Ryan Brideau is a composer, tenor, and teacher living with his wife, Anna, and their Great Dane, Donut, in Astoria. He is a Master of Music in Composition candidate at Mannes School of Music, where he studies under Lowell Liebermann, and holds a Bachelor of Music in Voice from the Juilliard School, where he studied with the late Sanford Sylvan. Recent compositions include Fragments, a set of five miniatures for solo oboe recently given its world premiere by Mitchel Kuhn at Oberlin Conservatory, and Lovely to the outward eye, an anthem for a cappella choir premiered in Boston by the choir of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Milton, MA. Ryan is passionate about people, equity, new music, and Star Wars. Ryan joins Sheldon Artists as Executive Assistant & Administrator.