Executive Director, Violin, Viola

Ruth Meints is the Executive Director for the Omaha Conservatory of Music and the Violin instructor at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. She currently teaches violin and viola in the Omaha area and conducts various workshop orchestras throughout the state of Nebraska. Ruth received her Bachelors in violin performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and her Masters degree with an emphasis in Suzuki pedagogy from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville with John Kendall.

Her teaching experience has included head of the string department at Azusa Pacific University and faculty at Biola University in the Los Angeles area. She was conductor of the Azusa Pacific University Symphony and coached chamber music, as well as teaching a full studio of violinists and violists. She continues to perform regularly with the Azusa Pacific Chamber Players, a piano quartet also based in the Los Angeles area. Their first CD “The Alphabet of Revelation” will be released in the near future.