Ruth Alford has established herself as a well-respected chamber musician and continuo-cellist with many ensembles and chamber groups in London. She graduated from Manchester University with an honours degree in music and the Proctor Gregg Performance Award, having studied with Bernard Gregor-Smith and the Lindsay Quartet. Further studies followed at the Royal Academy of Music, London with David Strange, the Amadeus Quartet, Sidney Griller, Jenny Ward-Clarke and William Pleeth. During this time she gained performing experience in a variety of musical genres ranging from solo classical recitals to jazz and music theatre.

Ruth still thrives on a diverse musical diet, from Baroque to Contemporary, as well as sharing her enthusiasm for music through various educational outlets. She performs and records throughout Europe, the Far East and America as a principal player and continuo-cellist with the English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, as well as chamber ensembles including Brandenburg Consort, The Music Collection, Fiori Musicali, Florilegium, Configure8 and The Revolutionary Drawing Room.