Julian Ross
Professor of Violin
Department of String Instruments Chair
Member of the Elysian Trio
D.M.A., Rutgers University
M.M., Eastman School of Music
B.M., Cincinnati College Conservatory
In great demand as a performer of new works, Julian Ross has made numerous appearances as soloist in concertos that he has commissioned and premiered. As violinist on the faculty of Memphis State University for eight years, he performed as a member of the Memphis Piano Quartet. During that time, Ross appeared as a guest artist on tours in the U.S. and Europe with the Musical Arts Consortium and the New Orchestra of Boston and toured extensively as a founding member of the Arcadia trio. In addition, he served as President of the Tennessee Chapter of the American String Teachers Association and Vice-president of the Memphis Composer's Alliance. In 1995, he joined the faculty of Florida State University and performed as concertmaster of the Tallahassee Symphony. Ross taught and performed for over ten years at the Yellow Barn Music Festival, and more recently has been on the violin faculties of the Brevard Music Center and the Blue Mountain Music Festival. In addition, he founded and directs the Front Street Intensive, an intensive summer workshop for violin students at Baldwin-Wallace. He has performed at many other summer festivals, including Aspen, Aria International, the Heidelberg Schloss Spiele, the New College and the Rutgers Summerfest. He has authored two volumes of technical materials for his violin students, "Right From the Start" and "I Wish I'd Practiced That," and he has been called upon to give master classes for schools such as Indiana University Summer String Academy and the Cincinnati College Conservatory. In 1995, Ross was recipient of the Elizabeth Wycoff-Durham award in music performance.
Email: jross@bw.edu