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Eric Ross (born 1948 in Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American composer and avant-garde musician residing in New York. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Ross is known as a multi-instrumentalist, performing on piano, synthesizers, guitar, and the Theremin. He is globally known as one of the leading artists of freeform music and also one of the pioneers of Theremin music.

Ross received his B. A. and M. A. from the State University of New York, and has premiered his "Concerto for Orchestra" at Lincoln Center in New York City and released his first solo album, Songs For Synthesized Soprano, in 1982. The City of New York Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) He has been performing with his own group "Eric Ross Ensemble" since the 1970s, which has featured jazz giants John Abercrombie, Larry Coryell, Andrew Cyrille, Oliver Lake, Leroy Jenkins, new music virtuosos Robert Dick, Lydia Kavina, Youseff Yancy and many others. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States John Abercrombie (born December 16, 1944 in Port Chester New York) is an American Progressive jazz guitarist Larry Coryell (born April 2 1943) is an American Jazz fusion Guitarist. Andrew Charles Cyrille is an Avant-garde jazz Drummer. Biography Andrew Cyrille was born on November 10, 1939 in Oliver Lake (b Marianna Arkansas, September 14, 1944) is an American alto saxophonist, Flutist, Composer and For the flutist see Robert Dick (flutist. For the jurist see Robert P Lydia Kavina (born September 8, 1967) is a Russian Theremin virtuoso and is currently the leading performing musician on the instrument He has also played with blues legends Champion Jack Dupree, Lonnie Brooks, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression William Thomas Dupree, best known as Champion Jack Dupree, was an American Blues Pianist. Lonnie Brooks (born Lee Baker Jr, December 18 1933 In 1960 he moved to Chicago, Illinois. Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry ( 24 October 1911, Greensboro, North Carolina - 11 March 1986, Walter Brown ("Brownie" McGhee ( November 30 1915 - February 16 1996) was a folk - Blues Singer

Ross has toured throughout Europe as well as the United States. Recently, he performed at the Newport Jazz Festival, Toronto and Ottawa Jazz Festivals, Amsterdam and Holland New Music Festivals, and at the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every August in Newport Rhode Island, USA. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. With his wife Mary Ross, who specializes in video art and photography, Eric presents original multi-media concerts combining music, visual art, and dance. Mary Ross (born 1950 in New York, US) is a Fine art photographer and Visual artist. Video art is a type of Art which relies on Moving pictures and is comprised of Video and/or audio data Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing Multimedia is media and content that utilizes a combination of different content forms. The New York Times has called his music, "A unique blend of classical, jazz, serial, and avante-garde. "

As a teacher, Eric Ross has lectured on the Theremin, piano, guitar, and electronic music at colleges, universities and schools throughout the United States and Europe. He was Master Teacher at the First International Theremin Festival and is considered to be the foremost authority on Frederick W. Riesberg, Franz Liszt’s last pupil. Furthermore, Ross was a personal friend of inventor and "the father of synthesizer" Dr. Robert Moog, as well as the legendary virtuoso of Theremin, Clara Rockmore. Dr Robert Arthur Moog (ˈmoʊɡ to rhyme with "rogue" ( May 23, 1934 &ndash August 21, 2005) was an American pioneer of Clara Rockmore (born Clara Reisenberg Vilnius, Lithuania, March 9, 1911; d Ross has even played for the inventor of theremin, Professor Leon Theremin, himself, and has also collaborated with Dr. Léon Theremin (born Lev Sergeyevich Termen, Лев Сергеевич Термен ( August 15 1896 Julian calendar = 1896-08-27 Theremin's niece Lydia Kavina in creating "An Overture for 14 Theremins". Lydia Kavina (born September 8, 1967) is a Russian Theremin virtuoso and is currently the leading performing musician on the instrument He is one of the key figures in the electronic music world today. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production

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Léon Theremin (born Lev Sergeyevich Termen, Лев Сергеевич Термен ( August 15 1896 Julian calendar = 1896-08-27 Clara Rockmore (born Clara Reisenberg Vilnius, Lithuania, March 9, 1911; d Lydia Kavina (born September 8, 1967) is a Russian Theremin virtuoso and is currently the leading performing musician on the instrument Dr Robert Arthur Moog (ˈmoʊɡ to rhyme with "rogue" ( May 23, 1934 &ndash August 21, 2005) was an American pioneer of is a Japanese composer Synthesizer musician and Electronic music artist Oliver Lake (b Marianna Arkansas, September 14, 1944) is an American alto saxophonist, Flutist, Composer and Andrew Charles Cyrille is an Avant-garde jazz Drummer. Biography Andrew Cyrille was born on November 10, 1939 in John Abercrombie (born December 16, 1944 in Port Chester New York) is an American Progressive jazz guitarist Larry Coryell (born April 2 1943) is an American Jazz fusion Guitarist. The following is a list of notable Experimental musicians: In alphabetical order by artist's name Laurie Anderson
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