Ruth MeintsRuth Meints is the Executive Director of the Omaha Conservatory of Music, where she also maintains a violin and viola studio. She conducts various workshops around the country in violin/viola pedagogy, motivation and learning styles, integrating currnt neuroscience findings into music teaching. She authored the five-year String Sprouts curriculum, with the Conservatory's program currently enrolling over one thousand preschoolers from underserved areas at no cost to the families. Her teaching experience has included head of the string department at Azusa Pacific University, faculty at Biola University in the Los Angeles area, violin/viola instructor at University of Nebraska-Omaha, as well as faculty at San Jose Talent Education and Omaha Talent Education. In 2016, Ruth was given the Governor's Arts Award for excellence in arts education sponsored by Nebraska Arts Council and Nebraska Cultural Endowment. She has also presented a TedXOmaha talk entitled Music, Preschoolers, and Poverty. Read More Read Less