Ross Amico has been sharing his love of classical and film music for nearly 40 years. Beginning in community radio while an undergraduate at Temple University, he hosted shows at WMUH Allentown and WXLV Schnecksville. He joined the staff of WWFM The Classical Network, in West Windsor, NJ, in September 1995, where he hosted live air shifts and produced recorded concerts for the next 25 years. In addition, he hosted a weekly radio show on WPRB Princeton and classical music and jazz programs on WRTI Philadelphia.
Ross explores the world of film music and examines seldom-heard composers and recordings on his long-running specialty shows, “Picture Perfect” and “The Lost Chord.” In 2023, he added “Sweetness and Light,” a light music program “calculated to charm and to cheer.” All three shows continue to air in syndication.
As a writer, he has been active in promoting the local and regional arts scenes through his music articles and reviews for The Times of Trenton and the Princeton weekly, 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, Leon Botstein, Cameron Carpenter, Barry Douglas, Gustavo Dudamel, JoAnn Falletta, Leon Fleisher, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Kirill Gerstein, Philippe Graffin, Marc-André Hamelin, Sharon Isbin, Leila Josefowicz, Christopher Lyndon-Gee, Awadagin Pratt, Lara St. John, Peter Schickele, Orli Shaham, Caroline Shaw, Chris Thile, Dawn Upshaw, Pinchas Zukerman, and Christopher Walken.
Ross has been collecting film scores and classical music recordings since the age of 10. He credits his fascination with film with having introduced him to the symphony orchestra. For 13 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, and at his website, rossamico.com.
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