Gavin Ryan
OSGF
Interdisciplinary Residency, Five-Week, Session I
Gavin Ryan is a musician and native of Payson, Utah, he has performed and taught throughout the United States, as well as in Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Haiti, and China. After completing a US Fulbright Fellowship in Bali, Indonesia, he founded and directed Gamelan Madu Kencana, a community Balinese gamelan based in Provo, Utah. Recent accomplishments include the inaugural award of the Utah Performing Arts Fellowship in 2020, the 2023 Brehm Prize in Instrumental Composition, an Oak Springs Garden Foundation Interdisciplinary Residency, and the Rackham Presidential Graduate Fellowship. He currently directs Gamelan Kyai Telaga Madu and Gamelan Madu Biru at University of Michigan.