Liam Ryan: sound of Christchurch

Musician and producer Liam Ryan is Performing Arts Manager at CPIT's Department of Creative Industries, leading lead the Jazz School and National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Artdegree programmes. A member of 1980sw Christchurch band the Narcs, and inaugural member of the NZ Music Commission, he has held leadership and management positions at Waikato Institute of Technology, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, and Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology. He has continued to pursue his music practice, and is currently involved with The Sou'Westers (whose album Going West has just been released), The Lizard Kings, the reformed Narcs, and his recording label, Torch Music.