To disguise a form
To camouflage an embodiment
To enclose a forgery ...
Written, performed and recorded by Ross Wightman
Premiere of Alvin Lucier's '1000 Years of Resonant Joy' with the Ever Present Orchestra at Ambient Fest 2021 in Cologne, Germany
European premiere of Alvin Lucier's 'Flips' with the Ever Present Orchestra at Ambient Fest 2021 in Cologne, Germany
Premiere of Alvin Lucier's 'Three Cardboard Boxes' with the Ever Present Orchestra at Ambient Fest 2021 in Cologne, Germany
Ross Wightman, Alvin Lucier and Trevor Saint at the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media Sound Art Series premier of Lucier’s Flips for Double Bass, Glockenspiel and Electronics March 3rd 2020.
Ross is a founding member of the Bass Players for Black Composers organization which addresses the lack of repertoire for the double Bass by composers from the African diaspora by commissioning and promoting new works.Stockhausen 90th Anniversary Concerts
As part of the Lucerne Festival Academy, Ross performed under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle alongside members of the London Symphony Orchestra in performances of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s visionary work Gruppen. The festival later included performances of Stockhausen’s rarely performed work, Inori on a European tour at such esteemed venues as the Berlin Philharmonie, Paris Philharmonie and the Ebphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany under the baton of Peter Eotvos.