Jeremy Ruth, Clarinet

Dr. Jeremy Ruth is Assistant Professor of Music at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina. As an educator, Jeremy teaches music history and applied clarinet lessons, in addition to coaching the woodwind ensemble at Lander. He also maintains a private clarinet studio and frequently works with woodwind sections in K-12 bands. Jeremy has also taught electronic music courses at Estrella Mountain Community College and band, orchestra, and chamber music classes at the Desert Marigold School. His performance interests are wide-ranging, but he has a particular interest in contemporary music, performance art, and exploring new extended techniques for the clarinet. Jeremy presented his research on different techniques of vocalization during clarinet performance in the 2019 International Clarinet Association Research Competition and won first place. His scholarly work has also been published in the NACWPI Journal and The Clarinet.

As a founding member of The Ambassador Trio, Jeremy has performed guest artist recitals at several universities, in addition to being invited to premiere new works at many national and international conferences, such as the International Clarinet Association’s annual ClarinetFest every year from 2017 to 2024, and The NACWPI Conference in 2018 and 2019. He has performed as a soloist with both the Boise State University Orchestra and with the Arizona State University Wind Ensemble. Dr. Ruth holds both the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from Arizona State University, where his teachers included Robert Spring and Joshua Gardner, and the Bachelor of Music degree from Boise State University, where he studied with Leslie Moreau.