Ryan Stickney

Ryan, alto, returned to Houston after completing a master’s degree in Contemporary Improvisation at New England Conservatory in Boston. Ryan received a bachelor’s degree in voice from the Shepherd School of Music and one in linguistics from Rice University. At Rice, Ryan also participated in theater, music-directing several productions, and writing an original show. Ryan co-leads a rock recording project called Vivat & Hail and publishes multi-tracked solo performances of both early music and originals, including one featured on BBC Radio 3, as Rionsanura. Currently a staff singer at Palmer Memorial Episcopal, Ryan also makes free open-source textbooks at OpenStax, a Rice nonprofit. The Houston Chamber Choir has sung several arrangements Ryan has supplied. This is Ryan’s twelfth season with the Houston Chamber Choir.