About
Pianist and cellist Tyler Ramos holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance and Literature the Eastman School of Music where he was a student and assistant to Professor Natalya Antonova; he also completed a music theory minor and Arts Leadership Certificate. He completed his Master of Music at the Fred Fox School of Music at the University of Arizona where he studied with Dr. John Milbauer, and received his Bachelor of Music from the University of Hawai’i where he studied with Dr. Thomas Yee.
As a soloist, Tyler has performed concerti and solo recitals throughout the United States and Canada. He is interested in discovering both underplayed historical gems of underrepresented composers and exciting newly composed works of his peers and colleagues. Tyler integrates 18th- and 19th-century performance practices of improvisation in his performances after the model of Clara Wieck.
An educator of both college and pre-college students, Tyler has had success in group teaching, applied teaching, and chamber music. Tyler instills an adaptable, fluid, and sustainable technique in all of his students while studying repertoire, technique, composition, and improvisation. He is committed to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in his classroom and lessons.
Tyler’s research interests include composers of color and popular music theory. He is currently working on setting the songs of the late Queen Lydia Liliuokalani in the style of Liszt transcriptions.
