Ryan Neaveill

Ryan Neaveill, Music Instructor @ CUmusiclessons.com

After receiving his bachelors degree in music composition and theory in 1989 from Illinois Wesleyan University where he majored in piano and minored in voice, Ryan Neaveill taught for five years at the Morton Academy of Music in Morton, Illinois. In 1994, Ryan moved to Champaign and began composing and teaching in this community. Ryan has performed with countless groups from orchestras to jazz ensembles to rock bands to acapella singing groups. He has adjudicated state music contests for Illinois Music Educators Association (IMEA), conducted and directed numerous church music programs and, in recent years, has done masters level work at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, in the area of music ministry. Ryan is also a published and award-winning composer, having been a recipient of the ASCAPlus Award for the past five straight years from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, as well as various other honors and awards.