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Gallagher, Ryan (b. October 17, 1984, Wooster, Ohio). American composer of orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in Russia and the USA; he is also active as a trumpeter.
Mr. Gallagher studied composition, music theory and trumpet privately with his father Jack Gallagher from 1995-2003 and piano privately with Pamela Yarnell from 2001-03. He has studied composition with Christopher Rouse at the Juilliard School of Music since 2003. He also studied composition with Richard Cornell and Julian Wachner at Tanglewood in 2002 and with George Tsontakis at the Aspen Music Festival in 2003.
Among his honors are the ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Award (2003, for Incandescence) and Second Prize in the Hartt School of Music Young Composer Awards (2003, for Incandescence).
As a trumpeter, he served as principal trumpet of the Contemporary Youth Orchestra of Cleveland from 2000-03 and as a member of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra from 2001-03 and the Ohio All-State Orchestra in 2002-03.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: RyanTG@aol.com
Street address: Mr. Ryan Gallagher, 843 N. Bever St., Wooster, OH 44691, USA
Website: http://hometown.aol.com/ryantg/myhomepage/index.html
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Incandescence, 2002
CHAMBER MUSIC: Premonitions, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 2000-01; Trumpet Trio, 3 trumpets, 2001; String Quartet, 2001-02; Burning in Water, Drowning in Fire, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2002; When Things Fall Apart, 5 percussion, 2002-03; Entrapped in Entropy, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 2003
(Last updated on July 3, 2003)
