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Ruth Ann Coy
Orchestra
ruth.coy@jeffco.k12.co.us / 303.982.0605
Mrs. Ruth Ann Coy is a dedicated music educator with over a decade of experience in Colorado public schools. She holds degrees in Violin Performance and Music Education, as well as a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction. Mrs. Coy currently teaches 6th through 8th grade orchestra at Drake Middle School, where she has doubled the program in three years to over 200 students across five classes.
Her ensembles regularly earn Superior and Excellent ratings at the Colorado ASTA Festival and perform at events such as Jeffco’s Middle School Art Show and the Jeffco School Board meeting. In 2025, 104 of her students earned straight Superior ratings at CASTA Regionals and qualified for CASTA State—an honor achieved by only three other middle school programs statewide. In 2026, nearly 60 students performed at the ASTA National Orchestra Festival in San Francisco in Spring 2026.
Mrs. Coy has been recognized as a Jeffco Talented Teacher (2023) and received the Jeffco Thrives Award (2025). She has presented at the Colorado State Music Educators Conference, serves as a violin coach at Camp Con Brio, and regularly adjudicates Solo and Ensemble festivals. An active performer, she is a violinist of the Stratus Chamber Orchestra and also maintains a private string studio.
Grants, Awards, and Professional Honors:
Jeffco Public Schools Middle School Festival
Intermezzo Orchestra
Superior+ Rating
Spring 2026
ASTA National Orchestra Festival Performance
Dragon Orchestra
Excellent+ Rating
Spring 2026
Violin Instructor for Camp Con Brio
Summer 2025
Jeffco Thrives Award
for Excellence 2025
Colorado ASTA State Competition
Intermezzo Orchestra 2025
Superior Rating
Dragon Orchestra 2025
Excellent Rating
Colorado ASTA Orchestra Regional Competition
Intermezzo Orchestra 2025
Superior Rating
Dragon Orchestra 2025
Superior Rating
Jeffco Schools Foundation Grant Recipient
2024-2025
Violin Instructor for Camp Con Brio
Summer 2024
Colorado ASTA Orchestra Competition
Excellent Rating 2024
Jeffco Talented Teacher 2023
Front Range Youth Symphony
Teacher of the Year Nominee 2023
Colorado ASTA Orchestra Competition
Superior Rating 2023
Selected Presenter
at the Colorado Music Educators Conference 2023
Westerra Credit Union Grant Recipient
Award Winner 2021-2022
Front Range Youth Symphony
Teacher of the Year Nominee 2019
Colorado ASTA Orchestra Competition
Superior Rating 2017
Colorado ASTA Orchestra Competition
Superior Rating 2016
Colorado ASTA Orchestra Competition
Superior Rating 2015
Mrs. Coy's Playing Experience:
Stratus Chamber Orchestra
(First Violinist), 2015-Present
Evergreen Chorale Musical Pit
2012-2014
Evergreen Chamber Orchestra
2011-2013
Jefferson County Symphony Orchestra
2010
Lakewood Symphony Orchestra
2010
Metropolitan State Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble
2008-2010
Metropolitan State Symphony Orchestra
Concert - mistress 2006- 2010
Metropolitan State Chamber Ensemble
2006-2010
Metropolitan State Early Music Ensemble
2009
Denver Young Artists Orchestra
2008-2009
Mendelssohn Octet Chamber Ensemble
Summer of 2007
Music at Rocky Ridge
(Principal 2nd Violinist) Summer of 2007
Broomfield Civic Orchestra
(appeared as a Soloist) 2007-2008
Colorado All-state Orchestra
2004
UNC Western State Weekend for Strings
2001-2003
JCPS Honors Orchestra
(Assistant Principal 2002 / 2003)
2001-2003
Adams All-County Orchestra
2000
Front Range Youth Symphony
1994-2004
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