Ryan Porchas is a violinist and graduate from California State University Northridge with his Bachelor's Degree in Violin Performance/Orchestral Strings where he studied with Lorenz Gamma, head of the string department at CSUN, Roberto Cani, concert master of the LA Opera, and Benjamin Jacobson, founder of the Calder Quartet. He has also studied with international artists Stefan Jackiw, and Nancy Zhou who he currently studies with. Ryan has been playing the violin for 15 years and has had a variety of performance experience, with notable performances at Carnegie Hall and Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Southern California Youth Philharmonic, and at the Soraya with the Northridge University orchestra. Accompanying these experiences are additional performances as a duet with two violins, playing with various chamber groups, and playing as a soloist. Ryan has a unique love for the instrument also studying instrument maintenance and repair in his free time, along with teaching his own studio of students, some of which reside across the country. Some of his students have gone on to audition and be accepted into the music programs of his alma mater California State University Northridge, as well as being accepted to all state programs on the east coast.

Ryan has extensive experience in gig work, having played for various recording studios, parties, weddings, orchestras, and chamber groups. Additionally, he has also had the privilege of participating in various prestigious summer programs and festivals for the violin such as in the Idyllwild Arts Academy, Sounding Point Academy, and Emerald Coast Chamber Music Festival and Institute. Having extensive knowledge of the intricate facets of the violin, Ryan is able to address his students needs on an individual basis in lessons, allowing for the most effective path to progress. Along with this includes detailed knowledge of the construction, mechanics, and physics of the instrument in its physicality. This, coupled with a strong emphasis on the details of the proper equipment, allows Ryan to equip his students with the proper materials they will need to play both comfortably, and to the best of the their abilities. In addition to this, Ryan uses this knowledge to offer "Instrument and Equipment Consultations" (IEC's) as a separate service to assist beginner to professional level violinists find their dream set-up on the instrument.