Hugh C. M. Ross (c. 1898 – 20 January 1990, in Manhattan, New York City, age 91), was a choral director and conductor of the Schola Cantorum of New York, United States. He was born in

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, England, the son of David Melville Ross, the canon of

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. A student of organ, piano and violin, he became a fellow of the Royal College of Organists at 17, the youngest ever. He was an artillery officer in France during World War I but continued studying at the

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and at

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. After being employed as the conductor of the Winnipeg Choir in Canada, in 1927 he moved to New York to lead the Schola Cantorum. In 1933 he became a professor at the Manhattan School of Music. He also served on the faculty of

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. One of his notable students was Filmer Hubble.

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