​Dr. John S. Ross, Artistic Director

Dr. John Stanley Ross is Director of Bands and Associate

Professor of Music in the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian

State University where he serves on the graduate faculty,

conducts the Appalachian Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds and

Concert Band, teaches courses in graduate and undergraduate

conducting, supervises student teachers, serves as the advisor

for Kappa Kappa Psi and the Collegiate National Band

Association, and guides all aspects of the ASU BANDS program.

He also serves as a Conn-Selmer Educational Clinician.

Dr. Ross is a frequent guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician throughout the United States and has also conducted in China, Romania, and South Korea. Ensembles under his direction have performed at state conferences in Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, and at the American School Band Directors Association National Convention and the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic.

Awards received include the 2008-2009 Honors Edition of Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals; Phi Beta Mu International School Bandmaster Fraternity; Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers;  Who’s Who In America; Who’s

Who for Professionals; the Minnesota Band Director’s Association Award; National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts; and the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association.

He has commissioned and arranged several works for winds and has conducted over thirty world premieres. His performances have been heard on National Public Radio’s Performance Today series and have won the praise and admiration of composers such as Karel Husa, Michael Daugherty, Samuel Adler, David Gillingham, William Harbinson, and David Maslanka, among others.

Dr. Ross has studied conducting with John L. Whitwell, H. Robert Reynolds, Larry Rachleff, Frederick Fennell, Elizabeth A. H. Green, Donald Scnelicher, Gary Lewis, and Gustav Meier, among many others. Dr. Ross is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Kappa Kappa Psi, the College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association, the College Music Society and the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles.