Glenn Basham Scott Flavin Pamela McConnell Ross Harbaugh


Email: r.harbaugh@miami.edu

Website:
RossHarbaugh.com

Ross Harbaugh (Cello)

Ross Harbaugh is Professor of Cello and Chamber Music at the University of Miami and Principal Cellist of the Miami Bach Society, with which he is a regular soloist. He has served as artist-in-residence at Harvard University, and principal cellist of the Grand Rapids and Toledo Symphonies. As a member of the New World Quartet, he won the Naumburg Chamber Music Prize and Prix du Disque.

He has performed in Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center and London's Wigmore Hall,and he has soloed with numerous orchestras, including the Atlanta, Cincinnati and Canadian Chamber orchestras, and has appeared in concert with such artists as Leonard Rose, Bill Preucil, Richard Goode, Joel Krosnick, Yehuda Hanani, and the Guarneri Quartet. 

Harbaugh has recorded for VOX, CRI, Musical Heritage, MCA Classical, Centaur, Fleur de Son, and IMP Masters. He has published articles on ensemble communication and, most recently, "Tai Chi for Cellists" in STRAD Magazine, which explores balance, natural movement, and momentum in string playing.

In the summer he is teaches and performs at the Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory in Steamboat Springs, CO. and the Pine Mountain Music Festival.