Graham Ramsay has been a member of the ESG community since 2002. In his role as associate director, Graham sees to all aspects of the program’s day–to–day and long–term functioning. In addition to his administrative roles, he serves as advisor each year to ESG first–year students. Within the program, he has developed and taught numerous humanities–based seminars, including “The Artist in the World,” “Blogging the ESG Experience,” and “Composing Your Life”; with ESG lecturer Dave Custer, he developed and co–taught “Production of Educational Videos.” In his MIT life outside of ESG, Graham taught numerous photography subjects from 1990 to 2012 at the MIT Student Art Association. His undergraduate studies at Boston University were in music composition and voice, and he studied in music programs at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and at The Fontainebleau Schools of Music and Fine Arts in France. Outside of MIT, he has worked as a professional photographer, videographer, author, and musician. His photographs have appeared in national and international publications, including the The Atlantic Monthly, TIME, and Le Figaro (France). As a musician, he is a regularly commissioned composer whose works are performed worldwide. Two CDs of his compositions are available on the Albany Records label, including The Sacred Voice (2011) and Compendium (2013). He is the coauthor of A Creative Guide to Exploring Your Life with former ESG staff member Holly Sweet (Jessica Kingsley, 2009).
Graham Gordon Ramsay
