United States of America

Ryan Pereira is a clarinetist, bass clarinetist, technician, and educator. Based in the Greater Philadelphia area, he is the Founder of Pereira 3D Woodwind Services. Ryan is also Principal Clarinetist with the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, Bass Clarinetist with the Civitasolis Reed Quintet, and Adjunct Professor of Clarinet at West Chester University Wells School of Music. He has also performed with numerous groups throughout the Northeastern United States, including the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Commonwealth Lyric Opera, and the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes. Additionally, he has been a featured performer with groups such as The Roxborough Orchestra and the Brookline Symphony Orchestra. An advocate of both new music and
the traditional repertoire, Ryan has worked alongside composers such as Elliott Grabill, Jake Gunnar Walsh, Howard J. Buss, and Ignacio Valdivia for various new works, taking part in many world premieres during his career. Ryan earned his M.M. in Clarinet Performance from The Boston Conservatory and his B.M. in Clarinet Performance and Music Education from Ithaca College Whalen School of Music.

Ryan founded Pereira 3D Woodwind Services in 2014, a company that manufactures instruments and custom accessories from 3D printing technology, which are each extensively hand-finished, along with offering artisan repair services. He is the maker of the Pereira Custom line of Woodwind Instruments, utilizing innovative materials and manufacturing processes to create hand-finished instruments at accessible prices. Ryan has conducted masterclasses and workshops with numerous university clarinet studios, including the University of Delaware, the University of South Carolina, Coastal Carolina University, Lee University, Ithaca College, Five Towns College, The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and Kutztown University.

His accolades include winning the 2019 GLORY International Solo Competition, winning the 2018 Brookline Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, and winning the 2015 Ithaca College Whalen School of Music Concerto Competition. He also placed 2nd in the 2015 ENKOR International Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion Solo Competition based in Germany. Following the 2018 Brookline Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, Ryan was the featured soloist in a performance of Oscar Navarro’s “II Concerto” for Clarinet and Symphony Orchestra.

Ryan Pereira is a performing artist with Henri Selmer Paris and Gonzalez Reeds.