Upcoming
Saturday, June 10, 2023 @ 3:00 p.m. ET
Re:Sound 2023: Douglas Farrand and Ryan Seward perform Eva-Maria Houben’s a current exhibition (2023)
Wade Memorial Chapel, 12316 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio
Friday, June 16, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Solo performance of untitled (for Alvin Lucier) (2020)
Blo Back Gallery, 131 Spring St, Pueblo, Colorado
TBA
Solo performance on Orbital Resonance Series at Ibeam Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York
Solo performances of Gabriela Areal’s hace palmas (2022)
Past
Friday, April 14, 2023 @ 8:00 p.m. ET
Duo with Nat Baldwin
Hampshire College, Roos-Rhode House, Amherst, Massachusetts
Monday, March 20, 2023 @ 5:30 p.m. ET
Solo realization of Bob Lens’s #185 (date unknown)
Randalls and Wards Islands, New York, New York
Sunday, February 19, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m. CT
Llano Estacado Monad Band performs Cornelius Cardew’s Treatise (1963–1967)
CO-OPt Research + Projects, 4202 Boston Ave, Lubbock, Texas
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 @ 7:00 p.m. ET
Graduate Recital: Recent Works, 2020–2022
Wesleyan University, Memorial Chapel, 221 High St, Middletown, Connecticut
Friday, February 25, 2022 @ 6:00 p.m. ET
Solo performance of Peter Ablinger’s Kleine Trommel und UKW-Rauschen (“Conceptio”) (2000), Sarah Hennies’ Psalm 3 (2009), and James Tenney’s Koan: Having Never Written a Note for Percussion (1971)
Wesleyan University, Richard Alsop IV House, 301 High St, Middletown, Connecticut
Tuesday, Saturday, July 17, 2021 @ 7:30 p.m. MT
World premiere of mesh (2021) by Bob Marsh and Ryan Seward
Blo Back Gallery, 131 Spring St, Pueblo, Colorado
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 @ 1:00 p.m. ET
World premiere of Alvin Lucier’s Antequam Abraham fieret ego sum (2020) by Wesleyan University Collegium Musicum
Wesleyan University, Online, Middletown, Connecticut
Saturday, March 27, 2021 @ 7:30 p.m. MT
World premiere of irrational thoughts should be followed absolutely and logically (1) for two or more vibraphones by Filament
Casper College, Wheeler Concert Hall, 125 College Dr, Casper, Wyoming
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 @ 8:00 p.m. ET
World premiere of take any flat, plain piece of land, give it a name— for fixed media (field recordings and sine tones)
Wesleyan University, Online, Middletown, Connecticut
Saturday, February 28, 2020 @ 7:30 p.m. MT
New Topographics (Ryan Seward and Bryan Sanders) perform Eva-Maria Houben’s the table of silence (2017)
Glitter City, 99 Kalamath St, Denver, Colorado
Sunday, February 23, 2020 @ 3:00 p.m. MT
Trio with Jack Wright and Matt Smiley
University of Northern Colorado, Frasier Hall, Room 90, 1710 9th Ave, Greeley, Colorado
Friday, February 21, 2020 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Quartet with Jack Wright, Ben Wright, and Michael O’Neill
Rhinoceropolis, 3553 Brighton Blvd, Denver, Colorado
Friday, December 13, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m. MT
New Topographics (Ryan Seward and Bryan Sanders) perform John Cage’s Radio Music (1956) and Michael Pisaro’s Ascending Series (4) (free ascent) (2008)
Green House, 1108 E Grand Ave, Laramie, Wyoming
Saturday, November 9, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Quartet with Andy Dahlke, Ben Parrish, and Matt Smiley
Tower 56 Distilling, 825 9th St Unit B, Greeley, Colorado
Saturday, October 26, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m. MT
Chris Hewitt and Ryan Seward perform Sarah Hennies’ Flourish (2013)
House Concert, Undisclosed, Denver, Colorado
Saturday, October 12, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m. MT
Solo performance of Michael Pisaro’s A drum acted upon by friction, gravity and electricity (2011)
Glitter City, 99 Kalamath St, Denver, Colorado
Saturday, October 5, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m. MT
Nakatani Gong Orchestra
The Savoy at Curtis Park, 2700 Arapahoe St, Denver, Colorado
Friday, October 4, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m. MT
New Topographics (Ryan Seward and Bryan Sanders)
Glitter City, 99 Kalamath St, Denver, Colorado
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Trio with Farrell Lowe and Bret Sexton
Rhinoceropolis, 3553 Brighton Blvd, Denver, Colorado
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m. MT
Solo performance of Michael Pisaro’s Closed Categories in Cartesian Worlds (2011/2012)
Rhinoceropolis, 3553 Brighton Blvd, Denver, Colorado
Saturday, August 3, 2019 @ 8:00 p.m. CT
Sarah Ruth Alexander, Louise Fristensky, Chase Gardner, Daniel Ryan, and Ryan Seward perform Sarah Hennies’ Everything Else (2016)
Solo performance of Michael Pisaro’s Closed Categories in Cartesian Worlds (2011/2012)
Sarah Ruth Alexander, Matthew Frerck, Louise Fristensky, Chase Gardner, Daniel Ryan, and Ryan Seward perform Emmanuelle Waeckerlé’s song of an intention (2019)
Nebulae, 1008 Cordell St, Denton, Texas
Sunday, June 30, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Alex Nauman
Wave & Circuit, 829 S Higgins Ave, Missoula, Montana
Saturday, June 29, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Alex Nauman
Kirks’ Grocery, 2920 Minnesota Ave, Billings, Montana
Sunday, June 23, 2019 @ 8:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Bret Sexton
The Puzzle Palace, Undisclosed, Denver, Colorado
Saturday, May 25, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m. MT
