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Ruth earned her BMus degree in music education from the Conservatory of Music at Lawrence University of Wisconsin.  She went on to receive a MMus in violin performance, and has completed all but dissertation for a DMA in violin performance.  As a graduate student, she attended the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri - Kansas City.  She studied with Tiberius Klausner and was a recipient of a Ford Foundation Fellowship.  Ruth was a winner of the UMKC Concerto-Aria Competition and performed the Sibelius Violin Concerto as soloist with the orchestra.

Ruth has played with the Grand Rapids (MI) Symphony Orchestra and the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra.  She was 1st violinist with the Ford Foundation String Quartet.  She has performed extensively as a soloist, including a 2001 performance with Tiberius Klausner and Richard Cass on the Jubilate Concert Series presented by Atonement Lutheran Church.  She has taught college level students at Missouri Western State College in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Ruth began her 37th year of private teaching with
the start of the fall 2009 semester ...
with 32 years here in KC!