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E-mail              conductor[at]saso.org.uk

Web Site          www.james-ross.com

Nationality     British

Education      Oxford University              D.Phil. Music     1994-98
                       (Christ Church)                 M. St. Music       1993-94
                                                                M.A. History       1990-93
                      Harrow School                  4 A-levels (A)     1985-90
                      Southbank International School London        1985

Harrow School Scholarship 1985-1990
20 prizes including Sir Winston Churchill and Stanley Baldwin Prizes
Christ Church Oxford Open Scholarship 1991-1993
British Academy Studentship 1993-1997
Osgood Award 1996
Sir Donald Tovey Memorial Prize 1998

Name                                                    Position         Date of Appointment

Oxford Opera Company                     Music Director       2007
www.oxfordoperacompany.com

Haslemere Music Society                  Music Director       2007
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
www.hmsconcerts.info

Sidcup Symphony Orchestra              Music Director       2006
www.sidcupsymphony.org.uk

St. Albans Symphony Orchestra        Music Director       2001
www.saso.org.uk

Welwyn Garden City Music Society Music Director       2000
www.wgcms.org.uk

Royal College of Paediatricians        Music Director       1994
Chorus & Orchestra
www.rcpch.org.uk

Christ Church Festival Orchestra     Music Director       1993
www.ccfo.org.uk


PREVIOUS POSITIONS

Oxford University Sinfonietta            Conductor
2005-2006
www.oums.org

Northampton University Orchestra  Conductor
2001-2006
www.northampton.ac.uk

Midland Youth Orchestra                 Associate Conductor 1998-2003
www.mlyo.org.uk

Oxford University Orchestra           Head of Strings          1994-1997
www.oums.org

Alfriston Festival Orchestra               UK                          2007
(members of Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
Youth Music International                   UK / USA               2007 / 08
Chorus Mundi                                         UK                           2007
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra                UK                           2006
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra        UK                          2006
The Proteus Ensemble                          UK                          2006 / 07
Essex Symphony Orchestra                 UK (rehearsal)      2006 / 07
Leicester Symphony Orchestra          UK (rehearsal)      2005
Oxford University Sinfonietta             UK (rehearsal)      2005
Aylesbury Festival Choir                      UK (rehearsal)      2005 / 06
US-UK Chamber Music Ensemble      UK                         2004
Oxford City Opera                                  UK (rehearsal)     2004
Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka     Sri Lanka              2001 / 03 / 05 / 07
Nis Symphony Orchestra                     Serbia                    2002
Harbin Symphony Orchestra               China                    2002
Bologna University Chamber Choir   Italy                      2002
Oxford Opera Society                           UK                         1999
Camden Chamber Orchestra              UK                         1999
Oxford University Philharmonia       UK                         1999
Broad Street Productions                    UK                         1998
Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra      Bosnia                  1998 / 99
with AIDIMOS Academy

Donatella Flick Competition             UK                        2006

Antonio Pedrotti Competition            Italy                        2006
                                                             Belgium                  2006

Orquestra de Cadaqués                     Spain                      2006

Donatella Flick Competition               UK                        2004

Hungarian Television Competition     Hungary                2002
Miskolc Symphony Orchestra

BBC Conducting Competition            UK                        1997 / 98 Finalist
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Phillips Classical:
The Royal Opera / Bernard Haitink     UK                       1997
Assistant: Verdi, Don Carlos

Nirmali Fenn, Restlessness and
Psychotic Episode
Royal Academy of Music                       UK                        2007

TELEVISION

Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka          MhTV-Asia           2001/03
Christ Church Festival Orchestra            Channel 4 UK       2002
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra              ITV1/SkyTV UK  2001
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra                  BBC2 UK            1998
Académie Internationale, Pontarlier         TF2 France         1993

London Master Classes                          Benjamin Zander     2004
Royal Academy of Music

Conductor’s Guild Workshop                 Marin Alsop            2002
Cabrillo Festival, Santa Cruz, USA         Gustav Meier

Wiener Meisterkurse                              S. Mas Conde          2001
Austria

AIDIMOS, Lyon, France                       Ernst Schelle           2000

Private Study Switzerland                       Ernst Schelle          1998–2002

Private Study UK                                  Alan Hazeldine         1996–2000

Hradec Králové Philharmonic                 Zdenek Bilek          1994
Czech Republic

Symphonic Workshops, Zlín                  Tsung Yeh                1992–96
Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra             Michael Charry
Czech Republic                                     Victor Feldbrill

Académie Internationale France             Ernest Schelle          1991/92
Concerts: Besançon, Pontarlier, Ornans

Bartók Seminar, Szombathely Hungary  Peter Eötvös             1990
Savaria Symphony Orchestra

Masterclasses: Purcell School UK         Peter Stark               1998–92
and R.A.M. Junior Department


GENERAL MUSIC EXPERIENCE

Chamber Music
               James Ross String Quartet

Violin     Viviane Ronchetti 1985-90 ABRSM Grade 8 1990

Singing   Michael McCarthy 1989-90
               Stephen Taylor 1990-92
               Chorus soloist, Oxford University Opera, Oxford Playhouse:
               Idomeneo (1991); Eugene Onegin (1992)

Administration
               President, Oxford University Music Society, 1992–93
               Trustee, James Langley Memorial Trust, since 1998

Composition
               Orchestration: Balakirev, Islamei
               Incidental music: Nick Thomas, The Myth of Medea
               The Instinctive Theatre Company:
               Merton College, Oxford: Jan / Feb 2002
               The Old Fire Station Theatre, Oxford: Mar / Apr 2004

Competition Juror
               Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hampton, 2008
               Sri Lanka Concerto Competition 2000 / 2004
               Oxford University Music Society 1999

Publications

               Music and Letters
               Opera
               English Historical Review
               Co-author, French Music Since Berlioz (Ashgate Press, 2006) and Vincent d'Indy et son temps (Mardaga, 2006).

Teaching Oxford University, 1995-2003

Guest Speaker

Royal Holloway College, London University 1999
City University, London 2000
Stonyhurst College, Nov 2000
Ladies College, Colombo, Sri Lanka  2001
Trinity College, Hartford, USA 2001
Keele University, UK  2001
Guest Lecturer, Northampton University  2001-04
Bibliothèque Nationale de France  Paris 2002
The British Council, Colombo, Sri Lanka  2005

Professional Affiliations

Incorporated Society of Musicians Performers and Composers Section (UK)
Conductors Guild (USA)
League of American Orchestras (USA)