Sam Ross - Viola

Sam Ross is a conductor and violist currently based in Vancouver, WA. As conductor and performer he has a special interest in performing contemporary works and the work of underrepresented composers. He has conducted the Orchestra Now, the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, the Bard Conservatory Orchestra, the Bard College Community Orchestra, the Impulse New Music Ensemble and the University of Oregon Symphony Orchestra. From 2022 to 2024, Sam was assistant of the Bard College Community Orchestra and the Bard Baroque Ensemble. He attended the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra conducting seminar summer of 2023, studying with Markand Thakar. He has also conducted the Bard Conservatory Orchestra in masterclasses with Leon Botstein, and performed in masterclasses on viola for Roberto Diaz, Ori Kam, and Brett Deubner.
Sam has also performed with numerous orchestras as a professional violist under the batons of esteemed conductors such as Leon Botstein and Tan Dun with the Bard Conservatory Orchestra; as well as with the Oregon Mozart Players, Eugene Concert Orchestra, the Newport Symphony and the Orchestra Next in Oregon; and the Northern Dutchess Symphony, and the Woodstock Symphony in New York.
Sam graduated with a Master's of Music in Conducting from the Graduate Conducting Program at Bard Conservatory in New York studying under James Bagwell, and a Bachelor's Degree in viola performance from the University of Oregon.