About

          Writing music that “resonates with edginess and modernity” (La Voz Latina Regional), composer, producer, and performer Ryan Dodge is committed to reinvigorating contemporary concert music through his unique synthesis of cutting edge modern classical composition and the genres and styles of the world’s music. Through his work as a composer of both secular and sacred music, his compositions have been heard in concert halls and houses of worship throughout the world including Lincoln Center, Disney Hall, and the Vatican. 

          In 2017, Michael Hey (organist at New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral) recorded Ryan’s Psalm 30: For You have turned my mourning [...] into dancing;  (JAV Recordings), which was later heard on NPR’s Pipedreams in 2018 and 2020. Ryan’s music has been performed at the New Music on the Bayou Festival, American Guild of Organists (AGO) National Convention, November, and was featured in the UK’s Choir and Organ Magazine which included the publication of his Fanfare on “Ding, Dong Merrily on High” a joint-commission between Choir and Organ Magazine and St. Thomas Church, 5th Avenue in NYC. 

         A graduate of the Juilliard School with a degree in composition, Ryan’s teachers and mentors include composers Samuel Adler and Kenneth Frazelle, and Grammy-winning organist Paul Jacobs. In addition to his work as a composer, Ryan is a multi-instrumentalist who has played concerts and recitals across the country and has been seen on EWTN (Eternal Word Network), New York’s News 12—Brooklyn, and the Grenada Broadcasting Network in the Caribbean. Ryan’s work USA: A Beacon of Hope (co-written with as a team for BPM Productions) was featured across Arizona Public Television as a part of a “virtual parade” on Veterans Day 2020.

         Ryan is currently the music director of St. Matthew Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn.