Assistant Professor of Music (Cello)
From 2002-04, Mr. Ruck served as the teaching assistant to Distinguished Professor Janos Starker at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he is nearing the completion of his doctoral studies. His previous teachers include Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and Scott Tisdel. From 2004-05, Ruck performed sabbatical replacement duties for IU Associate Professor Emilio Colón and also taught the school’s cello orchestral repertoire course. Prior to his appointment at OU, he held positions at DePauw University and Hampden-Sydney College, and served as guest-teacher at the University of Illinois. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Ruck was twice awarded the distinguished Kuttner Quartet Fellowship at Indiana University. He has studied and collaborated with eminent performers such as Andre Watts, Rostislav Dubinsky, Luba Edlina-Dubinsky, James Campbell, Miriam Fried, Mauricio Fuks, along with members of the Cleveland, Emerson, Tokyo, Juilliard, and Fine Arts Quartets. As a member of the Dubinsky Quartet, he was a prizewinner in the Fischoff and Coleman national competitions and was heard in a live concert broadcast on ABC Australian Radio as a participant in the 1999 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. Other recent performances include appearances on the Schneider Concerts series in New York, the Mostly Music series in Chicago, chamber music series in Vancouver, North Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin and Indiana, and at the Norfolk and Sarasota festivals. Mr. Ruck maintains an active interest in orchestral playing. Recently appointed assistant principal cello of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, he has previously held principal positions with the Richmond (IN) Symphony and at the National Repertory Orchestra and Spoleto USA festivals. Ruck is currently developing a cello method book designed to aid the study of the standard orchestral repertoire. BM—Indiana University |
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Cellist Jonathan Ruck is emerging as a nationally recognized performer and pedagogue. Recently appointed to the faculty of the University of Oklahoma School of Music, he is frequently heard in recital, chamber music, and orchestral performances throughout North America.