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A native of New Jersey, Bryan Lin (b. 1991) is an internationally-performed composer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His works have been performed by groups including the San Francisco Choral Artists, Princeton Singers, Lehigh University Philharmonic Orchestra, Monocacy Chamber Orchestra, Lehigh Valley Repertory Jazz Orchestra, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music New Music Ensemble. Listener's have praised his voice as a composer for its “distinct harmonic language” and subtle influence from his training as a jazz performer. This past spring, his choral work Strings in the earth and air received its American premiere by the International Orange Chorale of San Francisco after winning third place in their 2016 Composer Competition.
An avid educator, Bryan works in the SFJAZZ Education department, visiting schools around the Bay Area to assist their jazz programs and instructing saxophone, clarinet, and piano students. He was the Festival Director for the Hot Air Music Festival's eight season, an annual day-long new music marathon held at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and coordinates the Community Service Program at the Conservatory, organizing performances that bring musicians to seldom reached audiences in the city of San Francisco. In his spare time, Bryan can be found passed out sleeping in the library or on a sidewalk.
Bryan graduated with honors from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA with his B.A. in Music, and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, where he studied composition with Paul Salerni and Steven Sametz, as well as jazz composition with Bill Warfield. He recently completed his M.M. in Composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in the studio of David Garner. He has taken additional lessons with Sven-David Sandström, Narcis Bonet, and David Conte, and participated in masterclasses with Chen Yi, Aaron Jay Kernis, and Caroline Shaw.
An avid educator, Bryan works in the SFJAZZ Education department, visiting schools around the Bay Area to assist their jazz programs and instructing saxophone, clarinet, and piano students. He was the Festival Director for the Hot Air Music Festival's eight season, an annual day-long new music marathon held at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and coordinates the Community Service Program at the Conservatory, organizing performances that bring musicians to seldom reached audiences in the city of San Francisco. In his spare time, Bryan can be found passed out sleeping in the library or on a sidewalk.
Bryan graduated with honors from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA with his B.A. in Music, and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, where he studied composition with Paul Salerni and Steven Sametz, as well as jazz composition with Bill Warfield. He recently completed his M.M. in Composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in the studio of David Garner. He has taken additional lessons with Sven-David Sandström, Narcis Bonet, and David Conte, and participated in masterclasses with Chen Yi, Aaron Jay Kernis, and Caroline Shaw.
