Ruth Morize

Ruth Muzzy Conniston Morize (December 1, 1892 – October 3, 1952) was a Boston socialite and musician, and received widespread media attention for her work as a carillonneur. Life Ruth Muzzy was born in Bristol, Connecticut, on December 1, 1892, to Arthur George Muzzy and Martha Ellen Thomas Muzzy. She studied music at Yale, receiving a bachelor's degree of music in 1915. Afterward, she studied organ with Louis Vierne in Paris, France. On January 13, 1918, Ruth married Capt. Philip Conniston in Honolulu, but the marriage ended in 1920 due to his death. She taught music appreciation at Simmons College (now Simmons University) and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. In addition to teaching, she volunteered with the Quakers and participated in Boston and New York society. She also published at least two collections of French songs, “Chantons un Peu” and “La Cercle Francais.” On June 27, 1929, Ruth Conniston married Andre Morize, a noted professor of French literature and culture at Harvard University. While Professor Morize directed the French summer school at Middlebury College, Ruth Morize organized the Music Center in the summer of 1938. The Music Center only ran for three years.