bio

Well first off, warm welcome to my new website. The site was designed by my buddy, Nate Boguszweski (I probably spelled his name wrong) and is a labor of love to people who would hire me, friends, and friends who happen to be people who would hire me. Anyway, if you're looking for my professional bio skip ahead, but if you're looking for professions, well, look no further..

My artist statement has changed a little bit over the years but one thing that has been impervious to the winds is my intent on speaking to/ commenting on the world as I see it and as my generation sees it. Much of my artistic work deals with post modernism and employs techniques such as collage or machine-like (non)developemental structures. I could unload some more florid verbiage, but I'd rather you just email me if you have any questions.

When I do commercial stuff (and for the sake of argument let's just say 'commercial' encompasses even obscure indie stuff), I try to be as geniune to the genre as possible and when the opportunity arises, I do what I'd like to hear, which edges towards alternative/electronica or some such term whose etymology is the pathos of itunes. With regards to that stuff, listen to "Peddler" and expect more stuff coming as I work with Fritz and Nate on an epic album.

But in the end, I really enjoy doing both classical and popular music and sometimes, I'd even say I mix the two.

My upbringing was such that I lost Saturday morning cartoons to MSM prep, rock bands, jazz bands, and one man bands.. My very Cuban father listened to Bebo Valdez, Ibrahim Ferrer, and an old record of Bolero that he swore to me was written by a Spaniard. My older sister listened to Madonna, Queen, Duran Duran, and had a special attachment to Latin American ballads of the 70s and 80s by the likes of Luis Miguel (a genre I don't much care for). While my first CD was something by Ace of Base, I'm happy to say my first tape was something by the Beastie Boys (I know it would have been better in reverse order but I grew up right at the cusp of the conversion, forgive me). After that, I listened almost exclusively to pop music by the likes of Tribe Called Quest, Sound Garden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and of course, Radiohead. MSM was my classical music outlet. And now, for better or for worse, my collection looks more like that of some Silver Lake/Williamsburgh hipster.

Anyway, please use my website interactively: ask me questions, comment on the music, show me new music, talk to me about where the music industry is going awry or is improving. I want to hear from you!

Your Friend,

Bryan

::PROFESSIONAL BIO::

Bryan began studying music at age 4 on violin and furthered his education by taking saxophone and piano. Starting at age 12, he attended Manhattan School of Music Prep, where he studied violin with Patinka Kopec and Grigory Kalinovsky. Composition studies began at the school at age 17 with composer, Daniel Bar’hava. It was during this time that he was also performing violin with the rock band, “Ripe” in New York City.

He attended Carnegie Mellon University, where he received his Bachelors in Music Composition as well as a Masters in Arts Management. As a composition student he studied with Alan Fletcher, Nancy Galbraith, and Reza Vali. During his junior year he lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he studied composition with composer, Marta Lambertini and performed with the rock band, “billar a las nueve y media”. His work, At the Altar of Memory, Slowly Undressing, a ballet based on the poetry of Kat Mandeville, was commissioned by the Carnegie Mellon School of Music for their centennial event, “The Beaux Arts Ball” in March of 2006.

During the summer of 2005, Bryan was a fellow at Norfolk Chamber Music Festival where he studied with Martin Bresnick and Joventuts Musicals de Torroella de Montgri where he studied with Leonardo Balada. In December of that year, Swedish pianist Marie Lee Gustafsson and opera singer, Jacqueline Muira, performed “Triste” and “Luz” at St. Martin’s in the Field in London, England and pianist Lisa Moore performed, “Hometown Narcissus” (text by Lucy Teitler), at the “Keys to the Future” festival in New York City. In May of 2006, “Hometown Narcissus” enjoyed a repeat performance by Lisa Moore at the Canberra International Chamber Music Festival in Canberra, Australia.

In 2007 he won the BMI Pete Carpenter Fellowship which enabled him to work with Mike Post, creator of the music for Law and Order. Early in 2008 Found Objects Music Productions, which Bryan cofounded with Trevor Gureckis and Jay Wadley in November of 2006, will finally incorporate. The company aims at providing music of genuine artistic merit for various commercial endeavours.

Bryan has written for film, dance, electronic and classical media and has been performed in Australia, Europe, and the United States. He now resides in New Haven, Connecticut where he attends Yale School of Music and studies with Aaron Jay Kernis and Martin Bresnick.

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