Violinist Stephanie M. Ruddy is an active performer throughout Connecticut, appearing as an orchestral musician, chamber artist, and soloist. She is a member of the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra and has performed with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, the New Britain Symphony Orchestra, Wallingford Symphony Orchestra, and more. She is also a founding member of the Musa Quartet, an established string quartet dedicated to vibrant and collaborative chamber music performance.
A devoted interpreter of Baroque repertoire, Stephanie performed with the Collegium Musicum at the Hartt School, where she studied Baroque performance practice with Emlyn Ngai. Her playing reflects a deep appreciation for historical style, rhetorical phrasing, and the expressive vitality that defines seventeenth- and eighteenth-century music.
Stephanie holds both a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Graduate Professional Diploma in Violin Performance from the University of Hartford, where she studied with Anton Miller and Katie Lansdale, cultivating a refined technical foundation and a lasting passion for both orchestral and early music traditions. In addition to her performing career, she is a Suzuki violin instructor, teaching from her home studio in Litchfield, Connecticut.]