Ryan Pratt
- Adjunct Professor Cali School of Music
Biography
Ryan Pratt completed the DMA in composition at Columbia, where he is currently a lecturer in Music Humanities. His dissertation: Composition in Relative Intonation details an improvisational approach to form and microtonality, for which he invented a musical interval conversion device. While at Columbia, Ryan studied under George Lewis, Fred Lerdahl, Tristan Murail, Richard Carrick and Fabien Lévy. Stemming from a background in percussion, his compositions tend to evade meter as well as intentional motivic and developmental narrative. His works favor the inner exploration of the unique sonic structures inherent to the instruments involved. Recent compositions have been premiered by New Thread Quartet, Wet Ink Ensemble, Ensemble Pamplemousse and Yarn/Wire, in addition to a few soloists who have performed his pieces around the country and abroad.
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