Ryan T. Murphy is an American conductor. He was appointed associate director of music for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in March 2009. Murphy has a bachelors degree in piano and organ performance and pedagogy and a masters degree in choral conducting both from Brigham Young University (BYU). He is completing a doctoral degree from Boston University. While a student at BYU, Murphy directed the University Chorale and was assistant director of the Men's Chorus. He has studied under Mack Wilberg, Ronald Staheli and Ann Howard Jones. Murphy and his wife Jennifer are the parents of three children.