Ryan Downs | Featured Artist
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Ryan grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico where she first learned to play the violin through the Suzuki method. She soon fell in love with music and began to teach lessons at age 12.
She has performed with groups around Oregon and beyond, including: The Eugene Symphony, Vancouver Symphony USA, Portland-Columbia Symphony, Newport Symphony, The Sunriver Music Festival, The New Mexico Philharmonic, and the Santa Fe Symphony.
She is a dedicated teacher who enjoys nurturing students of all ages and levels in private lessons, classrooms, and organizations such as BRAVO Youth Orchestras and the Corvallis Youth Symphony.
Ryan has a bachelor’s degree in Suzuki string pedagogy from the University of New Mexico (2018) and a master’s degree in violin performance from the University of Oregon (2020).
Ryan appears on the following Resonance programs: