MY MUSIC
J.S. Bach Adagio from Sonata No. 1 in g minor
J.S. Bach Fugue from Sonata No. 1 in g minor
About Me
Violinist, Ryann Aery, began her studies at the age of 6 in Buffalo, NY. She has performed in venues such as The Morrison Center, Lincoln Center, Central Park, Kleinhans Hall, and Symphony Space with the Boise Philharmonic, Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic, and NYU Symphony Orchestra. In 2014 she performed the Barber Violin Concerto at Carnegie Hall after winning 1st place in the AFAF international concerto competition. In 2020, Ryann won the Concerto Aria Competition playing the Brahms Violin Concerto at Boise State University.
Ryann has been chosen to perform in various violin master classes for renowned violinists including Monica Hugget, Donald Wilerstein, Janet Sung, and Bella Hiristova. She has received scholarships to prestigious summer festivals including the Bowdoin International Music festival and Brevard Music Center, where she performed alongside world renowned faculty and artist Noah Bendix-Balgley, William Preucil, Jonathan Carney, David Coucheron, and Bela Fleck.
Ryann received her Bachelor of Music Performance degree from Ithaca College while studying with Susan Waterbury. At Ithaca, she was both concertmaster and assistant concertmaster of the Symphony orchestra. She spent her senior year studying at the Manhattan School of Music with Curtis Macomber. Ryann holds a Master of Music Performance degree at New York University where she studied with Associate Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Laurie Hamilton. Ryann holds a second M.M. degree from Boise State University where she was a member of the Boise State Graduate Scholarship String Quartet.
TEACHING PHILOSPHY
I believe that if you have a passion for music and desire to play an instrument, the rest is teachable. I want my students to play their instruments with joy, knowledge, confidence and passion. I want to know what each of my student’s music goals are and what they hope to accomplish in lessons. Once I know these goals, I can help to develop and further my students technically, intellectually and musically. My goal is to empower each student to achieve their highest potential as a violinist. When in lessons, the students will receive my undivided attention and energy. I believe that efficient and effective practice of the violin can be mastered and performance can be something that is exciting. Focused practice is the best kind of practice and outweighs mindless practice. Learning how to achieve focused practice and attaining a strong foundational technique is extremely essential and concepts that I place a lot of emphasis on.
