ryan w garvey
@rwgarvey.bsky.social
Ph.D. Student at Uchicago. Studying Composition and Research in Computer Music. Treasurer of Aperiodic. He/they.
Ephemera and other things. Jazz/Classical/Contemporary Art/Modern Dance/ Queer Lit/ Books & Academia
www.soundcloud.com/garveymusic
Ephemera and other things. Jazz/Classical/Contemporary Art/Modern Dance/ Queer Lit/ Books & Academia
www.soundcloud.com/garveymusic
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Charlie Kirk died so that third year college students can write like highschool freshmen and then cry to the media to get teachers fired for not giving them good grades.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Charlie Kirk died so that third year college students can write like highschool freshmen and then cry to the media to get teachers fired for not giving them good grades.
Pancakes w homemade buttermilk and balsamic-vanilla strawberry syrup 😅
November 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Pancakes w homemade buttermilk and balsamic-vanilla strawberry syrup 😅
So I’ve effectively lost my Rhode Island accent BUT it’ll sneak out from time-to-time. I just said “staht” and my partner thought I said stop.
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
So I’ve effectively lost my Rhode Island accent BUT it’ll sneak out from time-to-time. I just said “staht” and my partner thought I said stop.
I’m teaching a course on experimental music and “introduction to composition” (whatever that means) and like I’m blown away by the progress of my students this quarter. Really fucking remarkable.
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I’m teaching a course on experimental music and “introduction to composition” (whatever that means) and like I’m blown away by the progress of my students this quarter. Really fucking remarkable.
Jeopardy with their “pre-state Israel,” aka, PALESTINE
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Jeopardy with their “pre-state Israel,” aka, PALESTINE
Working through notating no-input mixing for my upcoming work for Rage thormbones and myself, named trauerblumen.
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Working through notating no-input mixing for my upcoming work for Rage thormbones and myself, named trauerblumen.
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Rest in power, Alice. I love you too 💙 so much
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Rest in power, Alice. I love you too 💙 so much
Alright, I ended up wanting to make biscuits but had not buttermilk so I made butter… and then I was like well make a basil aioli while ur here from my garden basil… idk weird morning
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Alright, I ended up wanting to make biscuits but had not buttermilk so I made butter… and then I was like well make a basil aioli while ur here from my garden basil… idk weird morning
I had a composition nightmare last night where a review panel surprised me in person and they wanted to see my max patch and I frantically searched for it in my emails/drives/SSDs and couldn’t find it 😬😬😬😬😬
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I had a composition nightmare last night where a review panel surprised me in person and they wanted to see my max patch and I frantically searched for it in my emails/drives/SSDs and couldn’t find it 😬😬😬😬😬
Told Dr Jackson I went out for Halloween as Robert smith and I was told that it wasn’t too far off and uk I’m ok w it.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Told Dr Jackson I went out for Halloween as Robert smith and I was told that it wasn’t too far off and uk I’m ok w it.
3 of my students and one of my previous showed up to Raven Chacon’s American Ledger No. 3 completely unprompted
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
3 of my students and one of my previous showed up to Raven Chacon’s American Ledger No. 3 completely unprompted
My class assignment for the week;P
October 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My class assignment for the week;P
Unpacked sausserian and Percian semiotics and Derrida’s Differance to my composition class today and they created some remarkable text scores :)
October 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Unpacked sausserian and Percian semiotics and Derrida’s Differance to my composition class today and they created some remarkable text scores :)
Went to an art institute bday party. Saw 2 people wearing any color (out of 2 dozen) and the playlist had the cure, the smiths, and Kate bush, + others
October 22, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Went to an art institute bday party. Saw 2 people wearing any color (out of 2 dozen) and the playlist had the cure, the smiths, and Kate bush, + others
Never thought amazon going down would make it harder for me to teach classes but the things u learn when u can see behind the curtain for a second
October 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Never thought amazon going down would make it harder for me to teach classes but the things u learn when u can see behind the curtain for a second
I will say I’ve discovered the noisiest and grimiest music I’ve ever heard this week
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I will say I’ve discovered the noisiest and grimiest music I’ve ever heard this week
Forcing weird music onto my students has been my quarter’s simple joy
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Forcing weird music onto my students has been my quarter’s simple joy
Not me going to campus to get 1. Gear for my friends show and 2. To replant one of the music admin’s plants
October 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Not me going to campus to get 1. Gear for my friends show and 2. To replant one of the music admin’s plants
Chicagoans — i have a premiere for 16-channel electronics, 2 table-top electric guitars, and pedals. I’ll be performing with Beyond This Point and it will be accompanied by multichannel projection and Dance. We will also have an improv set! elasticarts.org/events/elast...
September 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Chicagoans — i have a premiere for 16-channel electronics, 2 table-top electric guitars, and pedals. I’ll be performing with Beyond This Point and it will be accompanied by multichannel projection and Dance. We will also have an improv set! elasticarts.org/events/elast...
Silencing television hosts reads extra fascist I’m ngl
September 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Silencing television hosts reads extra fascist I’m ngl
Improv session with my collaborator Yousif Alzayed and his live video patch.
August 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Improv session with my collaborator Yousif Alzayed and his live video patch.
Found out my carillon piece was performed again today…cuz somebody messaged me that they loved the piece… 😭😂
August 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Found out my carillon piece was performed again today…cuz somebody messaged me that they loved the piece… 😭😂
Excited to be heading home after a really beautiful (and complicated) two weeks. So fortunate to have met so many inspiring artists.
August 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Excited to be heading home after a really beautiful (and complicated) two weeks. So fortunate to have met so many inspiring artists.
Darmstadt is weird cuz by week 2 ur blowing Genevieve strosser a kiss goodnight
July 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Darmstadt is weird cuz by week 2 ur blowing Genevieve strosser a kiss goodnight