Two Track: Mae Ya Carter Ryan (Virtual Concert)
Mae Ya Carter Ryan
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Two Track is a music video series designed for Berklee’s YouTube and social media channels that features artists in an intimate setting with only one microphone and continuous camera takes. Each recording session will revolve around a single theme (i.e., connection, love, dreams) that can be expressed by the artist either through their track selection or through a short storytelling segment that will be recorded as part of the performance. The videos in this series will premiere at specific dates and times, but if you miss the premiere, each video will be public on the channel.
This week's Two Track episode features singer-songwriter Mae Ya Carter Ryan, performing the songs "Learn to Fly," an original composition, and "Greatest Love of All" by Whitney Houston.
About the Artist
Mae Ya Carter Ryan is a singer-songwriter, and an amazing arranger. She is an astonishing musical prodigy, producing unique arrangements of most songs she sings. Performing a marvelously diverse collection of styles, she seamlessly moves between jazz, gospel, R&B, classical, and blues. Her audiences are astounded and inspired by the enormous talent that she embodies.
Carter Ryan received a near-full scholarship to study voice at the prestigious boarding high school Interlochen Arts Academy, in Interlochen, Michigan, where she graduated at the top of her class. She now attends Berklee College of Music, where she was granted a full-tuition scholarship.
Throughout Carter Ryan's career, she has appeared on network news programs such as WGN’s Morning Show and Chicago’s Very Own, CBS’s Someone You Should Know, WCIU’s You and Me This Morning, ABC’s Heart and Soul, and WTTW PBS. She has appeared on cable television shows such as the Ovation Network’s Young Marvels (a 10-week series featuring child prodigies), Hallmark’s Home and Family Show, and others. There have been articles featuring her story and performances in major publications such as the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, as well as other local publications. She currently owns her own publishing and entertainment company, which she founded in 2019.
In this video, she is accompanied by Julian the Tiger Wizard Lewis on the piano.