Ryan Williams

Ryan Williams is an Australian recorder player, improviser, interdisciplinary-performance maker & arts producer.

“Ryan Williams . . . he’s described as the Jimi Hendrix of the recorder“ Brian Wise, Off The Record, Three Triple R 102.7FM

“Ryan’s music is like magic techno“ audience member, Fleecey in the yard

“Williams and duo partner Matthew Horsley …demonstrating the gold that can often result from unexpected collaborations.“ Megan Steller, The Age

“Borrowing from folk, jazz and new music traditions, Williams’ exploration brought out – a sense of improvisatory bliss” Limelight Magazine

“Williams, an exacting, characterful musician, embodied the bird perfectly” Limelight Magazine

contact: ryanwilliamsrecorders@live.com

I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which I live, create & collaborate. I pay my respects to the Kulin Nation, and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.

:: MAJOR PROJECTS, BIOGRAPHY, & DISCOGRAPHY LISTED BELOW ::

CROISSANTS & WHISKEY – https://croissantsandwhiskey.com/

UNKNOWN MIRRORS – https://unknownmirrors.bandcamp.com/releases

HORSLEY & WILLIAMS DUO – http://horsleywilliamsduo.wordpress.com/

ROGUE THREE – https://roguethreetrio.bandcamp.com/

WANDERINGS – DEBUT SOLO ALBUM (2014)

<a href="http://ryanwilliamsrecorder.bandcamp.com/album/wanderings">Wanderings by Ryan Williams</a>

THE RECORDER CO-OP & MELBOURNE RECORDER ACADEMY – https://www.melbournerecorderacademy.org/

GEORGE STREET – https://georgestreet.bandcamp.com/album/lone-black-dog

duo windborne

DIEGO VILLALTA collaboration

KAMOGAWA FUKUJIN TAIKO – https://www.facebook.com/fukujin459/

ELISION ENSEMBLE – http://www.elision.org.au/

ANJA & ZLATNA – http://anjaizlatna.com/

AUSTRALIAN ART ORCHESTRA – https://www.aao.com.au/

FOREST COLLECTIVE – http://www.forestcollective.com.au/

RECORDER WORKSHOPS

OCARINA

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Ryan Williams (b.1988) is a recorder & ocarina player, improviser, composer, interdisciplinary performance maker, researcher, educator, and arts producer. His creative practice focuses on improvising and composing music, and creating exploratory transdisciplinary projects with artists and communities. Ryan performs and creates within improvisatory & exploratory music, site-specific/installation contexts, traditional music from Eastern Europe, Japan, Ireland and the U.S, western art music & jazz, and popular folk music. His focus on exploratory & transdisciplinary performance has led to distinct creative projects in which artists develop a shared performance practice.

Ryan has a PhD from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music where he developed works that focused on the recorder within free improvisation and interdisciplinary performance. He co-directs a multitude of ensembles and through these projects has released fourteen albums that cross numerous musical genres. He is the recipient of several international and national artistic grants, and has performed at major Australian and international festivals including Mona Foma, Setouchi Triennale (Japan), Moers Festival (Germany), Falls Festival, Peninsula Summer Music Festival, Antwerp Fringe Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Four Winds Festival & Tilde New Music Festival. He regularly performs with leading arts companies from around Australia, including the Australian Art Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, ELISION Ensemble & Snuff Puppets. He teaches recorder and chamber music at the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance – Monash University, chamber music at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, and co-directs the Melbourne Recorder Academy. He has a strong connection to Japan through regular artistic collaborations with communities and musicians. He continues to develop new cultural links between Australia and Japan through leading international projects and artistic curation, including working with Tokyo/Narrm record label Namboku Records.

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2024 [Extinct Drones] Horsley & Williams Duo
2024 [Locked Away] Unknown Mirrors
2020 [Lone Black Dog] George Street
2019 [Your Ten Is My Twelve] Unknown Mirrors
2019 [Eucalypt Apocalypse] Rogue Three
2018 [No Meat On Bumblebees] Rogue Three
2016 [Winter Winds] George Street
2015 [Hytte] George Street
2014 [Wanderings] debut solo album
2013 [Long Distance EP] Flightless Bird
2013 [Everybody] Snuff Puppets – Unreleased
2013 [Allestree] Tierra
2011 [Dinner On Wednesday] – Discontinued
2008 [Red Sonya] The Nightshades – Discontinued