Clark 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. (Hide extended text) ... (Read all)
