Sam Ruttenberg plays with the Pennsylvania Ballet, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, and the West Jersey Chamber Orchestra.   He also plays with the Settlement Music School Faculty Percussion Quartet, and his own Jazz Trio. Sam has toured and recorded with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Ballet, and Pops, and the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Lincoln Center, and one of the Presidential Inaugural Balls. Sam has a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Miami and a Master's Degree from the Juilliard School, both in percussion performance.

Sam has performed in the back up orchestras with Dave Brubeck, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Lena Horne, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Charo, Robert Goulet, Engelbert Humperdinck,  Barbara Eden, Steve Allen, and Al Martino. He has done studio work for film and television and his travels in music have taken him across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, as well as Alaska and Hawaii. 

Sam is on faculty at Rutgers University Camden, and teaches at the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia.    Sam also has endorsements with Sabian Cymbals and Vic Firth Sticks. He has written articles for Percussive Notes and Modern Drummer. He transcribed Joe Morello's book Master Studies II, and Sam's own book "Drum Tips" is getting published and will be out soon.

"I did a clinic some time ago, and I got to play on the drums that were there. They were Noble & Cooley drums. After I played on them I knew that I had to have them for myself. Having grown up in a family of musicians and craftsmen, I can honestly say that the sound and craftsmanship of these drums is second to none." -Sam Ruttenberg