MICHELLE ROSS (Violinist & Composer)
Hailed as a "Renaissance Woman" and trained with Itzhak Perlman for over a decade, violinist and composer Michelle Ross is unique as both a solo artist and collaborative visionary. Last season marked Michelle’s Carnegie Hall Debut with Maestro Harry Bicket, and her European Debut as both soloist and conductor, with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, in Cite de La Musique. With the support of the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund for the Performing and Visual Arts, Michelle has recorded her first album, the complete Sonatas and Partitas of J.S. Bach, to debut Fall 2014.
Michelle has toured multiple times with Itzhak Perlman, and has collaborated with a range of artists that also include Denes Varjon, members of theJuilliard, Guarneri, and Cleveland String Quartets, among others. Michelle has been an artist at the Marlboro Music Festival since 2011, and has been touring with Musicians from Marlboro for the past two seasons.
As a composer and improviser, Michelle is extemely interested in collaborative works. As a composer for contemporary dance, her work has toured with the Aspen Sante Fe Ballet for two seasons, and has premiered in Baryshnikov Arts Center, and the Joyce Theater. Inventing Wonderland, a multimedia piece, premiered in Lincoln Center's Beyond the Machine Festival. Michelle frequently collaborates across mediums to create works with choreographers, actors, visual artists, and filmmakers. Her work has also traveled to Germany and the Philippines.
Michelle holds a M.M. from the Juilliard School and a B.A. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. She has studied with Dorothy DeLay, Itzhak Perlman, Catherine Cho, Ronald Copes, Patinka Kopec. Michelle has recently been a member of Ensemble ACJW, a program of Carnegie Hall, the Weill Institute, the Juilliard School, and the Department of Education, where she performed in residency at Carnegie Hall for the last two years, in addition to outreach endeavours, and teaching at a High School in Brooklyn.
http://MichelleRossViolin.com
@LAMICHELLE
Michelle has toured multiple times with Itzhak Perlman, and has collaborated with a range of artists that also include Denes Varjon, members of theJuilliard, Guarneri, and Cleveland String Quartets, among others. Michelle has been an artist at the Marlboro Music Festival since 2011, and has been touring with Musicians from Marlboro for the past two seasons.
As a composer and improviser, Michelle is extemely interested in collaborative works. As a composer for contemporary dance, her work has toured with the Aspen Sante Fe Ballet for two seasons, and has premiered in Baryshnikov Arts Center, and the Joyce Theater. Inventing Wonderland, a multimedia piece, premiered in Lincoln Center's Beyond the Machine Festival. Michelle frequently collaborates across mediums to create works with choreographers, actors, visual artists, and filmmakers. Her work has also traveled to Germany and the Philippines.
Michelle holds a M.M. from the Juilliard School and a B.A. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. She has studied with Dorothy DeLay, Itzhak Perlman, Catherine Cho, Ronald Copes, Patinka Kopec. Michelle has recently been a member of Ensemble ACJW, a program of Carnegie Hall, the Weill Institute, the Juilliard School, and the Department of Education, where she performed in residency at Carnegie Hall for the last two years, in addition to outreach endeavours, and teaching at a High School in Brooklyn.
http://MichelleRossViolin.com
@LAMICHELLE
Collaboration History:
"To The Moon," (2007)
The Juilliard School (Solos with Musicians)
Original Music Composed by Michelle Ross
Musicians: Natalie Kazaryan (piano), Deborah Pae (cello)
PERFORMED AT:
I. The Juilliard School Studio 334
II. The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, Juilliard
III. Los Banos, Cataraman, (Project Philippines 2008)
IV. Ayala Museum, Project Philippines 2008 (Manila, Philippines)
"Square None," (2012) Active Repertoire
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
"Nadja," "Strings/Music Box," and Celeste
Original Music Composed by Michelle Ross
"Unravel Between," (2012)
The Juilliard School Senior Showcase
"Nadja," "Music Box"
Original Music Composed by Michelle Ross
Dancer: Casia Vengoechea
"Forgot to Remember," (2014)
Translate 2014, Jchen Project, Dixon Place
'Music Box'
Original Music Composed by Michelle Ross
Dancers: Sarita Apel, Norbert De La Cruz III, Breton Tyner-Bryan, Timothy Stickney, James Jude Johnson.
The Juilliard School (Solos with Musicians)
Original Music Composed by Michelle Ross
Musicians: Natalie Kazaryan (piano), Deborah Pae (cello)
PERFORMED AT:
I. The Juilliard School Studio 334
II. The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, Juilliard
III. Los Banos, Cataraman, (Project Philippines 2008)
IV. Ayala Museum, Project Philippines 2008 (Manila, Philippines)
"Square None," (2012) Active Repertoire
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
"Nadja," "Strings/Music Box," and Celeste
Original Music Composed by Michelle Ross
"Unravel Between," (2012)
The Juilliard School Senior Showcase
"Nadja," "Music Box"
Original Music Composed by Michelle Ross
Dancer: Casia Vengoechea
"Forgot to Remember," (2014)
Translate 2014, Jchen Project, Dixon Place
'Music Box'
Original Music Composed by Michelle Ross
Dancers: Sarita Apel, Norbert De La Cruz III, Breton Tyner-Bryan, Timothy Stickney, James Jude Johnson.