Marc Ryser, piano, teaches and performs in the Boston area, and each summer helps organize Music by the Sea, an artists’ residency and concert series in a remote village on the coast of Vancouver Island. He performs regularly with the Boston Artists Ensemble, Music from Salem, and other groups. He has taught at Pomona College, San Francisco Conservatory, Drake University, Smith College, Brandeis University, and currently teaches at NEC Preparatory School, the Rivers School Conservatory, and the Walnut Hill School for the Arts.