Ruth Elaine Schram wrote her first song at the age of twelve and her first octavo was published by Harold Flammer Music 20 years later, in 1988. In 1992, she became a full-time composer and arranger and now has over 600 published works. She as been as ASCAP Special Awards recipient for the last several years. In the past six years, over eight million copies of her songs have been purchased in their various venues. In addition to her choral music for church and school choirs, her songs appear on 30 albums (four of which have been Dove Award Finalists) and numerous children's videos, including 16 songs on four gold videos, and four songs on one multi-platinum video.
Ruthie began piano and theory lessons at the age of five. She studied music at Lancaster Bible College and Millersville State College and taught elementary music in Pennsylvania for several years. She now lives in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband, Scott and has two grown daughters, Cristie and Celsie.
