That’s me. I’m a flutist, performer, teacher and family man. I’ve spent a fair amount of time performing on stage, traveling, swimming, meditating, and playing baseball with my son. Here’s the official Bio…

John Ragusa is a genre-defying multi-instrumentalist best known for his expressive, original and fearless flute playing. Praised by legendary flutist Paul Horn as “one of today’s finest improvisational flutists,” Ragusa brings a jazz musician’s agility, a classical player’s control, and a street performer’s spontaneity to his performances.  

John plays a wide range of instruments including concert, alto, bass, and piccolo flutes, along with pennywhistles, wood flutes, harmonica, pocket trumpet, jaw harp, didgeridoo, and even the conch shell. He’s known for pushing sonic boundaries and transforming his instruments into storytelling tools.

John is one half of the award-winning duo Mulebone, and a longtime member of Grammy-winning Alison Brown’s Quintet. For over two decades, he has toured and recorded with acclaimed Nashville singer-songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman and regularly collaborates with Grammy-nominated pianist and Spyro Gyra co-founder Jeremy Wall in their duo Riverrun. He has also performed as an accompanist for author Deepak Chopra and has been a featured performer with the Buglisi Dance Theatre 9/11 Memorial “Table of Silence” at Lincoln Center since it’s inception. 

John lives in New York City.