Works

YouTube playlist of select recordings by Ryan Olivier
Interactive Media Works for Acoustic Ensembles
Moments from Movements, 11’ for Orch. & Interactive Multimedia
  • Instrumentation: 3333-4231-Timp+3-Pno-Hrp-Str
    • Moments from Movements Perusal Score
  • Performance History
    • 05/21/2023 South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestra Commission, Goshen, IN
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NST: Non-Sustainable Token, 9’ for Pierrot Ensemble and Interactive Media
  • 03/09/2023 [PMF~ 2023] Performing Media Festival, IU-South Bend, IN
Burst-Reflection, 8’ for Violin and Interactive Audio and Video
  • 05/28/2022 Society of Composers, Inc., (SCI) National Conference (Virtual)
  • 09/24/2021 Indiana Music Teachers Association Conference, IU-South Bend, IN
Metaphorical Strings, 7’ for String Quartet and Multimedia
  • 04/25/2019 Euclid String Quartet, Ultreia, Inc., Langlab South Bend, IN
  • 04/11/2019 Euclid String Quartet, IU-South Bend, IN
  • 12/08/2014 Temple New Music Ensemble, Jan Krzywicki, cond., Temple University
Fortspinnung, 5’, MIDI Kyb. & Tpt. with Live Processing and Live Video Animation
  • 07/10/2019 VU Symposium, Park City, Utah
  • 07/16/2017 New York City Electronic Music Festival, National Sawdust, New York
  • 03/21/2017 [PMF~ 2017], Performing Media Festival, IU-South Bend, IN
  • 11/10/2016 ElectroAcoustic Barn Dance, Univ. Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
  • 09/23/2016 Imaginary Music, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA
  • 02/18/2016 Spring Cybersounds Concert, Philadelphia, PA
Three Artistic Glimpses, 12’, Fl., Eng. Hn., Cl., Bsn., Vla., D.B., MIDI Kyb., Perc., Live Video
  • 07/18/2017 2nd Annual Dina Wind Concert, The Relâche Ensemble, Philadelphia, PA
  • 10/18/2015 Dina Wind Concert, The Relâche Ensemble, Fleischer Art Memorial, PA
  • 10/28/2015 Dina Wind Concert, The Relâche Ensemble, West Chester University, PA
Musica Elementis, 10’, Fl., B. Cl., Vln., Vlc., Live Audio and Video Processing
  • 03/30/2018 EC/21, IU-South Bend, South Bend, IN
  • 04/20/2018 EC/21, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
  • 12/08/2014 Temple New Music Ensemble, Jan Krzywicki, cond., Temple University
Musica Speculativa, 45’, Fl., B. Cl., Pno., Perc., Vln., Vlc., Mezzo, Dance, & Interactive Media
  • 10/28/2018 Auditorium Stage, Indiana University South Bend, IN
  • 10/27/2018 Sold Out Performance, Auditorium Stage, Indiana University South Bend
Works for Electronic Music Ensembles
Gestures, 5’ for Electronic Music Ensemble
  • Instrumentation: Electronic Music Ensemble
  • Performance Materials
    • Gestural Instruments (see score)
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      • Gestures Perusal Score
  • Performance History
    • 05/07/2025 Open-Studio Performance, IU South Bend
Filmic Dance Suite, 4’ for Electronic Music Ensemble
  • Instrumentation: Audio-Visual Electronic Music Ensemble
  • Performance Materials
    • Computer with a free copy of Cycling 74′ Max
    • Audio Interface
    • Projector
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      • Filmic Dance Suite Perusal Score
    • Performance Patch and Videos (401 MB)
  • Performance History
    • 11/22/2024 Audio-Visual Triptych, Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, Notre Dame, IN
Labor Market, 10’ for Electronic Music Ensemble
  • Instrumentation: Semi-Autonomous Electronic Instruments (modular synths, software, etc.)
