Ross Frederick Jutsum, D.M.A.

PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDINGS

An Evening With Burl Ives. Music Director of concert video-taping and television special, 1977.

“An Examination of Musical-Textual Relationships in the Choral Music of Colin Brumby.” D.M.A. diss., University of North Texas, 1994.

Anti-Defamation League “Women of the Year” Awards Ceremony. Music Director/Performer, national recognition program honoring Mrs. Rupert Murdoch, Ms. Martha Williamson and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Beverly Hills Hotel, California, 1996.

Boy Scouts of America Honors Evening. Music Director of awards ceremony for Scout leaders from across the United States, Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena, California, 1986.

“Canticum novum,” Chamber Choir of University of North Texas in Concert. Conductor, U.S. premiere, Colin Brumby’s “Three Baroque Angels”, 1994.

City of Pasadena Centennial Celebration. Music Director of 1,000-voice chorus/orchestra, 1986.

Disneyworld Presents the Young Ambassadors. Music Director, Orlando, Florida, 1977.

Festival of Music with the Young Ambassadors. Executive Producer/Music Director/Video Editor/Audio Engineer of five family entertainment films/videos, with accompanying cassette albums of popular, folk, classical and jazz from around the world, with global distribution, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986.

God With Us. Producer/Musical Director of a live recording to compact disc, audio and video cassette featuring the Ambassador Chorale, Young Ambassadors and Ambassador Symphony Orchestra, 1996.

Little Ambassadors from Shanghai in Concert. Music Director/Tour Coordinator of ensemble from the Children’s Palace of Shanghai, China in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., 1985.

Live at the Rose Bowl. Pianist/Music Director, Ross Jutsum Jazz Quintet, July 4th performance before audience of 45,000, televised in Los Angeles, from the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, 1985.

Martha Williamson/Jon Andersen Wedding Ceremony/Reception. Music/Video Producer/Director, 1998.

Master of Arts Degree Recital. A piano recital of works by Bach, Chopin, Debussy and Mozart, California State University at Los Angeles, Concert Hall, 1989.

Mendelssohn’s “Elijah.” Conductor, Ambassador Grand Chorus/Orchestra, live digital recording, 1992.

N.B.C. New Year Stars’ Salute. Music Director, with Michael Landon, Melissa Sue Anderson, 1978.

Pacific Ten Conference New Years’ Eve Gala. Music Director the Pacific Ten and Big Ten universities, Pasadena Hilton and Huntington Ritz-Carlton, New Years’ Eves, 1984-1992.

Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association Centennial Gala. Music Director/Producer/Orchestra Conductor of televised gala featuring Bob Hope, Gregory Peck, Shirley Temple, Roy Rogers, Erma Bombeck and President Bush, including world premiere of original theme, “Celebration 100,” 1989.

“Pierrot Lunaire” by Arnold Schoenberg. Conductor/Director, U.N.T. concert/digital recording, 1994.

“Psalm One Hundred Fifty” by Camille Saint-Saëns. Program Notes Writer/Concert Coordinator of world premiere in London with the Huddersfield Choral Society and the London Symphony Orchestra, 1973.

Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs. General Editor/Publisher/Performer of a collection of worship music comprising 8 compact discs -- 8 hours of instrument accompaniments for 101 best-loved Christian psalms and hymns, and 80 favorite spiritual songs, State of the Heart Music Ministry, October, 1997.

“Put Life Into Rotary!” Composer/Performing Artist/Audio-Visual Designer of original theme song for Rotary International President, Royce Abbey, at the International Convention, Philadelphia, PA., 1988.

Rivers of Living Water, Fresh and New This Morning, An Offering of Worship and Praise, The Heart
of Praise. Compact Disc Recordings of original praise and worship songs, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2006.

Royal Command Performances. Music Director of a Young Ambassadors’ concert for Her Majesty, Queen Sirikit of Thailand, Pasadena, California, 1985. Producer/Music Director of a concert by the Young Ambassadors and area school-children for the King and Queen of Sweden, Beverly Hills, CA., 1988.

Sacred Music Workshops and Seminars. Presenter of instructional programs designed to improve quality of choral and instrumental sacred music performance in the worship setting, in churches ranging from 50 to over 2,500 in size in New York, Chicago, Boston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Portland, Vancouver, Calgary, Detroit, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, Honolulu, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and London, 1988-2007.

Silent Night, To God Be the Glory, Sweet Hour of Prayer, Reflections, The Heart of Worship. Compact
Disc Recordings of sacred/classical piano solos, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006.

Summer Educational Programs. Director of Music for music education program at Loch Lomond, Scotland, (1976, 1983, 1990, 1994 and 1997) and at similar summer programs in Auckland, New Zealand (1985), Lake Moogerah, Queensland (1984, 1985, 1987), Kyneton, Victoria (1989, 1992) and Orr, Minnesota (1976-1980, 1985, 1990, 1998-99,) and the Pasadena YMCA in 2000.

Tournament of Roses Directors’ Dinners. Music Director for events honoring and featuring Parade Grand Marshals Frank Sinatra, Danny Kaye, Lorne Greene and Shirley Temple, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988.

We Are Family. Executive Producer/Music Director/Co-arranger of four-cassette album of a wide variety of sacred and secular music, in popular and classical styles, 75,000 in circulation, 1987.

Williams College, Williamstown MA. Musical direction and production coordinator, recreation of the Williams College Cabaret – June 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

“World of Wonders.” Composer/Arranger, Producer, Music Director, Audio-Visual Designer of premiere performance/recording of original theme for the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, 1986.

Young Ambassadors in Concert. Producer/Director/Audio-Visual Designer/Tour Coordinator of 1977 U.S. Concert Tour with a cast and crew of fifty-five, presenting 14 programs in 8 days in Los Angeles and Squaw Valley, Ca., Tucson, Az., Big Sandy, Tx., St. Petersburg , Fl., Norfolk, Va. and Mt. Poconos, Pa., performing to a combined audience of over 50,000; yearly concert tours of Great Britain, France and Germany from 1971-1976, and of the United States and Canada from 1978-1997.