University of Portland

Ryan Meagher

Performing & Fine Arts, Adjunct Instructor, Jazz Guitar

Ryan Meagher

Email:

Phone:
503.943.7228

Address:
Buckley Center 236

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Ryan Meagher (pronounced Marr) launched his international reputation as a jazz guitarist and composer in New York City in 2003. He has seven albums under his own direction on internationally distributed record labels Fresh Sound New Talent and PJCE Records. He has played alongside a wide range of notable and legendary jazz artists including Randy Brecker, Terrel Stafford, John Clayton, David Friesen, and Cuong Vu. When he moved to Portland in mid-2012 he quickly became a fixture in the jazz and creative music scenes as an artist, educator, and organizer. He teaches guitar at the University of Portland and Mt Hood Community College, and runs the jazz programs at Lower Columbia College, and the Metropolitan Youth Symphony. In addition to his teaching duties, he is also active as an administrator in important cultural outlets like the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble as their Director of Operations and Director of the PJCE Records label. He is also a co-founder of Montavilla Jazz Festival where he is the Programming Director.