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    • Labor Markets Perusal Score
  • Performance History
    • 05/04/2022 Performing with Sights and Sounds, St. Joseph County Public Library, IN
    • 04/01/2022 First Friday Pop-Up Performance, South Bend Museum of Art, IN
    • 02/18/2022 [PMF~ 2022] Performing Media Festival, IU-South Bend, IN
Richter Remix, 7’ for Electronic Music Ensemble
  • Instrumentation: for Audio-Visual Electronic Music Ensemble
  • Performance History
    • 04/06/2019 Ball State Electronic Music Ensemble Summit, Muncie, IN
    • 02/01/2019 [PMF~ 2019], Performing Media Festival, IU-South Bend, IN
Intermedial Improvisation, 10’ for Electronic Music Ensemble
  • Instrumentation: Audio-Visual Electronic Music Ensemble
  • Performance History
    • 04/26/2018 Audio Visual Collective Open Studio Performance, IU-South Bend, IN
    • 04/21/2018 Ball State Electronic Music Ensemble Summit, Muncie, IN
The U.P. Suite (United Performances), 12’ for Electronic Music Ensemble
I. Tune U.P., 4’
  • Instrumentation: Networked Laptops
  • Performance History
    • 12/12/2018 Audio Visual Collective Open Studio Performance, IU-South Bend, IN
    • 04/27/2017 Lunch Time Concert, University Grill, IU-South Bend, IN
    • 03/21/2017 [PMF~ 2017], Performing Media Festival, IU-South Bend, IN
    • 09/23/2016 Imaginary Music, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA
    • 05/02/2016 BEEP Concert, Philly Tech Week, Temple Performing Arts Center, PA
II. Blow U.P., 3’
  • Instrumentation: Networked Laptops with Microphones
  • Performance History
    • 05/04/2022 Open Studio Performance, Audio Visual Collective, IU-South Bend, IN
III. Circle U.P., 3’
  • Instrumentation: Networked Laptops
  • Performance History
    • 05/04/2022 Performing with Sights and Sounds, St. Joseph County Public Library, IN
Interactive Media Works for Soloists
Partial Decisions, 10’ for Interactive Audio and Video
  • 04/21/2023 Dean’s Seminar Series, IU-South Bend, IN
  • 07/11/2022 International Computer Music Conference, Limerick, Ireland
  • 11/30/2021 EM | Two, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
  • 10/07/2021 College Music Society/ATMI National Conference, Rochester, NY
  • 07/14/2021 Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X, Austria
  • 06/24/2021 New York City Electronic Music Festival (NYCEMF), New York, NY
  • 04/22/2021 Earth Day Art Model, IUPUI (Virtual)
  • 02/19/2021 [PMF~ 2021] Performing Media Festival, IU-South Bend, IN
  • 02/06/2021 SeenSound Series, Melbourne, Australia
Will to Unite, 12’ for Interactive Audio and Video
  • 05/09/2021 Society of Composers, Inc., (SCI) National Conference (Virtual)
  • 04/23/2021 Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (Virtual)
  • 04/16/2021 College Music Society (CMS) Great Lakes Regional Conference (Virtual)
  • 02/20/2020 [PMF~ 2020], Performing Media Festival, IU-South Bend, IN
On the Permanence of Water, 6’ for LEAP Motion Controller and Interactive Media
  • 03/06/2020 MoxSonic, Missouri Experimental Sonic Arts, Warrensburg, MO
  • 11/15/2019 Electro-Acoustic Barn Dance (EABD), Jacksonville, FL
  • 10/11/2019 Society of Composers, Inc., Region V Conf., Eastern Illinois University
  • 09/29-10/19/19 Faculty Show, Gallery Installation, IU-South Bend, IN
  • 06/16/2018 Midwest Media Arts Media Performances, The Oilwick, Indianapolis
  • 01/11/2018 [PMF~ 2018], Performing Media Festival, IU-South Bend, IN
Intermedial Etude, 7’ for Trumpet, Video, and Electronic Sound
  • 06/17/2017 SPLICE Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Nova Vita, 13’, Piano, Computer Sound, and Video
  • 10/24/2019 College Music Society/ATMI National Conference, Louisville, KY
  • 06/22/2015 New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, NYC
  • 03/07/2015 National Student Electronic Music Event (N_SEME), Bowling Green, OH
  • 03/27/2014 Guest Artist Recital featuring Blair McMillen, Temple University, PA
Interactive Visual Arrangements
On/Off Fade, 3’, Live Video Animation to accompany Joo Won Park’s On/Off Fade
  • 10/14/2022 Music Tech Day, IU-South Bend, IN
In C, 45’, Live Video Animation to accompany Terry Riley’s In C
  • 09/25/2022 Audio Visual Collective, Notre Dame, IN
