Meet The Team

Tyler Ramos

Pianist

Pianist and cellist Tyler Ramos holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance and Literature from 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. Tyler was also one of legendary pedagogue Ellen Masaki's last students, studying with her until her passing in 2009.

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. Successful in the competition circuit, Tyler has won top prizes in competitions such as the Music Teachers National Association, American Virtuoso International Music Competition, Northern Lights International Piano Competition, and others.

Also an arranger, one of Tyler's current projects is the creation of an album featuring popular local music in the style of various classical composers. His arrangement of Queen Lydia Lili'uokalani's Aloha 'Oe in the style of Franz Liszt and Robert Schumann was recently premiered in Toronto by a Senior Examiner of the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Tyler is currently a lecturer at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa where he teaches applied lessons and is collaborative pianist for the choirs. He also holds teaching positions at the Masaki School of Music, and in his own private practice. 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.