adams), 2006
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    Unspoken Monologue  (2006) 5'10"
    2222, 4331, timp 2perc hp, strings
    Workshop: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, 2006. Award: commended NZSO/TODD Young Composer Awards, Wellington, 2006
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    Chamber
    A Light Adoration  (2005) 6'35"
    vln, vc, pno
    Premiere: Lilburn Trust Prize in Music Concert, Dunedin, 2005. Marcel Fernandes (Violin), David Murray (Cello) and Anthony Ritchie (Piano). Award: Merit prize.
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    At Rest  (2003) 7'30"
    vln I, vln II, vla, vc, db (ensemble)
    Workshop: Southern Sinfonia (2003)
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    Deciduous Journeys  (2005) 3'10"
    pno
    Workshop: Nelson Composers Workshop, 2005. Catherine Norton.
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    Found Where You Belong?  (2003) 3'32"
    10perc
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    Hilltop Fantasy  (2003) 3'40"
    9perc (min.)
    Commission: David Kay, 2003. Premiere: North Shore Junior Orchestra, 2003.
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    In Their Light  (2008) 5'35"
    vln I, vln II, vla, vc (quartet)
    For: Gruppetto Quartet (Greece), 2008
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    Insight  (2006) 7'30"
    vln I, vln II, vla, vc (quartet)
    For: The New Aesthetic Experience (NZ School of Music Graduate Quartet), 2006
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    Mei Spero  (2007) 8'10"
    c.a, cl (Bb), hn (F), tbn, perc, hp, vla, vc, db
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    No Ordinary Sun  (2006) 12'10"
    ten (voice), fl, vla, perc
    Premiere: NZ School of Music Composition Competition finals, Adam Concert Room, Wellington, 2006. Richard Taylor (ten), Lucy Anderson (fl), Anna Dawson (vla), Takumi Motokawa (perc), Luke Di Somma (cond).
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    Promise (wedding suite)  (2006) 2'40", 4'10", 3'00"
    pno
    Recorded: Andrew Cochrane. Premiere: December 2006, private wedding, Taupo.
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    Reclusion  (2005) 8'10"
    vln I, vln II, vla, vc, db (ensemble)
    Premiere: Marama Chamber Orchestra, Marama Hall, Otago University, 2005.
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    Sounds for Solo Violin  (2005) 6'50", 3'40"
    vln (solo)
    Premiere: Alex Vaatstra, Marama Hall, Otago University, August 2005
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    Temptation  (2003) 6'12"
    pno
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    The Attic [Short Animated Film Score]  (2005) 3'20"
    vln I, vln II, vla, vc, db (ensemble)
    Recorded: Otago University performance students & additions, Marama Hall, Otago University, 2005. Collaboration: Otago University Computer Science Department.
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    Through my eyes, I see  (2006) 6'30"
    perc (drum station, vibes), pno
    Workshop: Nelson Composer's Workshop. Sarah Watkins, Takumi Motokawa, 2006. Premiere: Takumi Motokawa, Youri Jeon, February 2007, St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington, as part of ACL Festival.
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    Tyred  (2008) 6' - 8"
    Minimum 4 players, each with car tyre & drum sticks.
    Premiere: The Committee (Anthony Young, Peter Willis, Claire Scholes, Yvette Audain, Ryan Youens). Wine Cellar, St Kev's Arcade, K'Rd. May 2008.
     
    Choral
    Reflections  (2004) 4'15", 2'30"
    SATB choir, pno
    Text by Wendy L. Davies
     
    Silken Night  (2003) 4'40"
    SATB choir
    Text by Shirley Youens
    Workshop: Southern Consort of Singers. Award: Commended NZSSC Choral Writing Competition, 2003
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