String Quartet in G minor, 25’, Live Video Animation to accompany Debussy’s String Quartet
  • 04/25/2019 Euclid String Quartet, Ultreia, Inc., Langlab South Bend, IN
  • 04/11/2019 Euclid String Quartet, IU-South Bend, IN
singularity, original video to accompany Andrew Litts’s composition
  • 07/10/2019 VU Symposium, Park City, Utah
  • 03/21/2017 [PMF~ 2017], Performing Media Festival, IU-South Bend, IN
Clapping Music, 5’, Video Animation to accompany Steve Reich’s “Clapping Music”
  • 09/23/2016 Imaginary Music, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA
Palais de Mari, 25’, Live Video Animation to accompany Morton Feldman’s “Palais de Mari”
  • 09/23/2017 Imaginary Music, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA
  • 03/27/2014 Guest Artist Recital featuring Blair McMillen, Temple University, PA
Fixed Media Visual Music
The TriSiCle, 3’, Variable Diffusion Audio, Computer Sound, Video
  • 02/08/2023 5.1 Diffusion, Music Faculty Showcase, IU-South Bend, IN
  • 09/23/2016 2.0 Diffusion, Imaginary Music, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA
  • 05/01/2015 8.1 Diffusion, Acoustic+ #4, Mise-en Place, New York, NY
  • 03/30/2014 5.1 Diffusion, SCI, Region V Conference, Western Michigan, Kalamazoo
  • 11/19/2013 5.1 Diffusion, Cybersounds, Philadelphia, PA
  • 11/15/2013 8.1 Diffusion, FEASt (Florida Electro-Acoustic Student) Fest, Miami, FL
  • 11/09/2013 8.1 Diffusion, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, Philadelphia, PA
  • 10/05/2013 5.1 Diffusion, Soundprints, Philadelphia, PA
Colorful Movements, 8’, 5.1 Channel Computer Sound, Video
  • 10/20/2019 Montana State University Multimedia Series, Bozeman, MT
  • 09/23/2016 Imaginary Music, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA
  • 02/15/2014 Electronic Music at Loyola, Loyola University New Orleans, LA
  • 01/30/2014 Punto y Raya Festival at the Reykjavik Center for Visual Music, Iceland
  • 03/23/2013 National Student Electronic Music Event (N_SEME), Philadelphia, PA
  • 11/30/2012 International Workshop on Computer Music & Audio Technology, Taiwan
  • 10/13/2012 Electronic Music Midwest, Lewis University, IL
  • 10/12/2012 SCI Student National Conference, Capital University, OH
  • 03/21/2012 SCI, Region III Conference, Newport News, VA
  • 09/16/2011 Byte Gallery at The Studio 300 Festival, Lexington, KY
  • 08/05/2011 International Computer Music Conference, Huddersfield, UK
  • 05/05/2011 Cybersounds, Amphibian Concert Series, HiArt! Gallery, NYC
  • 04/22/2011 Sights and Sounds Festival Film Festival, Temple University, Philadelphia
  • 04/08/2011 Temple University Technology Day, Arts and Technology Showcase
  • 02/15/2011 Cybersounds, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
  • 01/22/2011 Society for Electro-acoustic Music in the United States, Miami, FL
Metronomic Hommage, 1’, 5.1 Channel Computer Sound, Video
  • 03/27/2010 New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival
  • 02/26/2010 Cybersounds, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Distance, 6’, 5.1 Channel Computer Sound, Video
  • 09/23/2016 Imaginary Music, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA
  • 02/20/2012 Cybersounds, Amphibian Concert Series, HiArt! Gallery, NYC
  • 12/06/2009 Beauty, Horror, Silence, 12 Nights Festival, Miami, FL
  • 04/18/2009 Distance, Cybersounds, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
  • 03/11/2009 Cross Currents Festival, Pennsylvania State University
Fixed Media Electronic Music
Metronomic Hommage, 1’, 2 channel
  • 05/17/2014 60×60 UnTwelve Mix, @Mobius, Cambridge, MA
The TriSiCle R(id)e-mix, 1’, 2 channel
  • 04/10/2014 60×60 Louisiana Dance Mix, Louisiana School, Natchitoches, LA
  • 04/11/2014 60×60 Louisiana Dance Mix, Louisiana School, Natchitoches, LA
Music for Dance
Endurance in Durance, 30’, Electronic Cello, Wii Controller, Live Electronics
  • 04/16/2010 SOLES, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
And Sometimes You Wonder Why, 6’, Computer Sound, Dance Quartet
  • 04/25/2008 ENDINGS, Conwell Dance Theater, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Acoustic Concert Music
A Philadelphia Minute, 4’, Ob., Vln., D.B.
