Ryan Fellman

Ryan R. Fellman is about to begin his final year of doctoral studies at Michigan State University studying choral conducting with Drs. David Rayl, Sandra Snow, and Jonathan Reed. At MSU, Fellman has served as assistant conductor of the University Chorale, assistant conductor of Choral Union, chorus master of the Opera Theatre program, and instructor of record for class voice. Recent accolades include presenting a session entitled “Navigating through Mexican Choral Music and Recognizing Biased Performance Practices,” at the 2023 National ACDA Conference. Fellman was also selected as a guest conductor of Sinfonietta Memphis in August of 2022.  

Prior to moving to Michigan, Fellman earned a M.M. in choral conducting from Ithaca College where he studied with Dr. Janet Galván. There he served as co-conductor of the IC Campus Chorus, co-taught courses in choral conducting, and assisted with the Treble Chorale, IC Chorus, Madrigal Singers and Ithaca College Choir. In 2020, Fellman was selected as a finalist in the ACDA East conducting masterclass in Rochester, NY.  

From 2013-2019, Ryan was a choir director at Oñate High School in Las Cruces, New Mexico where tripled the choral program. A champion of new music, Fellman’s students participated in singing the world premiere of Z. Randall Stroope’s Carmina Pax at Carnegie Hall and the New Mexico premiere of Tim Takach’s The Longest Nights. Ryan earned a B.M. in vocal music education from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota where he sang in The Concordia Choir under the direction of Dr. René Clausen.