Music Director

Eric Ruthenberg

Eric Ruthenberg has conducted the Concord Coachmen since 1994. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Boston University in 1993.  In 1993, he moved to New Hampshire, where Eric served as the choral director at Newport Middle High School until 2006. Eric has served as chairman of the Barbershop Harmony Society's Young Men in Harmony committee, the Northeastern District VP of Chorus Director Development, and has coordinated the New Hampshire High School Barbershop Festival. He is a long time faculty member of Harmony College Northeast. His barbershop arrangements have been performed across the country, and on the BHS International Contest stage. Ruthenberg was honored by the chorus as "Barbershopper of the Year" in 1996 and 2021, and was awarded the "Volunteer of the Year" in 1999 by Harmony Foundation. In 2005, he was guest conductor at IASAS, an international choral festival in Indonesia. Eric is a two time district quartet champion, singing baritone with Overdrive (2000) and tenor with Average Joes (2011). 
 
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