Geert Ruelens

Geert Ruelens graduated in May of 2017 from Temple University with a Master’s Degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy. Geert graduated in 2014 with a B.A. in Music from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, where he was under the tutelage of Dr. Maria Asteriadou.

A native of Belgium, Geert started his musical journey at the Royal Academy for Music in Berchem, Flanders. At the age of seven, he started organ lessons and, as a teenager, added piano as a second instrument. After graduating from high school, Geert enrolled at the Royal Conservatory for Music in Antwerp, but then moved to the United States upon being offered a full scholarship to Kutztown University. For several years, Geert served as the accompanist of Opus One: Berks Chamber Choir and was frequently featured in performances, sometimes as a soloist, but more often in the supporting role of accompanist.

Geert served as an organist in various local churches starting in 2013 before joining St. John's as our music director. Geert lives in in Phoenix, AZ and is pursuing a commercial pilot’s license at the United Aviate Academy.