LAURENT, Ruth Carew

Ruth Carew Laurent was a 20th-century American composer.

She was Dean of the American Guild of Organists in the early 1980s and in 2004, she was awarded the Anna Fiore-Smith Award by the RI Chapter of the American Guild of Organists for 'her excellence in leadership, dedication and vision.'

A composer, she was listed in the Directory of Women Composers and Who's Who of American Women. Her compositions were performed in local churches, schools and recitals. One of these was commissioned by the American Guild of Organists for its 50th Anniversary Celebration and was performed by several Providence choirs at Grace Church in Providence.