Piano with Ruth N.

Ruth Ann was born and raised in Utah and recently returned to Utah after teaching piano, voice and violin at the Happy Valley Arts Academy in Oregon. Ruth has trained approximately 2000 private piano, violin and voice students over the past 30 plus years. She loves teaching and takes pride in helping her students reach their goals, gain self confidence and become self disciplined. Ruth has performed extensively in a variety of genres. She has played the leading lady in several plays, musicals, operettas and operas including, Etta Place in the musical "Butch & the Kid" at Robert Redford's Sundance Theatre. In addition, Ruth has performed as Soprano Soloist with the Utah Symphony, Salt Lake Symphony, Utah Valley Symphony and BYU Philharmonic Orchestra. She played 2nd Violin with the Murray Symphony Orchestra in Utah. Ruth has won several classical singing competitions. She was a finalist in the International Bach Vocal Competition, "Musica Sacra." Ruth Ann is currently working as a private music teacher and music composer.