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Artist
Ryan Muncy
8+ albums
contemporary classicalexperimentalsaxophoneinstrumentaltry
about
Praised for "superb" performances by The New York Times as well as his ability to "show off the instrument's malleability and freakish extended range as well as its delicacy and refinement" by The Chicago Reader, Ryan Muncy is a saxophonist who performs, commissions, and presents new music. His work emphasizes collaborative relationships with composers and artists of his generation and aims to reimagine the way listeners experience the saxophone through contemporary music. He is a recipient of the Kranichstein Music Prize awarded at the 46th International Summer Courses for New Music Darmstadt, a Fulbright Fellowship in France, the Claire Rosen and Samuel Edes Foundation Prize for Emerging Artists, the Harriet Hale Woolley Fellowship of the Fondation des États-Unis Paris, and has participated in the creation of more than 125 new works for the instrument. His debut solo album Hot was released by New Focus Recordings to critical acclaim, praised as "absorbing" (Alex Ross) and "one of the year's best albums" (Time Out New York). His second solo album, Ism, was released in September 2016 by TUNDRA/New Focus Recordings. Muncy is the saxophonist of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), a NYC- and Chicago-based collective of 35 leading specialists dedicated to reshaping the way music is created and experienced. During the 2015-16 season, the ensemble presented more than 150 concerts worldwide, including 45 presented through OpenICE, the ensemble’s outpouring of programmin
