Regan Ryzuk

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A photo of Regan Ryzuk, taken by photographer Eduardo Patino for Ryzuk's AllAboutJazz.com feature.

Regan Ryzuk (born Regan Onufry Ryzuk, March 29, 1955, New York) is an American composer and pianist. Ryzuk is the son of renowned painter, Onufry Ryzuk and published author and playwright, Mary S. Ryzuk, PhD. He is the elder of two children.

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Education

A graduate from Montville Township High School in Montville, New Jersey in 1973, [1] Ryzuk studied with Robert Helps at Manhattan School of Music and attended The Juilliard School. [2] Ryzuk's classical music studies led to jazz studies with Jaki Byard and Sir Roland Hanna. At Juilliard, he studied music theory and composition.

Career

Development as a composer

During the 1980s, Ryzuk toured with various ballet companies – traveling through Europe and Latin America. [3] This period enabled him to develop his improvisational techniques, which later laid the groundwork for one of his greatest compositional works,"48 Preludes and Fugues." Composed in the style Johann Sebastian Bach, Ryzuk developed "48 Preludes and Fugues" over the course of a year while living in Switzerland. [4]

Upon his return to the United States in 1991, Ryzuk lived in New York and continued his compositional work. He developed a base of students, including Fountains of Wayne co-founder, Adam Schlesinger. Ryzuk periodically returned to Europe to study and develop compositions; for example he lived in Germany in 1994, where he wrote "Piano Fantasy in D♭," and made fairly frequent trip to London between 2000 and 2005 while writing a musical based on Jack the Ripper.

Around the year 2000 Ryzuk became a founding partner in a TV/film music production company known as SOUNDGUILD, which operated for approximately ten years. Ryzuk's work from this period is featured in over 500 television and movie projects through his work with Zomba Music, [5] including Kissing Jessica Stein , Chasing Papi, The Night Listener, 60 Minutes , and American Idol . He also provided music for Extreme Music Library, LTD.

Musicals and theater

Ryzuk collaborated on a number of musicals with mother Mary S. Ryzuk, including some of Grimm's Fairy Tales [6] and a full-length, fully orchestrated musical based on the novel The Lodger. [7] The musical was initially titled Jack the Ripper, then was changed to share the name of the novel The Lodger, before finally receiving in current title, "Hunt:A Musical Thriller." Ryzuk also wrote the music and the book for Joe's Bar, with additional lyrics by Mary S. Ryzuk. [8]

In about 1995, Ryzuk co-founded the theater company Enchanted Players, [9] which operated until 2010. When the theater company moved to the Darress Theatre in Boonton, New Jersey [10] in 2008, Ryzuk became Composer in Residence for the theater until the Enchanted Players became inactive.

Associated acts

Awards and honors

Education

Films

Partial List of Opus Numbers

  1. Sonata No. 1 1st Mvt ("Fanfare")
  2. Sonata No. 1 2nd Mvt ("First Love")
  3. Sonata No. 1 3rd Mvt ("The Magician")
  1. Sonata No. 2 1st Mvt ("A Night Carnival")
  2. Sonata No. 2 2nd Mvt ("March In The Gulag")
  3. Sonata No. 2 3rd Mvt ("Ostinato")
  1. Sonata No. 3 1st Mvt ("A Winter Sleighride")
  2. Sonata No. 3 2nd Mvt ("Surviving Hell")
  3. Sonata No. 3 3rd Mvt ("The Busy Anthill")
  4. Sonata No. 3 4th Mvt ("A Heroes Welcome")
  1. Sonata No. 4 1st Mvt ("Dance Of The Gladiators")
  2. Sonata No. 4 2nd Mvt ("After Rain On A Lake")
  3. Sonata No. 4 3rd Mvt ("The Determined Matador")
  1. Sonata No. 5 1st Mvt ("A Walk Through An Old Garden")
  2. Sonata No. 5 2nd Mvt ("The Haunted Library")
  3. Sonata No. 5 3rd Mvt ("Fountains")
  1. Sonata No. 6 1st Mvt ("The Victorious Warrior")
  2. Sonata No. 6 2nd Mvt ("Great Expectations")
  3. Sonata No. 6 3rd Mvt ("Dragonflies On A Lake")

Epi-Cycles Beyond The Kuiper Belt (A Fugue For Large String Orchestra)

  1. Sonata No. 7 1st Mvt ("A Silent Film")
  2. Sonata No. 7 2nd Mvt ("The Relentless Clock")
  3. Sonata No. 7 3rd Mvt ("A Ride In The Country")
  4. Sonata No. 7 4th Mvt ("The Cat And The String")
  1. Sonata No. 8 1st Mvt ("Children At Play")
  2. Sonata No. 8 2nd Mvt ("A Nursery Rhyme")
  3. Sonata No. 8 3rd Mvt ("A Piece Of String")
  4. Sonata No. 8 4th Mvt ("Journey Of The Monarch")
  1. Sonata No. 9 1st Mvt ("Strolling Through A Gallery")
  2. Sonata No. 9 2nd Mvt ("The Walk Along Lake Louise")
  1. Sonata No.10 ("A Comfortable Nightmare")
  2. Sonata No. 1 1st Mvt ("Fanfare")
  3. Sonata No. 1 2nd Mvt ("First Love")
  4. Sonata No. 1 3rd Mvt ("The Magician")

References

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  2. 1 2 "Jack The Ripper Musical - Amazing Performances All Round". www.jacktherippermusical.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  3. Dunning, Jennifer (28 May 1989). "Reviews/Dance; Swiss Institute Bill Belies Stereotypes". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  4. "Regan's Music". www.reganryzuk.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.
  5. "ASCAP ACE - Search". Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  6. "Eldridge Plays and Musicals". Archived from the original on 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  7. "Jack The Ripper Musical - Amazing Performances All Round". www.jacktherippermusical.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  8. "Theater League of Clifton". Archived from the original on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  9. "Regan Ryzuk". Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  10. "Darress Theatre Boonton New Jersey, Our Favorite Links". www.darresstheater.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  11. "Kemble assembles salute to Ray Charles". 26 October 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  12. "Ian David Regan Ryzuk Mp3 Download". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  13. "The Night Listener (2006) - Cast and Credits - Yahoo! Movies". Archived from the original on 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  14. "Barbara McCarthy Sings!". Archived from the original on 2005-04-13. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  15. "New Jersey Ballet News". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  16. "Cameo Productions' Cast Bios". Archived from the original on 2001-10-12. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  17. "Rio Clemente - the Bishop of Jazz". Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  18. "CLO Reviews". www.cloproductions.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  19. "Chasing Papi (2003)" . Retrieved 8 November 2018 via www.imdb.com.
  20. "Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)" . Retrieved 8 November 2018 via www.imdb.com.
  21. Unknown [ permanent dead link ]