Artist • Composer • Publisher • Recording Artist
Brad Ross is an award-winning composer who writes music for the musical theater, symphony orchestras and vocalists. His work has been performed at The Kennedy Center, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The National Symphony, The Manhattan Theater Club, The Long Wharf Theater, on CNN and WOR radio in New York and at Weill Recital Hall. Brad is a winner of the Richard Rodgers Development Grant from The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. His musicals The Times and Little By Little have been produced Off-Broadway with cast albums available on Watchfire.
The Rochester Philharmonic recorded Brad’s symphonic story A Family for Baby Grand for Narrator and Orchestra and premiered Brad’s new musical setting of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas for Vocal Soloist and Orchestra which has also been performed by The West Michigan Symphony and The Arkansas Symphony. Don’t miss Julia Wade’s studio recording available on Watchfire.
“I’m a classically trained composer with classical chops, but I don’t write in a ‘classical’ way.”
~ Brad Ross
Brad’s Watchfire catalogue ranges from sacred sheet music to a blockbuster album of his musical compositions sung by Broadway stars including Faith Prince, Marin Mazzie, Andrea Marcovicci, Lucie Arnaz, Karen Ziemba, Brian d’Arcy James, Mary Testa, Carolee Carmello, and Nancy Dussault.
Also available through Watchfire Music is Julia Wade’s tour de force performance of Brad’s witty musical setting of The Tale of Custard the Dragon, the well loved Ogden Nash classic. Listeners will find themselves feeling, like Custard, that they can be brave even when they are afraid.
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“I love giving young audiences new melodies and musical sounds to hear for the first time!”
Audience and Press Reviews
"The music, by Brad Ross, is engaging. The harmonies are intricately layered and very beautiful ... I felt that the lyrics were strongest."
