Ross Wixon is a professional musician in the Washington, DC area who specializes in music composition and trumpet performance. As a composer, Ross tackles a wide range of genres, from choral works to chamber pieces to large orchestral statements, and even music for video games andother multimediaprojects. He recently completed a new orchestra commission for the University of Maryland Repertoire Orchestra, Trailing Image, and his 2017 brass octet Rapid Transit was just released by Transit Brass on their debut album Soundscapes. Ross's large orchestral work, In Leviathan's Wake, took First Prize in the 2016 Walter Summer Award for Composition at the University of Maryland and was premiered in May 2017. His composition for solo trombone and string orchestra, Sparkling Dialogue, was written for and recorded by Bryan Bourne, formerly principal trombone of the United States Marine Band, on his 2016 solo CD, Transitions. A complete list of Ross's works and commissions is available under the "Concert Works" page.
As a trumpet player, Ross performs solo, orchestral, and chamber repertoire. In 2012 he completed his debut recording, A Trumpeter's Wedding, with organist Roberto Vela, and he previously recorded rarely heard Baroque works with noted trumpeters Jeffrey Silberschlag and Andrew Balio. His article, "The Trumpet in Mahler's and Strauss's Orchestral Music of Resurrection," appears in the January 2016 issue of the International Trumpet Guild Journal. To hear samples of Ross's playing, click the "Trumpet" link.