Based in the Mountain West region of the United States, Ross McIntosh runs the Wyoming International Chamber Music Festival (WICMF), teaches viola and chamber music at the University of Wyoming, and is the newly appointed assistant principal viola of the Boulder Philharmonic. Performing regularly as a chamber and orchestral musician, he enjoys playing across the US and Europe. Recent appearances included concerts in the UK, Switzerland, Denmark, and the inaugural WICMF Summer Festival and season, 2025/26, in Laramie, Wyoming. 

As founder and Artistic Director of WICMF, he has the opportunity to invite artists from all corners of the globe to come together and share in the creation of new and unique musical experiences in the singularly beautiful region he calls home. All WICMF concerts are presented free of charge; the festival’s mission is to increase the accessibility of classical music for all, and to invite people from all walks of life to take part in the shared artistic experiences which chamber music performances offer. 

Ross has shared the stage with such artists as Atar Arad, Timothy Ridout, Gyula Stuller, Annette von Hehn, Daniel Blumenthal, David Lai, Alexander Gebert, Stephanie Gurga, Tony Nys, Joanna Blendulf, Tomo Keller . . .

Ross is also an active organist, and plays regularly in sacred and secular settings. As a composer, Ross has had his works performed across the northern hemisphere. From orchestral works to chamber and solo pieces, art songs to popular arrangements, he makes an effort not to get stuck speaking only in his native tongue as a classical violist.

Upcoming projects include the recording of an album of the viola music of Johannes Brahms and Joseph Joachim. This album will be recorded on the 1609 Gasparo da Salò viola once owned by Joachim, and by which these pieces were conceived and inspired. Ross will be joined for this project by his frequent chamber music partner, pianist Benjamin David Tufte.