Position:
Adjunct Professor of Accompanying at South Carolina State University, Director of Music at Grace Presbyterian Church, Independent Music Professional at Columbia, SC
Location:
Columbia, South Carolina Area
Work:
South Carolina State University
- Orangeburg, South Carolina since Aug 2012
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Adjunct Professor of Accompanying
Grace Presbyterian Church
- Columbia, South Carolina Area since Jul 2012
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Director of Music
Columbia, SC
- Columbia, South Carolina Area since May 2004
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Independent Music Professional
Carolina Music Academy
May 2007 - Jun 2011
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Teacher
University of South Carolina
Aug 2007 - Jul 2009
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Graduate Assistant
Furman University
2004 - 2007
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Staff accompanist
Dallas Theological Seminary
2002 - 2004
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Assistant to the Chaplain
Thurman School of Music
- Dallas/Fort Worth Area 2001 - 2003
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Teacher
Education:
University of South Carolina 2007 - 2011
DMA, Piano Performance (Major); Music History (Minor)
University of South Carolina-Columbia 2005 - 2007
MM, Piano Performance
Dallas Theological Seminary 2001 - 2004
MA, Biblical Studies
Furman University 1997 - 2001
B.M., Piano Performance
Skills:
Music, Piano Performance, Copy Editing, Teaching, Music Theory, Singing, Music Education, Public Speaking, Accompaniment, Editing, Community Outreach, Event Planning, Higher Education, Research, PowerPoint, Social Media, Tutoring, Composition, Microsoft Office, Non-profits, Microsoft Excel, Opera, Conducting, Choral, Chamber Music, Piano, Pianist
Interests:
Music (Classical/Sacred Piano), Exercising, Outdoors, Reading
Honor & Awards:
Graduate Assistant at the University of South Carolina
Cornelia Greer Walker Scholarship
Nationally Certified Teacher of Music
National Scholars Honor Society
Awards:
David G. Ellison Summer Research Fellowship
Institute of Southern Studies
The David G. Ellison Summer Research Fellowship was awarded to Ryan F. Smith for research on his doctoral document. This project examines Tony Buttitta's unpublished opera, Diggin' the Ring, a spoof of Wagner's Ring Cycle that uses African-American songs of protests gathered by Lawrence Gellert in the 1930s.