Cellist Ruth Marshall enjoys a diverse career as a performer and a pedagogue. As an orchestral musician, she is principal cello of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra (Springfield IL), a member of the Britt Festival Orchestra (Jacksonville OR), and a regular substitute with the Indianapolis Symphony in Indiana, and the Columbus Symphony in Ohio. She is also active as a chamber musician, and has performed as the “Artu Duo” with pianist Garret Ross across the United States, as well as in Canada and the UK. Ruth has been on the faculties of DePaul University, Butler University, and Illinois State University. She is currently the Instructor of Cello at Eastern Illinois University.
 
Ruth holds undergraduate degrees in Comparative History of Ideas and Music Theory from the University of Washington, and graduate degrees in cello performance from DePaul University in Chicago IL. She was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and was a student at the Aspen Music Festival, the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Aldeburgh Music Festival, and the Festival-Institute at Round Top. Her major teachers were David Tonkonogui in Seattle, and Stephen Balderston in Chicago. Ruth currently lives in Indianapolis, where she teaches a large class of private cello students.