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James Ross
Piano
As a boy in
Wick, James studied the accordion with the late Addie Harper
and also at Feis Cataibh
He went on
to graduate in traditional Scottish music from the Royal Scottish
Academy of Music before attending the Irish World Music Centre
at the University of Limerick where he became an Irish music
performance graduate after studying the piano under Professor
Mícheal Ó Súilleabháin
In 2005, James
was commissioned by Celtic Connections to write a suite, An Cuan.
More recently, he was commissioned by Highland 2007 to write
a symphony.
His first CD,
James Ross by James Ross, was issued on Greentrax label
James plays
an important part in highlighting the relevance of Gaelic and
the Gaelic linguistic heritage in Caithness |