Ryan McAdams

Ryan Bell McAdams (born March 16, 1982) is an American conductor.

in 2006, he received a Fulbright Grant for , where he spent the year serving as Apprentice Conductor to the , studying and traveling with then-Chief Conductor Alan Gilbert. In the spring of 2007, he was invited by Lorin Maazel to create the post of Apprentice Conductor for the Chateauville Foundation at the Maazel Estate in Virginia. As a result of the Aspen-Glimmerglass Prize, he served as Assistant Conductor for Glimmerglass Opera's 2007 season.

In 2007, McAdams was named the 15th Music Director of the New York Youth Symphony. He made his Carnegie Hall debut on December 9, 2007 with the New York Youth Symphony and violin soloist William Harvey. His tenure with the NYYS garnered significant critical acclaim. During his five seasons as Music Director, he premiered 15 orchestral works by such leading young composers as Timo Andres, Clint Needham, Christopher Cerrone, Lembit Beecher, Ryan Gallagher, Robert Honstein, Ted Hearne, Elizabeth Kelly, Chris Rogerson, and Eric Guinivan. He also invited a variety of emerging soloists to make their Carnegie Hall debuts with the orchestra, including Kate Lindsey, Anthony McGill, Haochen Zhang, Jennifer Zetlan, Adam Golka, Hahn-Bin, Alex Sopp, the ACME Quartet, Eve Gigliotti, Genghis Barbie, and Jay Campbell.

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