Ryan Maloney

Ryan Maloney has been engaged in the field of education, methods of instruction, teacher training and school culture for over 10 years. A graduate of the University of Minnesota-Morris, he received his degree in saxophone performance and K-12 Music education in 2003. After teaching public school in both the United States and Ireland he attended Rutgers University and received his M.A. in Jazz History and Research graduating in 2005. He also has several years experience in teaching undergraduate courses at the University level.

In the spring of 2004, he joined Jazz House Kids as Director of Education & Curriculum Development where he still works today. It was in this position that he began the creation of Jazz Across the Curriculum™, the flagship innovative professional development and in-school program for K-8 teachers and students. During the creation of this program and through his teaching experience, Maloney began to cultivate a passion to identify needs within a education system and work towards re-examining the way in which students interacted with technology and the arts in a creative manor. Shocked at the lack of opportunity for students to explore creatively their culture and the world around them, he began working with educators in the fields of literacy, history, visual arts, science and drama to identify opportunities to reform and reinvigorate schools with the re-introduction of the creative process within the classroom.

In addition to his teaching and educational leadership positions, Maloney has also worked as a research consultant on several books, articles and documentary films on jazz artists including Herbie Nichols, Benny Goodman, Dexter Gordon, and Elmo Hope. One of his current projects is working as a research consultant and contributor to a documentary on jazz musician and record producer Teo Macero.

As a saxophonist, Ryan performs regularly with The Columbia Street Quintet and is a member of the East Kinney Creative Music Conservancy. As a noted resource himself, Maloney has served as reference librarian and assistant archivist at the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University-Newark and as a collection acquisitions consultant at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

Maloney uses his experience in music, education, research, community engagement and non-profit management to inform his pursuit of education reform and exploring ways to ReEducate.Us.