 | Clark Ross (1957 - ) Canada, St. John'sClark Winslow Ross's compositions have been performed in England, Ireland, the United States, and across
Canada by some of Canada's finest musicians, ensembles, and orchestras. He was Composer-in-Residence at
Ireland's Waterford New Music Week in 2003, and has won Young Composer's Awards in national competitions
by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also received over 30
commission grants through the Canada Council, the CBC, the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, and
other funding agencies. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Newfound Music Festival, held every
February in St. John's, and was a founding member and later President of Continuum, the Toronto-based new-
music group. §
Born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Clark was raised there and in Caracas, Lima (Peru), Lennoxville (Quebec), New
York City, Fort Lee (New Jersey), Brussels (Belgium), and Toronto. He holds a Doctor of Musical Composition
degree from the University of Toronto (1992), and is Professor of composition, orchestration, theory, electronic
music, and classical guitar at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. (Retracter) ... (lire la suite) |
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