Sebastian Ruth, Viola

Sebastian Ruth is Community Musicworks’ founder and artistic director, and a performer, educator, and organizer. Sebastian has been lucky to learn from many teachers in music and otherwise, including Rolfe Sokol, Eric Rosenblith, Lois Finkel, Ted Sizer, Kim Kashkashian, and the good people at the Lehman Alternative Community School in Ithaca, New York. Sebastian teaches and performs on violin and viola and has had the opportunity to create and lead courses on the connection of music, social justice, and community practice at Yale School of Music, Brown University, the online platform Coursera, and through College Unbound. He is the recipient of a 2010 MacArthur Fellowship, recognized for “forging a new, multifaceted role beyond the concert hall for the twenty-first-century musician,” and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Brown University.

Upcoming Concerts: Mendelssohn Octet June 5, 2024