Ross Harbaugh

 Frost School of Music, University of Miami

Ross Harbaugh is professor of cello at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music. His distinguished teachers include Janos Starker and Leonard Rose in the United States and Andre Navarra at the Paris Conservatory. As a founding member of the New World String Quartet, he won the Naumburg Prize, a Prix du Disque, and recorded 20 records and CDs for Vox, MCI Classic and IMP Masters, CRI, Centaur, Fleur de Son, and Musical Heritage labels. Performing throughout Europe and the United States, he has appeared in concerts at the Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, Alice Tully Hall, and Wigmore Hall in London. He has appeared as a soloist with the Atlanta Symphony, Cincinnati, and Toledo Symphonies, among many others. 

Harbaugh’s teaching experience includes work at Harvard University, University of Michigan, and Interlochen, with master classes at Yale and Brown Universities. He also performs and teaches at numerous summer festivals including his beloved Pine Mountain Music Festival. He has served as a judge for the Fischoff Chamber Music and Stuhlberg Competitions, and he authored numerous articles for American String Teacher and The Strad. He appears regularly on National Public Radio.