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Conducting Competition."James Ross"
, Sidcup Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 19 July 2011 James - Nelum Pokuna concert photo

Since graduating he has conducted over 1,500 works in 20 countries throughout Western and Eastern Europe, North America, Africa and Asia, and in

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and leading UK concert halls including the

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and St. John's, Smith Square, London, Symphony Hall, Birmingham and the

Sheldonian Theatre The Sheldonian Theatre, in the centre of Oxford, England, was built from 1664 to 1669 after a design by Christopher Wren for the University of Oxford. The building is named after Gilbert Sheldon, List of Wardens of All Souls College, Oxford, Wa ...

, Oxford, where he performed Beethoven's 9th Symphony for the 350th anniversary in 2014. In 2013 he gave the first orchestral concert at Sri Lanka's new national performing arts venue, the

Nelum Pokuna Theatre The Nelum Pokuna Theatre (, ''nelum pokuna rangahala''; often known as Nelum Pokuna; previously the National Performing Arts Theatre, prior to naming at the opening ceremony after which the President Mahinda Rajapaksa named it after himself) is a ...

, Colombo, with the Commonwealth Festival Orchestra. He was music director of the Oxford Opera Company and the Christ Church Festival Orchestra. Since 2006 he has been music director of the Sidcup Symphony Orchestra and since 2020, artistic director of Kent Sinfonia. Other previous positions include with Oxford University Sinfonietta and St Albans Symphony Orchestra. In 2021, he conducted the Ankara City Philharmonic Orchestra (Ankara Kent Filarmoni Orkestrası)'s first concert, held at Ankara's new Presidential Symphony Orchestra Hall. His album 'Royal Throne of Kings', of previously unrecorded works by Vaughan Williams for Shakespeare plays with Kent Sinfonia, released wit
Albion Records
on 1 November 2024. Ross has conducted numerous first performances of new works, including by composers such as Tunde Jegede, Philip Sheppard and

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, at London's

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, and for

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on Commonwealth Day at

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. In June 2016 he gave the first performance of the opera ''Love Hurts'', composed by Nicola Moro with libretto by Lisa Hilton, at Milan's Piccolo Teatro. Ross is also a director of global classical music production company and consultancy Ulysses Arts.

Publications

James Ross has co-written several books and articles on music, including ''Music in the French Salon'', ''French Music Since

Berlioz Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the ''Symphonie fantastique'' and ''Harold en Italie, Harold in Italy'' ...

'', ''Vincent d'Indy l'interprète'', and ''Messidor: Republican Patriotism and the French Revolutionary Tradition in Third Republic Opera''. His work has also been published in journals including

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,

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,

The Musical Times ''The Musical Times'' was an academic journal of classical music edited and produced in the United Kingdom. It was originally created by Joseph Mainzer in 1842 as ''Mainzer's Musical Times and Singing Circular'', but in 1844 he sold it to Alfr ...

and

Music & Letters ''Music & Letters'' is an academic journal published quarterly by Oxford University Press with a focus on musicology. The journal sponsors the Music & Letters Trust, which makes twice-yearly cash awards of variable amounts to support research in t ...

.

Bibliography

*Ross, James, 'Musical Performance in Post-Conflict Societies: Collaboration, Reconciliation and Community Cohesion', Defence Review, Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka (Volume II, July 2018). pp. 38–55. *Ross, James, ''Vincent d'Indy l'interprète'' in ''

Vincent d'Indy Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy (; 27 March 18512 December 1931) was a French composer and teacher. His influence as a teacher, in particular, was considerable. He was a co-founder of the Schola Cantorum de Paris and also taught at the Pa ...

et son temps'', edited by

Manuela Schwartz Manuela Schwartz (born in 1964) is a German musicologist. Life Schwartz was born in Pirmasens. She completed her master's degree in musicology, history and German studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Technische Universität Be ...

; Sprimont, Mardaga (2006) *Ross, James, 'Music in the French Salon', in ''French Music Since

Berlioz Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the ''Symphonie fantastique'' and ''Harold en Italie, Harold in Italy'' ...

'', edited by Richard Langham Smith and Caroline Potter; Ashgate Press (2006) *Ross, James (2008) ''Messidor: Republican Patriotism and the French Revolutionary Tradition in Third Republic Opera'' in ''Music, Culture and National Identity in France, 1870–1939'', edited by Barbara Kelly; University of Rochester Press. 'A compelling statement about the complexity of relationship between politics and art, culture and national identity, especially in fin-de siècle France, but also in many places and times besides... detailed and nuanced; concise, well-argued, and thoroughly documented. ... The volume is historically rooted in the best ways. ... The exploration of this ambivalence bout how French nationalism should be reflected in musicmakes for a powerful statement. Accessible to musicologists and historians alike. A model for exploring the often-repeated, yet open-ended connections between music and politics, culture and identity.' Sindhumathi Revuluri, Journal of Musicological Research *Ross, James, 'D’Indy's Fervaal: Reconstructing French Identity at the Fin-de-Siècle’,

Music & Letters ''Music & Letters'' is an academic journal published quarterly by Oxford University Press with a focus on musicology. The journal sponsors the Music & Letters Trust, which makes twice-yearly cash awards of variable amounts to support research in t ...

84/2 (May 2003), pp. 209–40. *Ross, James, ''

Music & Letters ''Music & Letters'' is an academic journal published quarterly by Oxford University Press with a focus on musicology. The journal sponsors the Music & Letters Trust, which makes twice-yearly cash awards of variable amounts to support research in t ...

and Opera''

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External links

James Ross website

Ulysses Arts
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