Rate My Professor Ryan Olivier

Olivier’s compositions have been performed nationwide and internationally by ensembles such as Relâche Ensemble, Cygnus Ensemble, Momenta Quartet, Euclid Quartet, and Ensemble Concept/21, at venues including Society of Composers Inc. National Conferences, SEAMUS National Conference, International Computer Music Conference, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, and WOCMAT in Taiwan. Key works include Intermedi a – Partial Decisions (2021, performed at xCoAx Austria, CMS/ATMI Rochester, NYCEMF), Musica Speculativa (2018, IU South Bend sold-out performances), Moments from Movements (2023, South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestra), NST: Non-Sustainable Token (2023, Performing Media Festival), and Burst-Reflection (2021, SCI National). Publications feature his dissertation Musica Speculativa: An Exploration of the Multimedia Concert Experience Through Theory and Practice (2015) and “Intermedial Cognition” in eContact! (2016). Awards include Excellence in Teaching with Technology (2022), Trustee Teaching Award (2021), Educator of the Year (2021), National Endowment for the Arts Grants for Arts Projects (2022), ASCAP Plus Awards (2022, 2012–2015), and multiple University Center for Excellence in Teaching grants. He contributes through service as Co-Chair of Faculty Senate Library Affairs Committee, SMART Grant Committee member, UCET Advisory Committee, board member of Ensemble Concept/21, and reviewer for SEAMUS.