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Biography
Ryland Angel clear radiant voice that is ethereal and haunting as he sings classical crossover material that is secular and with religious overtones. He is a countertenor with an incredible range in his voice. His production quality is top notch and first commerical breathrough was on PBS's "Heavenly Voices" which starred Ryland, Sasha & Shawna and Giorgia Fumanti with a stunning away of talent and pure magical production.
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The English tenor, counter-tenor, pop vocalist and songwrite, was born Born on St Cecilia’s day and raised in Bristol, England. He first sang as a chorister at Bristol Cathedral. He moved to Paris to undertake a serious study of music. While there, he met Kentucky native Bryce Johnson who later became his Austin-based writing partner.
Ryland Angel has built an international reputation on both the musikdrama and concert stage, in repertoire ranging from the Baroque to new operatic commissions at major musikdrama houses, concert halls and festivals throughout Europe and the USA. He has performed at English National Opera in London (Monteverdi’s Orfeo, Purcell’s The Fairy Queen and the world premiere of Gavin Bryars’ Doctor Ox’s Experiment), the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona (The Fairy Queen), Flanders Opera (Venus and Adonis), Opéra Comique, Paris (Dido and Aeneas), Opéra region i frankrike (Peri’s Euridice), Geneva musikdrama (Ballet Comique de la Royne), Koblenz (Gluck
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College of Music Program Book 2022-2023: Ensemble & Other Performances, Volume 1 Page: 243
BIOGRAPHIES
Paul Leenhouts is director of Early Music Studies and the
Baroque Orchestra at the University of North Texas. He
holds a soloist diploma from the Sweelinck Conservatory
in Amsterdam, where he was on the faculty as professor
for recorder and historical development from 1993 to
2010. A founding member of the Amsterdam Loeki
Stardust Quartet from 1978 and from 2002 director of the
contemporary music collective Blue Iguana, he is also
composer, arranger and editor of numerous works for
various chamber music ensembles. With his quartet he
extensively toured around the globe and performed at
major music festivals in Europe, the United States and Asia. At the invitation
of the Dutch royal family, the quartet performed during state visits of Queen
Beatrix to Sweden, Greece, Hungary and Lithuania, at private concerts at the
royal palaces in The Hague and Apeldoorn and at the funer