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The American tenor, Ryan Rowe, holds degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Slavic Languages and Music (Summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and completed postgraduate studies at the Academy of Music in Lodz, Poland (October 2019-June 2020). He obtained his Masster of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities (Class of 2021). He currently studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison (since September 2024)
As a speaker of Polish and Russian, Ryan Rowe works with singers at all levels on lyric diction in addition to private voice lessons. Throughout his academic career, he has pursued opportunities to study Slavic languages and cultures. As a result, he has studied and worked in Moldova, Russia, Belarus, and Poland with support from the National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship (U.S. Dept. of State), Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (U.S. Dept. of Ed.), Burch Fellowship (UNC), Judd Fellowship (UMN) and the Kosciuszko Foundation.
Ryan Rowe is also an active performer of opera, art song, chamber music, and new music. Selected roles include Oronte in George Frideric Handel's Alcina, Mercure/Thespis in Platée, Ferrando in W.A. Mozart's Così fan tutte, and Iskra in Tchaikovsky’s Mazeppa.
Ryan Rowe has worked as an Adjunct Voice Instructor at the College of St. Scholastica (January -June 2019); then as Russian Lab Instructor and Resident Director of the Russian House at Macalester College (August 2020-July 2021). Formative teachers include Dr. Ziemowit Wojtczak, Dr. Eugene Galvin, Prof. Adriana Zabala, and Patrick Terry.. He created Polish Art Song Project (PSAP) following his postgraduate studies in Poland. As the first English-language digital resource for Polish art song repertoire, PASP seeks to promote the performance and study of Polish vocal literature by offering diction, repertoire, and historical resources.
When he is not singing or teaching, Ryan Rowe enjoys baking and working on fermentation projects, knitting, and hiking. |
