Student Profiles

Ryan Patten

Ryan Patten is a second-year student in the MSM program with organ emphasis. Originally from a small town in rural Ohio, Ryan spent two years studying as a composition student at Capital University in Columbus, but graduated from there with a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance. While at Capital, he developed extensive and diverse musical interests, which range from musicology and music history to music ministry and church work, and just about everything in between. Ryan primarily works with organ and choir as a composer, and has several hymn-based organ arrangements published through MorningStar Music Publishers.