Press Clippings

Sites and Articles relating to Ryan Jesperson's Classical Compositions:

Daily Evergreen article about WSU New Music Festival, 2003.
Sigma Xi and FASR awards announcement, 2003.
Daily Evergreen article about Ryan Jesperson's Senior Recital, 2004.
WSU Graduation annoucement and Highlight Student Bios, 2004.
WSU College of Liberal Arts honors graduating students, 2004.
WSU Big Ten Award Announcement from the Spokesman Review, 2004.
WSU Chronicle, 2004.
Spokesman Review REJOYCE article, 2004.
Online Trombone Journal, "Cowiche Premiere", 2006.
University of Hartford Events, 2007.
West End String Quartet mention in ACF, 2007 (pg. 7).
UMKC Graduate Journal, 2008.
British Trombone Society Composition Competition Announcement, 2008.
Musical America Concert Announcement for Farbenmusik, 2009.
UCM New Music Festival program listing, 2009.
UNEWS Concerto/Aria Review, 2009.
NACUSA Young Composers Competition Announcement, 2009
Kearney Hub article on Ryan Jesperson's Birdsongs, 2009
No Extra Notes Podcast Page, 2009
Kalv Festival Press Release (in Swedish), 2009
Belvedere Festival Competition Contest announcement, 2010
Charles Bruffy and KC Chorale announcement, 2010
Charles Bruffy and KC Choral review "Indeed this very Love", 2010
UNK New Music Festival announcement, 2010
UMKC Orchestra Composition Contest Announcement, 2010
I.Jest review, KCMetropolis, 2011
Article about the Ineo Sax Quartet and Not Death, but Love, 2011
Rhymes with Opera and Orphee Redux preview, 2011
Real Art Ways RwO press release, 2011

Sites and Articles relating to Ryan Jesperson's Jazz Compositions:

WSU Vocal Extravaganza Announcement, 2003.
WSU Big Band, VoJazz concert Announcement, 2004.
Lional Hampton Jazz Festival Winner Announcement, 2004.
American Choral Director's Association Composers/Arrangers of Note.

Sites and Articles relating to Performances by Ryan Jesperson:

Daily Evergreen article about Jessica Rabbitt & the Gorilla's of Rhythm, 2003.
Moscow Chamber of Commerce: New Members Jessica Rabbitt et al...
Jazziz Website: Matt Reid Quintet featured on Jazziz Education CD.

Other Music-related Articles:

Ryan interviewed at age 13 for band camp...1994
Ryan interviewed about Zhou Long's Madame White Snake, 2010

 

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Fall, 2012: Joseph Abad will premiere a new Saxophone Sonata.

Fall, 2012: Jordan Jacobson will perform fragments and memories in CT.

Spring-Summer, 2012: Jeux pour Jumeaux will be performed in San Francisco, CA.

Spring, 2012: Bobby Watson and the UMKC Big Band will premiere Rhapsody for Dean Moriarty in Kansas City, MO.

Spring, 2012: Ashly Evans will premiere Birdsongs in Houston, TX.

Spring, 2012: BA(da)SS will be performed by Ryan Ford in West Hartford, CT.

Spring, 2012: Jordan Jacobson will perform fragments and memories in CT.

Spring, 2012: Not Death, but Love will be premiered by Ineo Saxophone Quartet.

Spring, 2012: David Tayloe will perform A Page Out of Zen in CT.

May, 2012: The Invisible, Magic, Soccer Phone will be premiered in Middlefield, CT.

April, 2012: The UMKC Opera Dept. will perform portions of Songs from Behind the Curtain.

April, 2012: David Tayloe will premiere A Page Out of Zen in NY.

Feb. 17th, 2012: The 016 Ensemble will be perform Romanza for Alto Saxophone and Violin in Manchester, CT.

Dec. 3rd, 2011: Ryan defends his dessertation, Songs from Behind the Curtain at UMKC.

July 17th, 21st, 24th, 2011: Music Faculty from the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival will perform ...and those seven dwarfs in a series of concerts in Western Maine.

June 16th, 17th, 23rd, 24th, 2011:Orphée Redux will be performed by Rhymes With Opera on their East Coast Tour (NYC, Baltimore, Hartford, Boston).

June 12th, 2011:Selection from Songs from Behind the Curtain will be performed at the John Duffy Composers Institute in Norfolk, VA.

May 13th, 2011: The Ineo Quartet will perform the 1st movement of Not Death, but Love on their Fischoff Competition program in South Bend, Indiana.

March 19th, 2011: The Ineo Saxophone Quartet will perform ...and love is fire... from Not Death, but Love at the NASA conference in West Point, NY.

Feb. 25th, 2011: I. Jest will be premiered by Robert Olson and the UMKC Orchestra in Kansas City, MO.

Feb. 14th, 2011: Hebdomas Squatinae will be performed at the Nebraska at Kearney New Music Festival.

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