1700 ANDOVER LANE • CORINTH, TEXAS 76210 PHONE (314) 496-3588 • EMAIL [email protected]

RYAN ROSS MUSIC EDUCATOR and CONDUCTOR

TEACHING EXPERIENCE______2015-Present Plano Independent School District Plano, TX Director of Orchestras, Plano West Senior High Orchestras (Grade 11/12 Campus) § Students won 2016 Texas Honor String Orchestra competition.

2012-2015 Plano Independent School District Plano, TX Director of Orchestras, Jasper High School Orchestras (Grade 9/10 Campus) § Students won 2014 Texas Honor Full Orchestra competition, the first non-varsity ensemble to do so in Texas history. § Students made finals for Texas Honor String Orchestra competition: 2nd place (2015), 5th place (2013). § Students named National Winner of Mark of Excellence National Orchestra Honors: 2015 Sting Orchestra, 2014 Full Orchestra. § Students won The American Prize in Orchestral Performance in 2013 and 2nd place in 2014. § Students routinely earn annual UIL Sweepstakes awards in all five ensembles. § Responsible for operation of 200+ student program and cluster activities with feeder middle schools.

2011-2012 Lewisville Independent School District Lewisville, TX Director, Lewisville High School Orchestras; Cluster Orchestra Head § Returned all orchestras to UIL Sweepstakes in one year. Program had earned twos and threes in previous years.

2008-2011 Rockwall Independent School District Rockwall, TX Director, Williams Middle School Orchestras and feeder elementary schools § All orchestras earned Sweepstakes ratings at UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Contests.

Additional Experience Fall 2007: Student teaching in Allen ISD. Cooperating teachers: David DeVoto and Angie Cimbalo. 2005 - 2007: Graduate Teaching Assistant for Texas Tech Orchestra and conducting classes.

CONDUCTING APPOINTMENTS______2009-2012 Dallas Festival of Modern Music / Ars Nova Dallas Dallas, TX Artistic Director / Conductor § Non-profit organization shining a spotlight each year on contemporary art music. Ars Nova Dallas was the festival’s resident professional chamber ensemble. § Highlighted conducted repertoire includes Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat, Kurt Weill’s Violin Concerto, Joan Tower’s Petroushskates, and several world premieres.

2007-2012 Tyler Youth Orchestra (now East Texas Youth Orchestra) Tyler, TX Music Director / Conductor § Led the flagship ensemble of the three orchestra organization. § During first year in position, increased enrollment in the top ensemble by over 75% and in the other two orchestras by 35%. Sustained growth continued in following years. § During tenure, developed orchestra from an ensemble largely performing arrangements to an orchestra performing only unabridged works by significant composers. § Created the Tyler Youth Orchestra New Music Project, featuring an annual commissioned work for the orchestra.

Additional Experience 2005 - 2007: Cover Conductor for Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. 2005 - 2007: Graduate Assistant Conductor for Texas Tech Orchestra program. RYAN ROSS MUSIC EDUCATOR AND CONDUCTOR

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE______December 2015. Guest Conductor. Allen Philharmonic Orchestra, Nutcracker Ballet. December 2015. Clinician/Conductor. McKinney ISD All-City Orchestra. February 2015. Off-Stage Conductor/Sectional Coach. TMEA All-State Philharmonic Orchestra. Assistant to Jeff Grogan, Barber Medea’s Dance of Vengeance, Respighi Pines of Rome, Dvorak Carnival January 2015. Clinician/Conductor. Rockwall ISD All-City MS Orchestra. November 2014. Clinician/Conductor. TMEA Region 20 All-Region MS Orchestra. June 2013. Guest Conductor. Fredericksburg Community Orchestra. Fredericksburg, TX February 2013. Off-Stage Conductor. TMEA All-State Symphony Orchestra. Assistant to Gary Lewis, Mahler Symphony No. 1 August 2011. Conductor at Conductor Program of the Cabrillo Festival. Santa Cruz, CA June 2011. Faculty/Conductor. El Paso Summer String Institute. El Paso, TX July 2009. Guest Conductor on Conductor Showcase. Rose City Chamber Orchestra. Portland, OR June 2009. Clinician/Conductor. Lubbock ISD Summer String Camp. Lubbock, TX June 2008. Workshop Conductor. Filharmonie Bohuslav Martinú. Zlin, Czech Republic June 2006. Workshop Conductor. Orquesta Filarrmónica de Chihuahua. Chihuahua, Mexico

