Performed by the Horizon Ensemble under the direction of Julian Gau
Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA 06/27/2021

Misty Steps

Performed by Julian Gau at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee on October 20th, 2021.

...the sea itself...

Laura Santamaria-Mendez, soprano
Ryan Johnston, piano

Premiered on April 6th, 2022 at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Tres Canciones de Gracia Lorca

Jack Yarbrough, piano
Mathew Carey, percussion

Performed live on April 9th, 2022 at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee

"the isle is full of noises, sounds and sweet airs..."

Sean McCarty, bass trombone
Julian Gau, piano

Performed live on April 9th, 2022 at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Sonata - Fantasie

Kian Hirayama, english horn 
Walter Yee, bass clarinet 
Wilson Poffenberger, alto sax
Maya Shiek, horn
Sean McCarty, bass trombone 
Mira Steenbrugge, violin
Zeynep Yigitoglu, viola
Jerrel Martin, cello

Performed live on April 9th, 2022 at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee

L'Accord Sacré

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Commissioned by the Horizon Ensemble for the pianist, Andrew Cannestra. Premiered on April 27th, 2024 at the Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA.

Piano Concerto (2024)

A piece for Piano based off of the painting, "Magdalena Bay" by François-Auguste Biard. Performed by Andrew Cannestra at Urness Recital Hall on February 17th, 2018.

Song of the Arctic

A set of songs on the poetry of Louis Jenkins.

I. Thoughtberries
II. Horse
III. Wind from the West
IV. Rock Collecting

Jenkins Songs

Performed by the Oasis Ensemble at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center in Newport, Oregon on May 17th, 2025.

Oasis Ensemble
Dawn Weiss - Flute
Louis Lowenstein - Cello
Andrew Cannestra - Piano

Ecstatic Landscape

A meditative piece for flute and piano. Written for Kaitlyn Clawson and Andrew Cannestra. Recorded in Urness Recital Hall at St. Olaf College on November 2nd, 2019.

Incantation

Ryan Johnston is a composer who writes music that plays with human's perception of time, working with limited material to create music of reflective stasis. Ryan strives to choose melodies, harmonies and rhythms that are sensual, evocative, and at the same time familiar. His principal teachers have included Michel Merlet, Mischa Salkind-Pearl, Marti Epstein, and Reinaldo Moya.

Ryan Johnston

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