Aryn Calhoun

Are you exhausted at the end of your taxing, work-a-holic, boss-in-your-face days? Aryn Calhoun's music is the cure for your stress. Listen to it now and be transported to goodtimes, afternoon breeze, chocolate chips and the music for road trips with your best friends from college.

Aryn Calhoun began writing music at the age of 15 years old and now she just can’t stop. She’s thus far written, co-produced and released six albums of her own original material. Many describe her style as alternative pop with a flavor of country and a pinch of jazz. Not only does she write music but she sings, plays the piano, guitar and is picking up the harmonica!

Aryn began her love for music early in life singing in church. She participated heavily in the arts through public school participating in band, choir, ensemble and solo competition, chamber choir, musical theater, and theater. In high school she won first chair Alto II in the Texas All-State Mixed Choir and in 2005 was named Best Actress in the Betty Buckley Awards for North Texas high school musicals for her role as Peter Pan in "Peter Pan."

Aryn chose to go to college to pursue a degree in music from Southwestern University. At Southwestern, she was able to land an internship in the music business world in Nashville, TN. While she was interning at Word Records in Nashville she teamed up with professional producer Drew Cline to release two cutting edge tracks "Be Strong" and "The Drone." During her time at Southwestern, Aryn released 5 albums of her own original songwriting material all recorded and produced with the help of other Southwestern University students. These ablums included "Sitting Under the Son" (2003), "The Cove Concert Live" (2004), "So Many Sparrows" (2005), "Profound" (2005), and "The Torturous Delight" (2006).
Aryn graduated from Southwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in Music and Communication.

After graduation, Aryn worked on a jazz influenced EP called the "Ruby Room" with producer Neal Mann that is not yet released. During this year, Aryn worked for the AmeriCorps*VISTA program during the day and on nights and weekends focused on touring around Georgetown and Austin, Texas. After a year of working and gigging, Aryn decided to go back to school for Master's work.

Aryn is currently pursuing a certificate from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA with majors in Songwriting and Music Synthesis. While at Berklee, Aryn released her sixth album entitled "So Clearly."

In the summers Aryn offers a 9 week summer music lesson program for aspiring musicians of all ages interested in taking lessons in songwriting/voice/piano and guitar.

Aryn currently tours with two bands. Her Texas-based band "Aryn and the Escape" plays around the Dallas/Ft Worth area and specializes in vintage rock 'n roll cover songs along with Aryn's original tunes. Aryn's Boston-based band The JATO Unit is comprised of Berklee students and has more of an indie rock feel and performs all Aryn's original tunes.