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Watercolors

CNY Arts Inc. Commission Honoring the work of watercolor artist Mary P. Murphy

3 Premiere Performances by Tina M. Toglia, D.M.A.

Solo Piano

Jan. 21st, 2024 @ 3:00PM

Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute, Utica, New York

Spring, 2024

Remsen Art Center, Remsen, New York

Spring, 2024

Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, New York

This new-year

Coming 2024

Cheng Jin Koh (composer) from New York University and

Isaac Lee (organist) from the Juilliard School

Tian Qin (composer) from Rice University and

Yilun Wang (organist) from Manhattan School of Music.

THE American Guild of Organists Student commissioning Project

Four composer-organist student pairs were selected in the fall of 2023:

Ryan McQuay Meredith (composer) and

Joseph Maxwell Ossei-Little (organist) from Syracuse University

Felicity Mazur-Park (composer) from Texas Christian University and

David Aaron Preston (organist) from Yale University

Videos of their winning compositions will be available in the summer of 2024.

Alaska

In June of 2023, Ryan and six other composers visited Lake Clark National Park. Each composer wrote a composition for Wind Ensemble about their experience in the wilderness. Ryan’s composition in the project is titled West of Nowhere, Click the score cover to listen to the digital rendering.

Currently, three ensembles are scheduled to premiere all six compositions this spring (dates TBD):

Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln School of Music, Lincoln, Nebraska

Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music, Nacogdoches, Texas

Learn more about the project at: www.composinginthewilderness.com

2023

JULy, 2023

Ryan’s music will be premiered at the Composer Workshop Concert at the International Trombone Festival on July, 15th. Learn more about ITF and the composers workshop at:

www.internationaltrombonefestival.com