  • 12/07/2012 Melos Music Annual New Music Concert, Ethical Society, Philadelphia, PA
  • 11/02/2012 Melos Music Annual New Music Concert, Trust Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Magis: Songs on Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, 17’, 1111 111 Perc., Hrp., Str.
  • 03/02/2013 Mvt. I & IV, Temple Composers Orchestra, Temple Performing Arts, PA
  • 02/28/2013 Mvt. I & IV, Temple Composers Orchestra, Ethical Society, Philadelphia
  • 04/13/2012 Mvt. II, Temple Composers Orchestra, Temple Ambler Campus, PA
  • 04/04/2012 Mvt. II, Temple Composers Orchestra, Ethical Society, Philadelphia, PA
  • 02/26/2010 Mvt. III, Temple Composers Orchestra, First Unitarian, Philadelphia
  • 02/02/2010 Mvt. III, Temple Composers Orchestra, Temple Ambler Campus, PA
Magis: Songs on Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, 14’, Sop., Fl., Cl., Vln., Vlc., Perc., Pf.
  • 03/11/2021 Video & Audio Recording for future Broadcast, EC/21, South Bend, IN
  • 01/25/2014 New Voices Festival, Catholic University, Washington, D.C.
  • 02/09/2012 American Song: A Faculty Recital, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
After the Dazzle of Day is Gone (Whitman), 2’, Bar., Pf.
  • 03/02/2011 SoundPrints, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
  • 07/08/2010 New Songs Concert, Brevard Music Center, NC
In My Brain (Dickenson), 3’, Sop., Cl.
  • 10/22/2008 New Music and Jazz at Ortleib’s Jazzhaus, Philadelphia, PA
  • 07/12/2007 New Songs Concert, Brevard Music Center, NC
Brass Quintet, 2009, 8’, Tpt. (2), Fr. Hrn., Trb., Tub.
  • 08/06/2009 Brevard Music Center
American Gumbo, 4’, Fl., Ob., Mand., Gtr., Vln., Vlc.
  • 10/12/2013 The Cygnus Ensemble, Composers, Inc., San Francisco, CA
  • 05/01/2009 The Cygnus Ensemble, Composers, Inc., Advent Lutheran Church, NYC
Footsteps, 4’, Vln., Vla. (New Version with Cello)
  • 06/04/2010 Melos Music Annual New Music Concert, Pianoforte, Chicago, IL
  • 11/10/2008 SoundPrints, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
  • 07/09/2008 Konzertsaal der Neuen Synagoge, Berlin, Germany
A Mother’s Love (Ave Maria), 3’, Chorus (SSATBB)
  • 12/19/2021 Christmas at Loretto, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
  • 12/21/2021 Christmas at Loretto, Peace Evangelical Lutheran, South Haven, MI
  • 04/07/2010 New Music and Madrigal Chorale, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Violin and Marimba Duet, 10’, Vln., Mrb.
  • 04/14/2007 Composers Recital, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
  • 11/06/2006 Jeff Hefler’s Percussion Recital, New Orleans, LA
Clarinet Trio, 2006, 3’, B. Cl. (3)
  • 04/14/2007 Composers Recital, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
  • 11/29/2006 Chamber Ensemble Concert, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
String Quartet, 2006, 11’, Vln. (2), Vla., Cl.
  • 10/14/2012 POD’s Mixed Drinks Dance Collaboration, Philadelphia, PA
  • 04/09/2008 American Composers Forum, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA
  • 11/28/2007 Artist in Residence Recital, Momenta String Quartet, Philadelphia, PA
  • 04/14/2007 Composer Recital, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA