Ryan M. Hare

composer | bassoonist

photo by Stuart Murtland

Ryan M. Hare, originally from Reno, Nevada, teaches composition, music theory, and studio bassoon at Washington State University, where he is an associate professor of music, and is Composer in Residence for the Washington Idaho Symphony. His compositions have been heard in numerous venues and festivals throughout the U.S., and also in Germany and Chile. Recent honors include a prestigious Artist Trust Fellowship and commissions and premieres by the Washington Idaho Symphony (Three Short Pieces for Orchestra) and by Affinity Chamber Players (Chamber Concerto), a specialist new-music ensemble based in Seattle. A compact disc of all recent music for bassoon solo and bassoon with electronics—including seven pieces written for Dr. Hare—is available on the Present Sounds label.

Ryan Hare earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition from the University of Washington; his other degrees include a Master of Music in Composition from Ithaca College and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Oregon State University. Prior to his arrival at WSU, Dr. Hare held appointments at the University of Washington, Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, and Oregon State University, and taught composition and bassoon at Music Works Northwest, a community music school in Bellevue, WA. His principal teachers in composition have been Joël-François Durand, Richard Karpen, and Diane Thome at the University of Washington, Greg Woodward at Ithaca College, and Ron Jeffers at Oregon State University, with additional lessons from Shulamit Ran, Jacob Druckman, Brian Ferneyhough, and Paul-Heinz Dittrich. Dr. Hare's significant teachers for bassoon include Arthur Grossman, Lee Goodhew, Mike Curtis, and Seth Krimsky.