Guest Artists visit SFCM to share their expertise with student musicians. 

Program

Final program details will be announced closer to the performance date as students take the time to decide what they want to work on with Dr. Marie Ross.

Artist Profile

Dr. Marie Ross is Senior Lecturer of Music at The University of Auckland, where she teaches both modern and historical clarinets, chamber music, musicology, and serves as Coordinator of Woodwinds and Coordinator of Historical Performance. A specialist in historical clarinets and performance practices from the Baroque through the early 20th century, Marie is Associate Principal Clarinet of the French orchestra, Ensemble Matheus. She has frequently performed and recorded with orchestras such as Concerto Köln, MusicaAeterna, Die Kölner Akademie, and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.

Marie has recently released a CD of the Brahms clarinet Sonatas and Trio on original instruments. The recording is part of her research into Romantic performance practice and was called “ground-breaking” by Gramophone Magazine UK. She shares her research on her podcast, “Fidelio”, where she regularly discusses early music topics, her historical clarinet collection, and interviews colleagues of various artistic disciplines.

A passionate educator, Marie has taught masterclasses at leading institutions such as The Juilliard School, the Eastman School of Music, and the Cleveland Institute of Music. She has organized and led her own workshops in Chicago designed for modern clarinetists to learn historical instruments and performance practice. Last year, she was invited by the International Clarinet Association as a featured artist on the World Stage Series to lecture on topics such as “Ornamentation in Mozart” and “Creative and Technical Benefits of Learning Historical Instruments for Modern Performers”. Last summer she was on faculty, teaching and performing at the Berwick Academy, the historical performance program of The Oregon Bach Festival.

Marie has a Doctorate in Clarinet Performance from The University of North Texas, a Master’s Degree in Historical Performance from The Royal Conservatory of the Hague, a Master’s Degree in Clarinet Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and a Bachelor’s Degree from the Eastman School of Music.