Director of Artistic Planning

Cellist Ross Gasworth has performed in iconic venues around the world, including Carnegie Hall, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, The Ho Chi Minh Opera House, The Hollywood Bowl, The Sydney Opera House, The Seoul Arts Center, and Paris’ Radio France Concert Hall. Ross was selected by Michael Tilson-Thomas from to perform as Principal Cellist of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra in Sydney, Australia, and at Google’s Zeitgeist festival in London, England. He has toured internationally as a member of Trio Céleste, and serves as Director of Artistic Planning for Chamber Music | OC.

Ross has performed or recorded with artists such as Elton John, Ariana Grande, Barbra Streisand, Justin Bieber, Adele, Ozzy Osbourne, Carrie Underwood, Michael Bublé, Herb Alpert, Jessie J, Ben Platt, Seal, and Neil Young. As a session musician, his screen credits include Frozen 2, Mulan, A Quiet Place 2, The Grinch, Tenet, IT Chapter 2, The Suicide Squad, Space Jam: A New Legacy, The Mandalorian, Star Trek: Discovery, and many more. As an orchestral musician, Ross has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, the New World Symphony, and as Principal Cellist of the Waco Symphony Orchestra and Miami Symphony Orchestra. He has performed as a soloist with the Rochester Symphony, Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony, Michigan Youth Arts Festival Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra, UCI Symphony Orchestra, and California Chamber Orchestra.

A committed educator, Ross has served on the faculty of the University of North Texas, the University of California, Irvine, and currently serves on the Pre-College faculty of Chamber Music | OC. His private cello students have been accepted at institutions such as the University of Michigan, New England Conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, and McDuffie Center for Strings.

Ross began playing the cello at age three. He earned his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with Richard Aaron and Stephen Geber. Other past teachers include Eugene Osadchy at the University of North Texas, and Michel Strauss at the Paris Conservatoire.