Composer Ryan Lindveit to join UT College of Music
The University of Tennessee College of Music is delighted to announce that composer Ryan Lindveit will join their faculty as Lecturer of Music Theory & Composition.
A composer with credits spanning from commissioned performances to a docuseries soundtrack, Lindveit’s work ranges from orchestral pieces premiered in Carnegie Hall and wind ensemble pieces performed at top universities to pieces for chamber ensembles, soloists, electronics, dance, and visual media. His commissioned pieces have been performed by numerous outstanding ensembles, including the Minnesota Orchestra, Alarm Will Sound, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, American Composers Orchestra, New York Youth Symphony, Interlochen World Youth Symphony Orchestra, Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra, Orkest de Ereprijs, Yale Philharmonia, USC Thornton Symphony, Donald Sinta Quartet, FearNoMusic, the City of Tomorrow, and the wind ensembles at Northwestern, USC, UT Austin, Arizona State, Texas Tech, Illinois, and Yale, among others. As a conductor, Ryan has premiered several of his own works as well as works by other living composers.
“I take seriously the tremendous privilege of teaching music to students who are in quite formative moments in their lives and careers, and I look forward to growing alongside UT students as we explore our shared love of music and curiosity for discovery,” he said.
Lindveit holds degrees from the University of Southern California (BM), the Yale School of Music (MM, MMA) and the University of Michigan (DMA). His composition mentors include Michael Daugherty, Aaron Jay Kernis, Chris Theofanidis, David Lang, Martin Bresnick, Frank Ticheli, Andrew Norman, Ted Hearne, and Bright Sheng.