Dr. Ruth Ellis has enjoyed singing numerous operatic and music theater roles and from Queens to Wardrobes and concertizes regularly having sung 58 concerts in venues across the nation and a few across the pond. Of one performance the New York Daily News reported she sang with “soaring dramatic authority.”
Ruth thoroughly enjoys teaching voice in both the classical and contemporary areas at BYU, she taught crossover voice at Snow College for five years, has taught at the Ruth Ellis Vocal Academy since 2000 and is a frequent guest teacher/presenter at many other schools and universities across the country. Ruth is currently serving as Governor of the NATS Cal Western Region and sits on the NATS National Board.
Dr. Ellis earned her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the Manhattan School of Music and studied and performed in New York for fourteen years. She earned her Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Utah, completed the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute training at Shenandoah Conservatory and is a member of the Marketing Impact Academy. To aid in bridging the gap between studying music and making money in music, Ruth founded the Vocal Instructor Academy, which she teaches courses in pedagogy and entrepreneurship. Ruth and her husband of 33 years, Doug Ellis, are the proud parents of six children.