Clark Ross

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Clark Winslow Ross (born March 27, 1957 in Maracaibo ) is a Canadian composer, guitarist and music teacher.

Ross grew up in Venezuela, Peru, the USA and Belgium before moving to Toronto at the age of seventeen to study music at the University of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory of Music . His composition teachers were Samuel Dolin , John Beckwith , Ka Nin Chan and Gustav Ciamaga . He taught at the Royal Conservatory from 1987 to 1990 and then at McMaster University . Since 1992 he has taught composition, counterpoint, harmony, music analysis, electronic music and guitar at Memorial University of Newfoundland .

As a composer, Ross received Young Composer's Awards from the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and composition commissions a. a. the CBC , Newfoundland Arts Council and the Labrador Arts Council, and the Canada Council . In 1999 he received the President's Award for Outstanding Research from Memorial University . He was composer in residence at Waterford New Music Week in Ireland in 2003 and guest composer at Wheaton College in Illinois in 2007 . In 2011 he was nominated for Last Dance for the Juno Award for Classical Composer of the Year. Recordings of his compositions were a. a. Recorded by guitarists Daniel Bolshoy and Sylvie Proulx , pianist Kristina Szutor and cellist Vernon Regehr . As a guitarist Ross appears with his own compositions and works by contemporary composers. He is married to the religious scholar Jennifer Porter .

Works

  • Eleven Short Piano Pieces , 1980-98
  • McGillicuddy's Rant - Theme and 10 Variations , for guitar, 1980-2003
  • Dialogues for Two Guitars , 1986
  • Four Pieces for flute, clarinet and bassoon, 1986 (or violin, viola and cello, 1987)
  • Genesis: Chapters One to Three for clarinet, viola and piano, 1987
  • Dialogues for Ten Players , 1988
  • Canciones sobre el amor y la muerte for soprano and string quartet (text by Federico García Lorca ), 1988–96
  • Over Heard for tape, 1989
  • Space, Earth, Water, Wind for tape, 1989
  • Late-Night Music for trumpet, double bass or bass guitar, piano and drums, 1990
  • Study for guitar, 1990,
  • Passage 1 for orchestra, 1991
  • Passage 2 for orchestra, 1992
  • Passage 3 , for orchestra, 1992
  • Three Lorca Sketches for orchestra, 1995
  • Night Music 2 for flute, bass clarinet, trumpet, bass trombone, piano and three percussionists, 1993
  • Ripples for clarinet and electronics, 1993
  • Singing for mixed choir, 1993
  • Duck Soup for bass trombone and piano, 1994
  • Interlude for string orchestra, 1995
  • Cool Stream for piano and percussion, 1996
  • Steppin 'Out for violin, cello and piano, 1996
  • Psalms of Despair for soprano, clarinet and piano, 1996
  • Three Pieces for violin and piano, 1997
  • Fanfare for a New-Found Land for orchestra, 1997
  • Wanderlust for viola and two percussionists, 1998
  • Song of Songs for soprano, violin, cello and percussion, 1998
  • Memory quilt for flute and piano, 1999
  • The Misty Mall of Avalon for concert band, 1999
  • Last Dance for piano, 1999
  • Urban Dance Music for alto saxophone and CD, 2000–03
  • Andrew Jacob's Ragtime Blues for guitar, 2001
  • Concerto for viola and orchestra, 2002
  • Lamentations for cello, 2002
  • Saturday Night in Olde St. John's for two percussionists, 2003
  • Jennifer's Tune for double bass or bass guitar, piano and drums ad libitum, 2005
  • I sleep and my soul awakens for guitar and string quartet, 2005
  • Three 9/11 Songs for high voice and piano, 2005

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personal data
SURNAME Ross, Clark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ross, Clark Winslow
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian composer, guitarist and music educator
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Maracaibo