ORCHESTRA AND CONFERENCE CLINICS______Orchestras 2015. Arlington Youth Orchestra (Arlington); Lewisville HS, DeLay MS (Lewisville); Erickson MS, Curtis MS (Allen); North Garland HS (Garland) 2014. Arlington Youth Orchestra (Arlington); Erickson MS (Allen); North Garland HS (Garland); Huffines MS (Lewisville), Frankford MS (Plano) 2013. Downing MS, Huffines MS (Lewisville); Williams MS (Rockwall) 2012. Fannin MS (Grand Prairie); Huffines MS (Lewisville) 2011. Adams MS, Fannin MS (Grand Prairie); Utley MS (Rockwall) 2008. Hubbard MS (Tyler) 2006. Lubbock Youth Symphony Orchestra; Estacado HS (Lubbock)

Conference Presentations/Clinics 2015. Texas Orchestra Directors Association. “HIPP in the Classroom: Historically Informed Performance Practice Made Easy.” 2014. Texas Music Educators Association. “Perspectives of the Honor Orchestra Directors” 2013. Texas Orchestra Directors Association. “Full Orchestra Reading Session” conductor 2012. Texas Orchestra Directors Association. “Revving Up Your Recruiting and Retention”

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE______2013 – Present TMEA Region 25 Assistant Orchestra Chair / Chair-Elect 2013 – Present TMAA UIL Adjudicator in regions across Texas 2012 – Present TMEA All-State Orchestra Judging Panel 2015 TMEA All-State Orchestra Organizer (Philharmonic Orchestra) 2014 TMEA HS Honor Full Orchestra Judging Panel 2012 TMEA Region 25 All-Region Orchestra Organizer (Bach Orchestra) 2010 UIL Music Advisory Committee meeting representative, Region 3

EDUCATION______2005-2007 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting with Texas EC-12 Music Teaching Certification

2001-2005 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL Bachelor of Music in Performance, graduated with Highest Honors

Primary Conducting Teachers: Gary Lewis (Texas Tech), Donald Schleicher (University of Illinois) Additional Conducting Studies With: Marin Alsop, Gustav Meier, Larry Rachleff, David Hoose

1700 ANDOVER LANE • CORINTH, TEXAS 76210 PHONE (314) 496-3588 • EMAIL [email protected] RYAN ROSS MUSIC EDUCATOR AND CONDUCTOR

REFERENCES______Education and Music Education Dr. Kary Cooper 469-752-8286 Plano ISD Asst. Superintendent / Former Principal and Appraiser [email protected]

Robert Eppler 469-752-7411 Jasper HS Asst. Principal / Department AP / Current Appraiser [email protected]

Dr. Matthew Endsley 469-752-7410 Jasper HS Principal [email protected]

David DeVoto (972) 727-0400, ext. 7743 Director of Orchestras, Allen High School [email protected]

Angie Cimbalo (214) 912-8241 Retired Director of Orchestras, Erickson Middle School, Allen ISD [email protected]

Non-Public School Musical Gary Lewis (303) 492-551 Director of Orchestras, University of Colorado - Boulder [email protected]

Jeff Grogan (646) 468-8261 Conductor, New Jersey Symphony, Newark Youth Orchestra, NJ Youth Symphony [email protected]

