Bryan (he/him) is a composer, music director, and orchestrator from Pickerington, Ohio now based in New York. His original music has been performed and staged across the US in collaboration with organizations such as American Opera Projects, New York Theatre Barn, A Little New Music, and Lincoln Center. Bryan is an advocate of new and innovative musical storytelling with a particular focus on tales of self-empowerment, historical recontextualization, and breaking down of the binary.

His work has earned him many awards, residencies, and accolades, including the ASCAP Max Dreyfus Scholarship in composition, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Music Direction, and the Players Theatre Residency in new musical theatre. He is head of Career Development at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy where he teaches non-linear career strategies and performance-text analysis. He is a frequent guest teaching artist for organizations such as Classic Stage Company, Go Broadway, Broadway.com, and more.

Select original musicals: Assistants, The Christmas Carols, Amelia Earhart: More than a Mystery, Ghost Girls (O’Neill Semi-Finalist), Nothing to See Here (O'Neill Semi-Finalist); Heritage High; iWish (ANMT, UC Irvine, and Studio C Artists); Victorian Courting & Zombies (New York Film Academy, UCB, iO West, and the Hollywood Fringe Festival)

Select Music direction: Charlotte’s Web (TheatreWorks USA), Alien vs. Musical, Boy From Oz (LA Drama Critics Circle Award, Stage Raw Award, Ovation Award nomination), 110 in the Shade (Ovation Award – Best Musical), Daisy & Jordan’s Sunday Brunch of Shame, Tonya Harding: the Musical, Unsung Midler with Alexander Rodriguez, CHEESEFEST with Henry Russell Bergstein.

Bryan is a graduate of Denison University and holds an MFA from NYU Tisch’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, he is the recipient of the Denison University President’s Medal, Distinguished Leadership Award, and the ASCAP Foundation Max Dreyfus Scholarship. He also holds six awards from the Big Apple Recreational Sports Bowling league.

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