Ross Monroe Winter

Ross Monroe Winter (born July 7, 1981) is an American violinist and teacher. He is currently associate professor of violin at the University of Central Florida. In 2020, he served as associate concertmaster at Florida’s Venice Symphony.

Prior to this, his musical background included being a member of the Virginia and Richmond Symphony Orchestras, IRIS Orchestra, and performed with the National Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Alabama Symphony, among others. He also currently serves as Principal Second Violin with the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra in Virginia.

He has also held similar positions with the University of Northern Iowa School of Music, and at George Mason University, University of Mary Washington, and has taught at Virginia Commonwealth University, New England Conservatory Preparatory School, and given master classes throughout the country. His most notable student has been Robert Downey, Jr. for the film, Sherlock Holmes.

References

  1. ↑ "Ross Monroe Winter - Coordinator of Graduate Studies for Music & Professor, Violin". Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  2. ↑ Melick, Jennifer (November 5, 2020). "Ross Monroe Winter named associate concertmaster at Florida's Venice Symphony". Symphony. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Virginia Symphony Welcomes New Musicians : Principal Timpani, Principal Trumpet and Core Violinists Announced". Virginiasymphony.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Music and Musicians : Ross Monroe Winter". Richmondsymphony.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  5. ↑ "IRIS ORCHESTRA – 2012". Irisorchestra.org. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |url= suppressed (help)CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ "WFO Strings". Wintergreenperformingarts.org. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Acclaimed Violinist Ross Monroe Winter Joins School of Music Faculty". Mason News. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Violin – The Orchestra Project". The Orchestra Project. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Richmond Symphony player tutors movie star". Richmond Times-Dispatch. December 25, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2014.