James Ross (conductor)

James Ross MA, MSt, DPhil, is a British conductor and author.

Career

Ross studied at Harrow School, and later at Christ Church, Oxford from where he received an MA in Modern History (1993), an MSt in Music (1994), and a DPhil in French opera (1998). He was also a finalist in the 1998 BBC Philharmonic Conducting Competition.^[1]

Since graduating he has conducted in twelve countries throughout Europe, North America and Asia, and in leading UK concert halls including the Symphony Hall, Birmingham, St. John's, Smith Square, London, and the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford.^[2][3] He is musical director of the Oxford Opera Company, the Christ Church Festival Orchestra,^[4] and from 2006 the Sidcup Symphony Orchestra^[3]

Ross has co-written several books and articles on music, including Music in the French Salon, French Music Since Berlioz, Vincent d'Indy l'interprète, and Messidor: Republican Patriotism and the French Revolutionary Tradition in Third Republic Opera, and has also been published in journals including The English Historical Review, Opera (magazine) and Music & Letters.

Bibliography

• Ross, James, Music in the French Salon
• Ross, James (2006) Vincent d'Indy l'interprète in Vincent d'Indy et son temps, edited by Manuela Schwartzm; Sprimont, Mardaga ISBN 2-87009-888-X
• Ross, James (2006) French Music Since Berlioz, edited by Richard Langham Smith and Caroline Potter; Ashgate Press ISBN 0-7546-0282-6^[5]
• Ross, James (2008) Messidor: Republican Patriotism and the French Revolutionary Tradition in Third Republic Opera in Music, Culture and National Identity in France, 1870-1939, edited by Barbara Kelly; University of Rochester Press. ISBN 978-1-58046-272-3
• Ross, James, Music and Letters and Opera

References

1. ^ "James Ross", Sidcup Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 19 July 2011
2. ^ "Gutsier, Confident Sounds Under the Baton of James Ross". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). February 28, 2010. ISSN 1391-0531. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100307/Plus/plus_14.html. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "James Ross and SOSL take on Dvorak, Rossini and Bruch". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). April 29, 2007. ISSN 1391-0531. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070429/Plus/022_pls.html. Retrieved 5 May 2010. 
4. ^ Christ Church Festival Orchestra. Retrieved 19 July 2011
5. ^ Hart, Brian (May 2008). "Reviews of Books: French Music since Berlioz. Edited by Richard Langham Smith and Caroline Potter.". Music and Letters 89: 266–270. "Jeunes Artistes, not Auteurs pp. 55, 82. "James Ross reminds us of the vital role that salons...as composers, performers, and patrons. Ross discusses the varying impact of salons... At their best, as in those by Ross, Simeone, Howat, O'Hagan, and both those......"" 

External links

• James Ross website

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