Bill Ryan News

Musiqa, winner of the 2013 Chamber Music America/American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music, opens its 12th season with a free public concert, Time Travel, downtown at the Louis and Annie Friedman Clock Tower/Market Square Clock Tower, in downtown Houston's Historic District on Saturday, September 28 at 7:30 p.m. The concert is held in conjunction with the unveiling of a public art installation with art by Jo Ann Fleischhauer and new music by Musiqa

Houston, Texas...Winner of 2013 American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers/ Chamber Music America (ASCAP/CMA) award for 'adventurous programming,' Musiqa continues to push the envelope with exciting new collaborations, partners and venues for its 2013-14 season.

Composer Bill Ryan is known to many as The Force behind The Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, the student group that gained widespread praise for recordings of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians (2007) and Terry Riley's In C with remixes (2009). With Towards Daybreak, the sophomore release from Ryan's ensemble Billband, the focus returns to his own work. Towards Daybreak came out Tuesday, January 29 on Innova. The music - by turns contemplative, roiling, elegaic, and aggressive - reflects experiences in Ryan's life, from the birth of a child to the loss of his parents.

Composer Bill Ryan is known to many as The Force behind The Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, the student group that gained widespread praise for recordings of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians (2007) and Terry Riley's In C with remixes (2009). With Towards Daybreak, the sophomore release from Ryan's ensemble Billband, the focus returns to his own work. Towards Daybreak comes out today, January 29 on Innova. The music - by turns contemplative, roiling, elegaic, and aggressive - reflects experiences in Ryan's life, from the birth of a child to the loss of his parents.

Composer Bill Ryan is known to many as The Force behind The Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, the student group that gained widespread praise for recordings of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians (2007) and Terry Riley's In C with remixes (2009). With Towards Daybreak, the sophomore release from Ryan's ensemble Billband, the focus returns to his own work. Towards Daybreak comes out Tuesday, January 29 on Innova. The music - by turns contemplative, roiling, elegaic, and aggressive - reflects experiences in Ryan's life, from the birth of a child to the loss of his parents.

In memoriam of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Oracle Productions is remounting the 2002 hit play LIFE SEPARATES US by Chicago playwright Sean Farrell.

At the close of an unprecedented year for Oracle Productions, the Board of Directors and Company Members are excited to announce several changes to their management and staff. To better oversee the expansive programming and added artistic personnel, Ben Fuchsen is being promoted to the position of Executive Producer for the company.

The School of Theatre & Dance presents Between the Lines An evening of world premiere choreography and contemporary chamber music in collaboration with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.

Opening its 2010-2011 mainstage season, Oracle proudly announces its production of BLOOD WEDDING by Federico Garcia Lorca, translated by Michael Dewell and Carmen Zapata, at Oracle Theatre, 3809 N. Broadway in Chicago. BLOOD WEDDING previews October 8, and runs October 9 through November 20.

Opening its 2010-2011 mainstage season, Oracle proudly announces its production of BLOOD WEDDING by Federico Garcia Lorca, translated by Michael Dewell and Carmen Zapata, at Oracle Theatre, 3809 N. Broadway in Chicago. BLOOD WEDDING previews October 8, and runs October 9 through November 20.

truTV - one of the fastest-growing networks on television - today revealed details about several additions to the network's lineup of original programming, including a second season of CONSPIRACY THEORY WITH JESSE VENTURA, along with new projects from Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg's Katalyst (Punk'd) and Reveille (The Biggest Loser, The Office).