Biography
James Ross studied at London’s Southbank International School and won scholarships to Harrow School in London and Christ Church at Oxford University, where he studied Modern History and Music; his doctorate on French Opera, Politics and the Press was awarded Oxford’s prestigious Sir Donald Tovey Prize. He studied violin, viola and singing, gained extensive orchestral and chamber music experience, and was a 1998 BBC Philharmonic Conducting Competition finalist. Since then he has conducted in eighteen countries in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. UK performances include at The Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, St John’s Smith Square, Symphony Hall Birmingham, state occasions in Westminster Abbey for Queen Elizabeth II, and Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre, for whose 350th anniversary
Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 1993 — Yesterday
Halka, Moniuszko
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23 (Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23), Tchaikovsky, P. I.
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44, Rachmaninoff
The Sidcup Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewCapriol Suite, Warlock
Symphonie sur un Chant Montagnard Français, Op.25, D'Indy, Vincent
The Sleeping Beauty (suite), Op.66a, Tchaikovsky, P. I.
España, Chabrier
La Fille mal gardée, Hérold
Invitation to the Dance (orch. Berlioz), Von Weber
Radetzky March, Op. 228, Strauss I
The Sidcup Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewPénélope (Penelope), Fauré
Violin Concerto No. 3, op. 61, Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, op. 98, Brahms
The Sidcup Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewViolin Concerto in E Minor, op. 64, Mendelssohn
Symphony No.1 in D major, Gounod
Aubade héroïque, Lambert, C.
Il ritorno di Tobia (The Return of Tobias), Haydn
Haslemere Musical Society Symphony Orchestra & ChorusConductor
View program, cast and crewKing College London Symphony Orchestra, HumperdinckDelibesOffenbachWagner, RichardLalo
King's OperaConductor
View program, cast and crewFeatured past performances
Violin Concerto in E Minor, op. 64, Mendelssohn
Symphony No.1 in D major, Gounod
Aubade héroïque, Lambert, C.
Il ritorno di Tobia (The Return of Tobias), Haydn
Haslemere Musical Society Symphony Orchestra & ChorusConductor
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King College London Symphony Orchestra, HumperdinckDelibesOffenbachWagner, RichardLalo
King's OperaConductor
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Cello Concerto in A Minor, op. 129 (Cello concerto), Schumann
The Mikado, Sullivan
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn
Haslemere Musical Society Symphony Orchestra & ChorusConductor
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HMS Orchestral & Choral Concert, BizetFallaGranados
Haslemere HallConductor
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The Wasps, Vaughan Williams
Pelléas et Mélisande, suite, Op.46 (Pelléas and Mélisande Suite, Op. 46), Sibelius
Gloria, RV 589, Vivaldi
Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night), Adam
Fantasia on Christmas Carols IRV 20 (Fantasia on Christmas Carols), Vaughan Williams
Haslemere Musical Society Symphony Orchestra & ChorusConductor
View program, cast and crewUpcoming performances
2Haslemere Musical Society – May 2024 Concert, RespighiVaughan WilliamsHaydn
Haslemere Musical Society Symphony Orchestra & ChorusConductor
View program, cast and crewFamily Concert, MendelssohnMussorgskySaint-SaënsCoplandHumperdinck
The Sidcup Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewIntro showreel
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Shostakovich, Festive Overture
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Biography
James Ross studied at London’s Southbank International School and won scholarships to Harrow School in London and Christ Church at Oxford University, where he studied Modern History and Music; his doctorate on French Opera, Politics and the Press was awarded Oxford’s prestigious Sir Donald Tovey Prize. He studied violin, viola and singing, gained extensive orchestral and chamber music experience, and was a 1998 BBC Philharmonic Conducting Competition finalist. Since then he has conducted in eighteen countries in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. UK performances include at The Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, St John’s Smith Square, Symphony Hall Birmingham, state occasions in Westminster Abbey for Queen Elizabeth II, and Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre, for whose 350th anniversary
