- Flutist -
Ruth is a busy flute player who has worked for over twenty years in a myriad of styles including Jazz, Latin, Pop, Celtic, New Music, and Classical. A free-lance flautist and session musician, she plays silver flute, Celtic wooden flute, and the high and low whistles. She is also an experienced flute and pennywhistle teacher.
For the last several years Ruth has been touring internationally playing flute in the band of Persian Pop star Dariush.
PERFORMANCE
Dariush Persian Pop star. Canadian Tour - Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver. European Tour - Frankfurt, Paris, Berlin, Koln, Copenhagen, Oslo, Zurich, Stockholm and more - Fall 2003. Amsterdam, Brussells, Bremen, London, Australian Tour (Sydney, Melbourne, & Gold Coast), Vancouver... 2004. Oberhausen, Stockholm, Frankfurt, Manchester, Olso, Amsterdam, Hanover, Copenhagen, Koln, London, Florence, Paris, Zurich, Munich, Aukland, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Gold Coast... 2005.
Lucid Blue - Playing flute in Mike Cowie's wonderful jazz-funk-hip-hop group. Halifax - 2005.
ensembles. Halifax - 2005.
"June Street Treeough" - Jazz trio with Mike MacNeil (Guitar) and Lukas Pearse on bass. Halifax - 2005.
Numerous freelance engagments in Vancouver and Toronto. 1984 - 2003 Shenanigan - Vancouver Celtic Band - Traditional & original - 1999 -2003 Prince George Symphony (First Flute) 1999 The Galiano Trio (Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon) 1993 - 2000 Böggild/La Chance Duo (Jazz Flute and Guitar) 1989 - 1993 Incurable Romantics (Flute and Harp) 1989 - 1993 Te Deum Orchestra 1991 Royal Conservatory Orchestra 1989 - 1990 Atlantic Symphony Orchestra 1982 EDUCATION Creative Music Workshop - Atlantic Jazz Festival. Halifax. Diploma in Jazz Performance and Arranging Humber College - Toronto.
Boxwood Festival - Lunenburg.
Orchestral Training Program Royal Conservatory of Music - Toronto. Bowdoin International Chamber Music Festival Brunswick, Maine. Bachelor of Music Program Dalhousie University - Halifax, Nova Scotia. INSTRUCTORS
Jeffrey Khaner - Principal Flute - Philadelphia Orchestra Virginia Markson - Principal 2nd - Toronto Symphony Orchestra Beth Dubois - Principal Flute - Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Eddie Sossin - Saxophone Professor - Humber College Pat LaBarbara - Saxophone - International recording artist
MASTERCLASSES
Carol Wincenc - International Soloist Gunter Rumpel - International Soloist Michel Debost - International Soloist Bonita Boyd - International Soloist Jeanne Baxtresser - Principal - New York Philharmonic Robert Aitken - Banff Center Masterclass Samuel Baron - Professor of Flute - Julliard and SUNY Thomas Nyfenger - Professor of Flute - Yale School of Music Tim Hutchins - Principal - Montreal Symphony Orchestra Linda Chesis - Professor of Flute - Manhattan School of Music Robert Willoughby - Professor of Flute - Peabody/Bowdoin Music Festival
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