Dave Ruch

Specialties

Dave Ruch is a special musician and performer widely noted for his ability to engage audiences of all kinds.

Travelling regionally and internationally from his home base in Buffalo NY, Dave gives hundreds of concerts each year for school assembly programs, historical societies, museums, libraries, colleges and universities and community events. He is also a leader in the field of online cultural arts programming for K-​12 schools via distance learning and virtual field trips.

Whether presenting a lecture/​concert for adults on the War of 1812, or singing right down on the floor with pre-​schoolers; performing in a theater with The Canal Street String Band, or solo in a middle school «cafetorium» for 8^th graders; working with archival music collections, or being filmed for an Emmy-​winning PBS documentary; giving online assembly programs for elementary schools, or community concerts at arts centres across the UK; it’s the effortless weaving of stories, humor, and audience participation, together with Dave’s carefully researched songs and fine musicianship, that keeps him in such demand, working throughout the year in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut, Ontario Canada and the UK, and far beyond through video conferencing and live streaming programming.

History

Established in 1992.

A musician since 1980, Dave has been providing educational concerts, workshops, lectures, school assemblies, distance learning programs and virtual field trips full-​time since 1992.

Meet the Business Owner

Dave R.

Business Owner

Singer and multi-​instrumentalist with over 35 years experience playing guitar, mandolin, octave mandolin, banjo, jaw harp, bones, spoons, washboard, hambone and more.

Thousands of solo performances across the United States, Canada and England since 1980

Over two hundred performances and workshops each year since 1992

Thousands of educational concerts, workshops, distance learning programs & virtual field trips for K-​12 schools

Specialist in performance of traditional and historical music and folklore from New York and North America

Project director for award-​winning website on traditional music of the Adirondack Mountain region of New York State (adiron​dack​mu​sic​.org)

Solo CD «The Oldest Was Born First» released in 2008, reviewed in UK and US press

Founder of The Canal Street String Band, since 2010

«Speaker in the Humanities» for the NY Council for the Humanities

Member of the NY State Historical Assn, New York Folklore Society, Canal Society of New York State