Ryan Yard: Contemporary Composer

News

September 22nd 2009
 
I have recently added a webstore to this site which from October will allow you to purchase music either as a digital download, a physical CD and also PDF files of my scores.
 
September 19th 2009
 
It has been sometime since the website was last updated but that will soon be changing with lots of exciting new things happening. Two important additions to the site will be a forum which will allow those who are following my music to comment and discuss my music and for me to open the communication between artist and audience. I really appreciate those who follow and support my  music and it would be great to hear from  you all. Alongside this I will be setting up a series of video blogs in conjunction with YouTube to give a much more interactive quality to my latest news. Watch this space!
 
December 18th 2008

Means of Escape my solo piano album is now available to purchase from Itunes and Amazon.

Means of Escape at Amazon.co.uk

Means of Escape at Amazon.com

Means of Escape at Itunes

March 23rd 2008

Following on from the success of my first solo piano album Means of Escape comes the piano score to the album featuring the sheet music to all the tracks. This gives musicians and pianists out there the chance to play all of the music featured on the album. The score will be available in the summer.
 
March 15th 2008

My new piece Wonderland Inventions for Clarinet and tape will receive it's premiere in May at the RWCMD. Soloist will be Alice Olivian Dicker

February 21st 2008

I have recently been interviewed by multimedia artist James Harries about my use of the Internet in promoting my work as a composer. The video interview will soon be available to stream on this website soon. Keep your eyes peeled!

August 15th 2007

My new work for the Lunar Sax Quartet has been shortlisted down to the final 5 and will be played in a special concert to decide the winning piece which will be added to their repertoire and recorded to a brand new CD. Details can be found at the link below. This is of course great news and marks the first performance of my music in London.
 
 
June 28th 2007
 
I have graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with first class honours. I have also won the RWCMD Compositon Prize for the second year running.
 
 
March 21st 2007

I have just completed a 6000 word thorough study of Mike Oldfield's album 'Ommadawn'. The essay has been the culmination of my interest in contemporary popular music and I hope it will be the start of many other similar projects in the future. The essay will be available to view at the end of the month.