RYAN SHIRAR is a New York and Miami-based conductor who is also an accomplished pianist and orchestrator.  Trained classically, he is diversely capable in styles ranging from masterworks to pop to Broadway. Shirar is currently the music director of The Four Phantoms, whose televised special aired recently on PBS. He has performed globally at venues including Lincoln Center, the Aspen Music Festival, Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, New York's Town Hall, and Feinstcein's/54 Below and with orchestras including Tulsa Signature Symphony, Plymouth Philharmonic, Austin Symphony, Lexington Philharmonic, West Virginia Symphony, Columbus Symphony, and Cleveland Pops.  He also performs with Manhattan Concert Productions, which holds residencies in New York City every spring culminating in choral and orchestral performances at Carnegie Hall. One of Shirar's interests is in the development of new works in classical, pop, and theatrical genres. As an orchestrator, Shirar has collaborated with Stephen Schwartz, Jerry Herman, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mandy Gonzalez, Sheena Easton, MercyMe, the American Pops Orchestra, SpotOn Productions, and the Boston Pops. Currently, he is also the orchestrator and conductor for Terry Fator, whose symphony show debuts with the Las Vegas Philharmonic in 2025.

Shirar received his Bachelors of Arts in Mathematics and Music from the University of Kentucky and his Masters in Orchestral Conducting from Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music.