Charles Rus

Charles Rus is currently interim Associate for Liturgical Arts and Music Director at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Medina, Washington.

A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Charles received degrees from the Eastman School of Music, the University of Michigan and, as a Fulbright Scholar, the Folkwang Hochscule fur Musik in Essen, Germany. His teachers include Russell Saunders, Robert Glasgow and Gisbert Schneider.

During his 20 years in San Francisco, he was an organist for the San Francisco Symphony, organ teacher at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, organist for Temple Emanu-El and Music Director at St. John’s Episcopal Church.

Charles continues to compose liturgical music, much of which can be found on his website www.charlesrus.com