Clark Ross

Clark Winslow Ross is a Canadian composer, guitarist, and music educator of Venezuelan birth.

A composer of mainly works for orchestra and chamber music, he has won first prize in composition competitions held by the Hamilton Philharmonic (1993, for Passage 1), the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (1993, for Passage 3), Symphony Nova Scotia (2002, for Three Lorca Sketches), and the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters (2002).

Born in Maracaibo in 1957, Ross entered The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto in 1980, earning an Associate diploma there in 1985.

While a graduate student, he taught on the music faculties of the Royal Conservatory from 1987 to 1992 and McMaster University in 1990–1991.

He is currently married to Jennifer Porter, Religious Studies professor at MUN, and father of Julia, Andrew, and Alexander.