RUTH SCHWARTZ
Email: [email protected]
ALASKA CERTIFICATION______________________________________________________
Professional Teaching Certificate- Music, Grades K-12 06/19-Present
Type A Teaching Certificate- Initial Level- Music, Grades K-12 08/16-06/19
TEACHING EXPERIENCE______________________________________________________
Itinerant Beginning String Orchestra Teacher Fall 2016-Present
Anchorage School District
Fine Arts Department
Alaska String Camps Cello Instructor July 2017
Eagle River, AK
· Taught group cello lessons for intermediate-level cellists.
Student Teacher Fall 2015-Spring 2016
Glacier Valley Elementary
Thunder Mountain High School
Juneau, AK 99801
· Conducted and taught high school orchestra and Spanish I classes.
Cello, bass, chamber, songwriting, improvisation instructor Fall 2015-Spring 2016
JAMM El Sistema Program
Glacier Valley Elementary School
3400 Tongass Blvd.
Juneau, AK 99801
· Conducted and taught elementary orchestra, bass and cello group lessons,
songwriting, and improvisation.
Cello Instructor Fall 2011-Spring 2014
People’s Music School Youth Orchestra
Ames Middle School
1920 N. Hamlin Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
· Instructed five students each year between the ages of 8 and 14
from the beginning to intermediate levels.
· Taught private lessons and group lessons of two to four students.
Cello instructor Summer 2014
Arpegio Peru El Sistema Program
Chimbote, Peru
· Instructed three students between the ages of 13 and 16
from the beginning to intermediate levels.
· Taught private lessons.
Cello instructor and orchestra coach Summer 2013
Vive Perú Non-Profit Organization
Trujillo, Peru
· Instructed ten students between the ages of 14 and 27 from the intermediate to advanced levels.
· Taught private lessons and group lessons of two students.
WORK EXPERIENCE__________________________________________________________
All-State Cello Section Adjudicator October 2018
Fine Arts Research Assistant Summer 2018
Solo & Ensemble String Adjudicator February 2018 and 2019
Guest Writer for SmartMusic Blog Winter 2016-Present
On student engagement, cello and bass posture, and warmups
In-Country Coordinator Staff Member Summer 2014
Vive Perú Non-Profit Organization
Trujillo, Peru
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE___________________________________________________
Orchestral musician
Anchorage Symphony Cello Section Substitute Fall 2018-Present
Anchorage Symphony Tenured Cello Section Member Fall 2016-Spring 2018
Juneau Symphony Fall 2015- Spring 2016
Church musician 2007-Present
EDUCATION________________________________________________________________
University of Alaska Southeast Master of Arts in Teaching: Music, K-12 August 2016
Juneau, AK
DePaul University Bachelor of Music: Cello Performance June 2015
Chicago, IL
North Park University Certificate in Music for Social Change and Human Values May 2015
Chicago, IL
Interlochen Arts Academy High School Graduate May 2011
Interlochen, MI
HONORS AND AWARDS_______________________________________________________
Member of Phi Kappa Phi DePaul University Spring 2014-Present
Dean’s List (3.959 GPA) DePaul University Fall 2011-Spring
2015
Co-Principal cellist, DePaul Symphony Fall 2013-Spring 2014
Certification in Suzuki Cello Book 1 Summer 2013
Co-Principal cellist, DePaul Chamber Orchestra Fall 2011-Spring 2012
