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Ryan Kerwin is a music educator and trumpeter based in the DMV. As a teacher, Ryan is passionate about improving the accessibility of music teaching, learning, and performance for young people. He currently teaches K-5 music for Loudoun County Public Schools and is on faculty at the West Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts, teaching Instrumental Music.
In addition to his K-12 experience, Ryan has been regularly involved with private instruction, community programs, and higher education. He maintains a private studio of trumpet and jazz students, where he has helped students to earn superior ratings at Solo and Ensemble contests in WV and NY, acceptance in competitive honor ensembles (including the Chautauqua All-County Honor Band (NY), WVU Honor Jazz Band, NYSSMA All-State Middle School Orchestra (NY), and WVMEA All-State Band), and be awarded merit-based scholarships to study music at the college level. He formerly served as an instructor at the WVU Community Music Program and a Band Staff member at Laurel Highlands High School where he developed term-length weekly classes in jazz improvisation and brass performance for HS students and community members. While completing his graduate work at West Virginia University, he helped to facilitate undergraduate Music Education courses as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Music Education, served as an Instructor of Record for Brass Pedagogy courses, and managed a studio of undergraduates studying trumpet and horn as an Adjunct Professor of Music at West Virginia Wesleyan College
Outside of the classroom, Ryan has taken on various roles supporting extra-curricular music education experiences, research, and repertoire development. Ryan has served as an adjudicator for the WVMEA All-State band, and he has been invited by peer-review to share research on music pedagogy at the annual WVMEA In-Service Conference, VMEA In-Service Conference, and the Society for Music Teacher Eduaciton conference. Ryan regularly helps to facilitate summer arts education programming, having served as a Resident Assistant/Instructor at the WVU Summer Brass Academy, the Intern/Resident Advisor for the West Virginia Governor's School for the Arts, and the Jazz Port Townsend Festival Intern for the Centrum Foundation. Kerwin’s growing reputation as an arranger for student ensembles is built on his passion for accessible music education and extensive experience working with students at a variety of levels. His arrangements for student ensembles have been performed at various colleges and high schools throughout the region, including the Peabody Institute of Music at Johns Hopkins University, West Virginia University, Lower Moreland High School (Philadelphia, PA), and the West Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts.
Ryan maintains an active performance calendar as a freelance trumpeter, performing with various ensembles throughout the region and leading his own small groups. He has performed alongside notable ensembles including the Stephen Phillip Harvey Big Band, the WV Brass Quintet, and the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra. As a student, he performed alongside noted jazz artists Michael Davis (HipBone Music), Nadje Noordhuis (Maria Schneider Orchestra), and Sean Jones (International Jazz Soloist). In addition to live performances, Ryan’s playing is captured on a growing discography including the NewStream Brass album A Step Forward, Monongahela Brass' EP Mon Brass Plays Michael Kahle, and his own recording projects Gratitude (2021 Live Session EP), Color, and Trio! At the West Virginia Governor's School for the Arts, which features his original compositions and arrangments. His work as a leader appears on Access Musicworks, an artist-led publishing entity and record label committed to making professional production accessible to teaching artists and promising students, which he manages.
Ryan received a B.A. in Music from the Ohio University Honors Tutorial College, an M.M. in Jazz Performance from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, and a Master's of Music Education from West Virginia University. At Frost, he studied jazz composition and arranging with keyboardist Martin Bejerano and Dr. Stephen Guerra respectively. Ryan’s primary mentors on trumpet include John Schlabach, Dr. Robert Sears, and multi-Grammy winner Brian Lynch. He has completed additional training in World Music Pedagogy through the Smithsonian Folkways Institute.
Ryan grew up in Morgantown, WV
In addition to his K-12 experience, Ryan has been regularly involved with private instruction, community programs, and higher education. He maintains a private studio of trumpet and jazz students, where he has helped students to earn superior ratings at Solo and Ensemble contests in WV and NY, acceptance in competitive honor ensembles (including the Chautauqua All-County Honor Band (NY), WVU Honor Jazz Band, NYSSMA All-State Middle School Orchestra (NY), and WVMEA All-State Band), and be awarded merit-based scholarships to study music at the college level. He formerly served as an instructor at the WVU Community Music Program and a Band Staff member at Laurel Highlands High School where he developed term-length weekly classes in jazz improvisation and brass performance for HS students and community members. While completing his graduate work at West Virginia University, he helped to facilitate undergraduate Music Education courses as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Music Education, served as an Instructor of Record for Brass Pedagogy courses, and managed a studio of undergraduates studying trumpet and horn as an Adjunct Professor of Music at West Virginia Wesleyan College
Outside of the classroom, Ryan has taken on various roles supporting extra-curricular music education experiences, research, and repertoire development. Ryan has served as an adjudicator for the WVMEA All-State band, and he has been invited by peer-review to share research on music pedagogy at the annual WVMEA In-Service Conference, VMEA In-Service Conference, and the Society for Music Teacher Eduaciton conference. Ryan regularly helps to facilitate summer arts education programming, having served as a Resident Assistant/Instructor at the WVU Summer Brass Academy, the Intern/Resident Advisor for the West Virginia Governor's School for the Arts, and the Jazz Port Townsend Festival Intern for the Centrum Foundation. Kerwin’s growing reputation as an arranger for student ensembles is built on his passion for accessible music education and extensive experience working with students at a variety of levels. His arrangements for student ensembles have been performed at various colleges and high schools throughout the region, including the Peabody Institute of Music at Johns Hopkins University, West Virginia University, Lower Moreland High School (Philadelphia, PA), and the West Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts.
Ryan maintains an active performance calendar as a freelance trumpeter, performing with various ensembles throughout the region and leading his own small groups. He has performed alongside notable ensembles including the Stephen Phillip Harvey Big Band, the WV Brass Quintet, and the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra. As a student, he performed alongside noted jazz artists Michael Davis (HipBone Music), Nadje Noordhuis (Maria Schneider Orchestra), and Sean Jones (International Jazz Soloist). In addition to live performances, Ryan’s playing is captured on a growing discography including the NewStream Brass album A Step Forward, Monongahela Brass' EP Mon Brass Plays Michael Kahle, and his own recording projects Gratitude (2021 Live Session EP), Color, and Trio! At the West Virginia Governor's School for the Arts, which features his original compositions and arrangments. His work as a leader appears on Access Musicworks, an artist-led publishing entity and record label committed to making professional production accessible to teaching artists and promising students, which he manages.
Ryan received a B.A. in Music from the Ohio University Honors Tutorial College, an M.M. in Jazz Performance from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, and a Master's of Music Education from West Virginia University. At Frost, he studied jazz composition and arranging with keyboardist Martin Bejerano and Dr. Stephen Guerra respectively. Ryan’s primary mentors on trumpet include John Schlabach, Dr. Robert Sears, and multi-Grammy winner Brian Lynch. He has completed additional training in World Music Pedagogy through the Smithsonian Folkways Institute.
Ryan grew up in Morgantown, WV
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