Trio with Paul Mimlitsch and Farrell Lowe
Trident Booksellers and Cafe, 940 Pearl St, Boulder, Colorado
Saturday, April 27, 2019 @ 4:30 p.m. MT
Dart Echo (Briana Harris, Joel Harris, Ben Parrish, Matt Smiley, and Ryan Seward) @ FoCoMX 11
Wolverine Farm Letterpress & Publick House, 316 Willow St, Fort Collins, Colorado
Saturday, March 30, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m. MT
Duo with Eugene Chadbourne
CFA Downtown Studio, 113 4th St NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Friday, March 29, 2019 @ 8:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Eugene Chadbourne
Blo Back Gallery, 131 Spring St, Pueblo, Colorado
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 @ 8:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Eugene Chadbourne
thought//forms gallery, 99 Kalamath St, Denver, Colorado
Thursday, March 14, 2019 @ 8:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Sandy Ewen
thought//forms gallery, 99 Kalamath St, Denver, Colorado
Thursday, March 7, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Cecyl Ruehlen
madelife, 2000 21st St, Boulder, Colorado
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 @ 9:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Cecyl Ruehlen
3 Kings Tavern, 60 S Broadway, Denver, Colorado
Monday, February 11, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Bob Marsh and Trio with Bob Marsh and Jaap Blonk
Blo Back Gallery, 131 Spring St, Pueblo, Colorado
Thursday, February 7, 2019 @ 8:00 p.m. CT
Duo with Daniel Ryan
Backyard On Bell, 410 N Bell Ave, Denton, Texas
Saturday, October 27, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Matt Smiley and Ryan Seward @ Casper College Second Annual New Music Day
Casper College, Wheeler Concert Hall, 125 College Dr, Casper, Wyoming
Friday, October 19, 2018 @ 8:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Tashi Dorji
thought//forms gallery, 99 Kalamath St, Denver, Colorado
Sunday, September 30, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Dart Echo (Briana Harris, Ben Parrish, Matt Smiley, and Ryan Seward)
The Crown Pub, 134 S College Ave, Fort Collins, Colorado
Saturday, September 8, 2018 @ 8:00 p.m. MT
Trio with Farrell Lowe and Bill McCrossen
Trident Booksellers and Cafe, 940 Pearl St, Boulder, Colorado
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 @ 8:00 p.m. CT
Duo with Dave Stone
CBGB, 3163 S Grand Blvd, St. Louis, Missouri
Monday, August 13, 2018 @ 8:00 p.m. CT
Solo performance
pH Community House, 306 S Phoenix St, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Saturday, July 14, 2018 @ 6:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Bob Marsh
Pueblo Arts Alliance Annex, 410 W City Center Dr, Pueblo, Colorado
Sunday, July 1, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Trio with Joel Harris and Matt Smiley
The Crown Pub, 134 S College Ave, Fort Collins, Colorado
Thursday, June 7, 2018 @ 2018 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Matt Smiley
Blo Back Gallery, 131 Spring St, Pueblo, Colorado
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Matt Smiley
Corpus Arts, 123 7th St NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 @ 9:00 p.m. CT
Duo with Matt Smiley
mustard zone, Undisclosed, Denton, Texas
Monday, June 4, 2018 @ 8:00 p.m. CT
Duo with Matt Smiley
pH Community House, 306 S Phoenix Ave, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sunday, June 3, 2018 @ 5:00 p.m. CT
Duo with Matt Smiley
The Percolator, 913 Rhode Island St, Lawrence, Kansas
Friday, June 1, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Matt Smiley
House Concert, Undisclosed, Denver, Colorado
Monday, May 14, 2018 @ 8:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Bret Sexton
Seventh Circle Music Collective, 2935 W 7th Ave, Denver, Colorado
Sunday, May 13, 2018 @ 4:00 p.m. MT
Quintet with Rent Romus, Collette McCaslin, Bob Marsh, and Matt Smiley
Blo Back Gallery, 131 Spring St, Pueblo, Colorado
Sunday, May 6, 2018 @ 8:30 p.m. MT
Duo with Bret Sexton
Lion’s Lair, 2022 E Colfax Ave, Denver, Colorado
Saturday, April 8, 2018 @ 8:00 p.m. MT
Bob Marsh / Michael O’Neill / Ryan Seward
Pueblo Arts Alliance Annex, 410 W City Center Dr, Pueblo, Colorado
Saturday, March 24, 2018 @ 9:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Bret Sexton
Skylark Lounge, 140 S Broadway, Denver, Colorado
Sunday, March 18, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Dart Echo (Briana Harris, Matt Smiley, and Ryan Seward)
The Crown Pub, 134 S College Ave, Fort Collins, Colorado
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 @ 8:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Bret Sexton
Deer Pile, 206 E 13th Ave, Denver, Colorado
Friday, March 2, 2018 @ 8:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Bob Marsh
Pueblo Arts Alliance Annex, 410 W City Center Dr, Pueblo, Colorado
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Mike Bjella Quartet (Mike Bjella, Ben Parrish, Matt Smiley, and Ryan Seward)
Nocturne Jazz & Supper Club, 1330 27th St, Denver, Colorado
Monday, February 12, 2018 @ 8:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Bret Sexton
Syntax Physic Opera, 554 S Broadway, Denver, Colorado
Thursday, January 4, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m. MT
Duo with Bret Sexton
Seventh Circle Music Collective, 2935 W 7th Ave, Denver, Colorado
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