Masterclass with Ian Ross
Ian Ross by Steve Tanner
COURSE DATES
18th & 19th October
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Currently Open
COST
£500
VENUE
The Lucky Chance, Frome.
MORE INFORMATION
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ABOUT THE COURSE
Join Ian Ross, composer, MD, multi-instrumentalist and long-time Emma Rice collaborator, for a weekend of musicality in theatre.
Ian will explore group creativity, flow state composition and having musical ideas in response to images. There will be insight into how to support, encourage and lead singers, and how to get musical ideas on their feet quickly in devising situations.
We’re looking for instrumentalists and singers (aged 18+) interested in composition, leading small ensembles and expanding their existing practice
ABOUT THE COURSE LEADERS
Ian's work with Wise Children as Composer includes: Wise Children (UK National tour); Malory Towers (Bristol Old Vic and UK tour); Bagdad Cafe (The Old Vic); Wuthering Heights (UK and US tours and The Holland Festival.)
Other work as Composer includes Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Globe); The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk (Kneehigh) and on the film The Princess and Peppernose.
Ian also worked as a musician with Kneehigh Theatre, on shows including: Brief Encounter; The Red Shoes; Don Jon; The Wild Bride; Tristan and Yseult; Dead Dog in a Suitcase; The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings; and The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk.
His work as Musical Director includes: Girl from the North Country (Toronto 2019, Runway.)
Nominations include: Dora Mavor Award for Outstanding Musical Direction 2020 (Girl from the North Country) and The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play 2023 (Wuthering Heights).
Ian is a Bristol based multi-instrumentalist and Composer. He is the Head of Music for The School for Wise Children and leads the band Eleven Magpies.