Courtney Bryan (composer)
Courtney Bryan is a composer and pianist.Early life and education
Bryan was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She obtained her Bachelor of Music from Oberlin College, her Master of Music from Rutgers University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from Columbia University, where her advisor was composer and trombonist George Lewis.Career
Bryan's work combines influences from jazz and gospel traditions.
Bryan is an assistant professor in the Newcomb College department of music at Tulane University. Additionally, she serves as composer-in-residence for the Jacksonville Symphony.In 2018, Bryan was a recipient of the Alpert Awards in the Arts.
In 2019 she received the Samuel Barber Rome Prize in musical composition.
