Background
Colin Ross was born in 1911 in Brecon, of Scottish ancestry.
Colin Ross was born in 1911 in Brecon, of Scottish ancestry.
In 1930 he moved to Hereford to be articled pupil to Sir Percy Hull at Hereford Cathedral, and in 1935 he was made assistant organist there. He was the first person to hold such a role. The couple later had one daughter, Alison.
In 1940 he was called up and became a private in the British army.
After discharge he went to the Royal Academy of Music in London to study conducting and composition. After a number of appointments, including at Street Barnabas", Tunbridge Wells, he was appointed organist and choir master of Street Paul"s Cathedral in Melbourne, Australia, which he held from 1947 to 1951.
This appointment was on the recommendation of Sir William McKie, who was organist at Westminster Abbey. In 1951 he returned to England, having gained a number of organist"s jobs in London, Tunbridge Wells, and Worth in East Sussex, before moving to Newcastle Upon Tyne to become organist and choirmaster at Cathedral Church of Street Nicholas in 1955.
In 1966 he moved to Worthing in West Sussex to take up the post of music teacher at the Boys" High School where he stayed for two years.
In 1972 he joined the staff of Chichester College of Further Education. Ross died in February 1993. East. East. Doctorate. East.
Quotations: "Song of the Bells"; "The Cherry Hung with Snow". "Scenes from the Song of Hiawatha".