Ross Avant

Ross Avant is a multitalented composer, pianist and actor. After having seen Elton John on VH1, Avant became mesmerized with the piano and began earnestly studying the instrument. Already a seasoned cornetist and trumpeter, he made his debut performing with the world-renowned Jim Cullum Jazz Band a few years later aged fifteen at the legendary jazz club, The Landing. When he was twenty-four, he made his professional acting debut at The Playhouse in San Antonio, TX as Tom/Jim in the San Antonio premiere of Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play, Clybourne Park. He has also worked on various television shows and films including HBO's Succession, The Kitchen starring Melissa McCarthy, and The Irishman directed by Martin Scorsese. In 2017 Ross recorded his first EP, Dream of Surrender (prod. Mark Sinko), and his debut album, entitled Running Across America (prod. Ted Young), was released in 2019. Avant skillfully weaves the subversive, social satire à la Randy Newman an