Biography
Ross Amico has been sharing his love of classical music for over 30 years. He became involved in community radio as an undergraduate at Temple University, with shows originating from WMUH Allentown and WXLV Schnecksville. He joined the staff of WWFM The Classical Network, based in West Windsor, NJ, in September of 1995, where he continues to program live shifts and produce recorded concerts.
In addition, he hosts a weekly radio show on Thursday mornings at WPRB Princeton, on which he presents an unusual mix of classical music within the context of creative themes, punctuated by interviews with local and visiting artists. He has also hosted classical music and jazz shows for WRTI Philadelphia.
What he finds most enjoyable about his work in radio is putting together interesting programs and sharing music perhaps unfamiliar to his audiences. It is his philosophy that a skillful juxtaposition of the familiar and the new can set off both to advantage. His syndicated shows, Picture Perfect and The Lost Chord, produced at WWFM, allow him to explore the world of film music and seldom-heard composers and recordings.
As a writer, he has been active in promoting the local and regional arts scene through his music articles and reviews for The Times of Trenton and U.S. 1. He has written program notes, delivered pre-concert lectures, and conducted on-stage interviews for arts organizations from New York to Philadelphia.
Interview subjects have included Leon Bates, Stephanie Blythe, Cameron Carpenter, Barry Douglas, JoAnn Falletta, Leon Fleisher, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Lyndon-Gee, Kirill Gerstein, Philippe Graffin, Marc-André Hamelin, Sharon Isbin, Leila Josefowicz, Awadagin Pratt, Lara St. John, Peter Schickele, Orli Shaham, Caroline Shaw, Chris Thile, Dawn Upshaw, Pinchas Zukerman, and Christopher Walken.
Ross has been collecting classical music recordings since the age of 10. He has also had a lifelong interest in classic film. He credits his fascination with film with having introduced him to the symphony orchestra. For ten years, he operated an antiquarian book business, Famulus Books in Philadelphia. He is a member of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society. His activities and enthusiasms inform his daily posts on his Facebook page, Classic Ross Amico.
In addition, he hosts a weekly radio show on Thursday mornings at WPRB Princeton, on which he presents an unusual mix of classical music within the context of creative themes, punctuated by interviews with local and visiting artists. He has also hosted classical music and jazz shows for WRTI Philadelphia.
What he finds most enjoyable about his work in radio is putting together interesting programs and sharing music perhaps unfamiliar to his audiences. It is his philosophy that a skillful juxtaposition of the familiar and the new can set off both to advantage. His syndicated shows, Picture Perfect and The Lost Chord, produced at WWFM, allow him to explore the world of film music and seldom-heard composers and recordings.
As a writer, he has been active in promoting the local and regional arts scene through his music articles and reviews for The Times of Trenton and U.S. 1. He has written program notes, delivered pre-concert lectures, and conducted on-stage interviews for arts organizations from New York to Philadelphia.
Interview subjects have included Leon Bates, Stephanie Blythe, Cameron Carpenter, Barry Douglas, JoAnn Falletta, Leon Fleisher, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Lyndon-Gee, Kirill Gerstein, Philippe Graffin, Marc-André Hamelin, Sharon Isbin, Leila Josefowicz, Awadagin Pratt, Lara St. John, Peter Schickele, Orli Shaham, Caroline Shaw, Chris Thile, Dawn Upshaw, Pinchas Zukerman, and Christopher Walken.
Ross has been collecting classical music recordings since the age of 10. He has also had a lifelong interest in classic film. He credits his fascination with film with having introduced him to the symphony orchestra. For ten years, he operated an antiquarian book business, Famulus Books in Philadelphia. He is a member of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society. His activities and enthusiasms inform his daily posts on his Facebook page, Classic Ross Amico.