gary ruschman | music

Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as "funny and fresh-voiced", Gary Ruschman is an American vocal artist, composer, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist.

Gary has sung with with orchestras, opera companies, and music presenters around the world, including the Boston Pops, Kennedy Center, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Lyra Baroque Orchestra, Urbino Early Music Festival, Prague Choral Festival, San Francisco World Music Festival, Portland Opera, Royal Opera House Oman, American Bach Soloists, Cantus, and A Prairie Home Companion. In addition to music director posts at St. Timothy Lutheran Church, OVation!, and Mixed Precipitation's Picnic Operetta, his conducting engagements have included programs with Blue Waters Brass, Twin Cities Early Music Festival, Consortium Carissimi, and Bach Society of Minnesota.

The Kentucky native maintains an active singing and conducting schedule, spending much of his offstage time composing and arranging for voices.

News:

Gary's arrangement of Run On (God's Gonna Cut You Down) was recently used as the theme for BBC's new American Justice documentary series, and he was awarded a Faith Partners residency by American Composers Forum. This major grant will fund the composition of six new pieces over the next 12 months.



Newly-composed melodic and harmonized chants, commissioned by Carol & Richard Weingarten: settings of the Buddhist Heart Sutra

Have a listen at Gary's Soundcloud page, featuring recent and retrospective performances.

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