I’m an Assistant Professor of Musicology at Bowling Green State University. My research centers on opera, song, and intersections of music and drama, with an emphasis on 20th-century and contemporary opera, minimalism, and 19th-century Lieder. I am currently working on a book titled Making American Opera after “Einstein,” which examines the efforts of artists and institutions over the last forty years to redefine what American opera is and how audiences experience it.
My writing appears in The New Yorker, New York Times, and NewMusicBox, the academic journals American Music and Cambridge Opera Journal, and the book Rethinking Reich. I present research papers regularly at national and international conferences, and have given pre-concert lectures and public talks for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Toledo Symphony, and WGTE Public Media. In fall 2019 I was in residence at the Way Public Library in Perrysburg, Ohio, holding open office hours and curating various programs. At BGSU I lead courses on opera, chamber music, symphonic music, music appreciation, and 20th- and 21st-century music. I also work closely with students in the DMA in Contemporary Music program. In addition to my research and teaching, I maintain an active profile as a performer of contemporary, early, and sacred music. I tweet occasionally: @ryan_ebright. My full CV is here. You can contact me at eryan @ bgsu.edu. |