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Ross, Clark (b. March 27, 1957, Maracaibo). Venezuelan-born Canadian composer of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed throughout the Americas and in Europe; he is also active as a guitarist.
Mr. Ross studied composition with Samuel Dolin at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto from 1980–85, where he earned his ARCT, and with John Beckwith at the University of Toronto, where he graduated with his MMus in 1986 and DMus in 1992.
Among his honors are prizes in the Hamilton Philharmonic (1993, for Passage 1), Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (1993, for Passage 3), Symphony Nova Scotia (2002, for Three Lorca Sketches), and Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters (2002) competitions. He has also received the President's Award for Outstanding Research from Memorial University of Newfoundland (1999) and grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, CBC, the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Bank of Canada, and other organizations. Moreover, he has served residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts (1988) and Stanford University (1989) and served as composer-in-residence at the Waterford New Music Festival in Ireland (2003).
As a guitarist, he has performed his own works and other contemporary music in Canada.
Mr. Ross is also active in other positions. He served as director of evening services at St. Thomas' Anglican Church in St. John's, Newfoundland from 1997–2002.
He taught at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto from 1987–92 and at McMaster University in 1990–91. He has taught composition, electronic music, guitar, music theory, and orchestration at the School of Music at Memorial University of Newfoundland since 1992.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: clark@morgan.ucs.mun.ca
Website: http://www.clarkross.ca/
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Passage 1, 1991; Passage 2, 1992; Passage 3, 1992; Three Lorca Sketches, 1995; Interlude, string orchestra, 1995; Fanfare for a New-Found Land, 1997; The Misty Mall of Avalon, symphonic band, 1999; Concerto, viola, orchestra, 2002
CHAMBER MUSIC: Dialogues for Two Guitars, 1986; Four Pieces, flute, clarinet, bassoon, 1986 (also version for violin, viola, cello, 1987); Genesis: Chapters One to Three, clarinet, viola, piano, 1987; Dialogues for Ten Players, flute (+ piccolo), oboe, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), bassoon, French horn, trumpet, double bass, piano, 2 percussion, 1988; Late-Night Music, trumpet, double bass/bass guitar, piano, drumkit, 1990; Study, guitar, 1990; Night Music 2, flute, bass clarinet, trumpet, bass trombone, piano, 3 percussion, 1993; Ripples, clarinet, digital delay system, 1993; Duck Soup, bass trombone, piano, 1994; Cool Stream, piano, percussion, 1996; Steppin' Out, violin, cello, piano, 1996; Three Pieces, violin, piano, 1997; Wanderlust, viola, 2 percussion, 1998; Memory Quilt, flute, piano, 1999; Andrew Jacob's Ragtime Blues, guitar, 2001; Lamentations, cello, 2002; McGillicuddy's Rant – Theme and 10 Variations, guitar, 1980–2003; Urban Dance Music, alto saxophone, CD, 2000–03; Saturday Night in Olde St. John's, 2 percussion, 2003; Jennifer's Tune, double bass/bass guitar, piano, drumkit ad libitum, 2005; I sleep and my soul awakens, guitar, string quartet, 2005
CHORAL: Singing, mixed chorus, 1993
VOCAL: Canciones sobre el amor y la muerte (text by Federico García Lorca), soprano, string quartet, 1988–96; Psalms of Despair (texts from Psalms 22, 77, 130), soprano, clarinet, piano, 1996; Song of Songs, soprano, violin, cello, percussion, 1998; Three 9/11 Songs, high voice, piano, 2005–
PIANO: Eleven Short Piano Pieces, 1980–98; Last Dance, 1999
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Over Heard, tape, 1989; Space, Earth, Water, Wind, tape, 1989
(Last updated on December 6, 2005)
