J. Ryan Garber (born 1973) is an American composer of contemporary (classical) music.
At JMU he studied composition from John S. Hilliard, a former student of Karel Husa and Donald Erb.
His Doctor of Music degree is from Florida State University where his primary teacher was the eminent Czech-American composer, Ladislav Kubik.
Other notable composers that worked (on a limited basis) with Garber on his music include: Donald Erb, Libby Larsen, Nancy Van de Vate, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.
Garber has composed numerous works for almost every genre, the most notable exceptions being opera.