As the LSA band program goes under new leadership, it will look to hang another banner on the wall inside the band hall. It would be his first as a band director, but second overall.
"Hopefully, sooner rather than later," Ruthemeyer said with a laugh about winning another title. "We'll just have to see how things line up. I would like to (hang a banner), but the priority is music. Music first."
After graduating from LSA, Ruthemeyer, who played saxophone and bassoon in high school, attended Concordia University in Chicago.
When he was looking for that first job, LSA was open and now he's back home.
"It's a lot of new stuff, there's high expectations," Ruthemeyer, who will also teach a theology class, said. "It'd be a darn shame if the trend of winning ended with me. So, I'm very nervous but excited."
LSA took second place on Monday in the TAPPS Tier 3 Drumline Championship in Waco.
This article appeared in the VYPE 2021 LSA Fall Program - CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL PROGRAM
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