Dr. John Gilbert (806) 742-2270 Professor of Violin, Texas Tech University [email protected]

Donald Schleicher (217) 333-3208 Director of Orchestras, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [email protected]

Clif Evans (817) 272-5027 Director of Orchestras, University of Texas - Arlington [email protected]

1700 ANDOVER LANE • CORINTH, TEXAS 76210 PHONE (314) 496-3588 • EMAIL [email protected] RYAN ROSS MUSIC EDUCATOR AND CONDUCTOR

REPRESENTATIVE REPERTOIRE______Jasper High School Legacy Orchestra

2014-2015 2013-2014 Anderson – Jazz Legato Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, IV Beethoven – Symphony No. 2, II Dvorak – Serenade for Strings, V Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 6 Dvorak – Symphony No. 8, III Chadwick – Serenade for Strings, I Elgar – Serenade for Strings, II Mozart – Divertimento in D, I Glinka – Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla Peck –Signs of Life II, mvt. I Haydn – Symphony No. 100, IV Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, III Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2, III Schreker – Intermezzo Shostakovich – Spanish Dance, from The Gadfly Shostakovich - Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a Theofanidis – Visions and Miracles, I Suk – Serenade for Strings, I Vaughan-Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Suppe – Light Cavalry Overture Wiren – Serenade for Strings, I Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings, I

2012-2013 Bauman - Divertimento Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, I Copland – Our Town Grainger - Irish Tune from County Derry Mendelssohn - String Symphony No 2, I Shostakovich - Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a Sibelius - Finlandia Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings, I, IV Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6, IV

Tyler Youth Orchestra

2011-2012 2010-2011 Dvorak – Slavonic Dances, Set 1, No. 8 Bach / Ormandy - Chorale Prelude on Wachet Auf Elgar – Chanson de Matin Bloch - Concerto Grosso No. 1 Elgar – Chanson de Nuits Brahms - Hungarian March No. 5 Garcia, Federico – Divergimento (world premiere) Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1 Gershwin – Summertime from Porgy and Bess Grieg - Holberg Suite Haydn – Cello Concerto in C Rossini - Overture to Semiramide Holst – St. Paul Suite Schubert - Military March Mahler – Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 Stravinsky - Berceause and Finale from The Firebird Mendelsohn – Violin Concerto in e minor Zare, Roger - Roaring Fork (world premiere) Smetana – Polka from The Bartered Bride Still – Danzas de Panama 2008-2009 Bizet – Carmen Suite No. 1 2009-2010 MacDonald, David – Folding In (world premiere) Beethoven – Twelve Contradances Ravel – Pavane for a Dead Princess Beethoven – Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F Seitz – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in G de Beriot – Violin Concerto No. 9 Schubert – Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished” Campkin, Alexander – Counting my Numberless Fingers Sibelius – Andante Festivo (American premiere) Strauss, Johann Sr. – Radetzky March Corelli – Concerto Grosso in D, Op. 6 No. 1 Tchaikovsky – Coronation March for Alexander III Corigliano – Voyage Vaughan-Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves Holst – Brook Green Suite Vivaldi – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in a minor, op. 3 Holst – In the Bleak Midwinter no. 6 Respighi – Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 1 Sato, Kentaro – Breath of Dawn (world premiere)

2007-2008 Anderson – Arietta Bartok – Rumanian Folk Dances Beethoven – Ecossaise for Military Music Copland – Down a Country Lane Copland – John Henry Haydn – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in G Haydn – Symphony No. 30 Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen Sibelius – Valse Triste Telemann – Concerto for Viola in G Verdi – Prelude to La Traviata

1700 ANDOVER LANE • CORINTH, TEXAS 76210 PHONE (314) 496-3588 • EMAIL [email protected] RYAN ROSS MUSIC EDUCATOR AND CONDUCTOR

1700 ANDOVER LANE • CORINTH, TEXAS 76210 PHONE (314) 496-3588 • EMAIL [email protected]