Senior Spotlight: Ryan Barrett Barbara Ingram School for the Arts Class of 2026

Ryan Barrett Barbara Ingram School for the Arts Class of 2026

Name: Ryan Barrett

Age: 18

School: Barbara Ingram School For the Arts

Nicknames: Bubba

Alright Landon, let’s talk about your current faves

Color: Blue

Tv show: The West Wing

Book: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Subject in school: Jazz Band

Pastime(s): Watching videos of/researching cars

Hobbies/extracurriculars: Building Legos, Learning new instruments. Ryan plays like ALL the instruments!

Top three memories of high school: Our instrumental trip to universal, Playing in All State Commercial band for 3 years in a row, Getting to play in the all eastern modern band

Clothing item: I have a sweater that is a button up that can be very versatile, I can wear it with other shirts or on its own and it goes with many other things in my closet

Lunch spot : BJ’s

About the future…

You’re done with high school, what is your next move? I am attending the University of North Texas for jazz studies.

What do you hope to be doing in the next 10 years and where? My goal for is to be a rehearsal director for live shows for a big name act such as Bruno Mars or someone similar. I would also be very happy if I could be a music producer, co writing songs with people that could potentially be famous one day. That sounds so fun!

What’s the number one world issue you would solve if you could? Housing, I think everyone should have an easy affordable place to live and it would allow for so much more opportunities for each individual person.

What is your dream career (even if it’s just a dream) ? : My dream is to be the biggest producer in the world, I hope that what I am able to create will shape the sound of popular music for generations. I will definitely be following your story.

Just for funsies…

Ryan- The Movie: what celebrity should play you? Timothy Chalamee

What song will you never forget the lyrics to? Overjoyed - Stevie wonder

Since you mentioned that song, is it your favorite? No, my favorite song at the moment is, I love every little thing about you - Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder is just so great!

Pretend money ain’t no thang- where are you gonna go on vacation right now? I will go to Italy, start towards the bottom, rent a couple of different super awesome sports cars and cars that I’d never get to drive again. And slowly drive (and eat) my way to the top. Well thought out plan!

You can only eat one thing for the rest of your life. What’s it gonna be? Sushi!!

What is your proudest (maybe not biggest) accomplishment so far: Getting into UNT’s jazz program, as they only let in a select few people each year. Go you! What an honor!

Any obscure talents? I know a lot about cars, I wouldn’t call it a talent but I’m definitely pretty good at it. -As someone who knows very little about cars beyond how to drive them I would consider this a talent lol

What’s a skill you don’t have but want to learn? Nothing specific but I wish I could learn a trade or know how to do surgeries or something along those lines that would make me lots of money. I mean you could always double major in medicine and jazz 😂

Don’t miss the shots from the Halloween session Ryan let me have fun with and a pic of Ryan from his freshman year at the bottom of his senior pics