That’s me. I’m a flutist, performer, teacher and family man. I’ve spent a fair amount of time performing, 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,” John 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. Known for a wide range of tonal colors, John pushes traditional sonic boundaries and transforms 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.