About Author: Richard D. Russell

On May 21, 2015, I pre­sented a new lec­ture, “Intro­duc­ing Aes­thet­ics” to the 4^th Grade at Cen­tral School in East Hanover, NJ. I asked the stu­dents about what they liked […]

I have posted videos on my YouTube chan­nel and on the video sec­tion of my web­site for some of my recent per­for­mances. First is the song cycle for soprano and […]

On June 5, 6, and 7^th, The Bell and Barter The­atre of Rock­away, NJ, will be pre­sent­ing a pro­duc­tion of It Takes A Rain­bow, an orig­i­nal musi­cal I wrote with […]

The pre­miere of Richard D. Russell’s Nev­er­Sum­mer was April 1, 2015, with the New Jer­sey Baroque Orches­tra con­ducted by Robert W. Butts.

“To A Muse,” with book and lyrics by Emily Clare Thomp­son, was per­formed Feb­ru­ary 25, 2015 at the school where she teaches in East Hanover, NJ. This was the sec­ond performance; […]

I will be pre­sent­ing a lec­ture at Eth­i­cal Cul­ture Fieldston’s “A Day of Inno­va­tion in Teach­ing” on Feb­ru­ary 17, 2015. I usu­ally present this lec­ture to ele­men­tary school chil­dren, but […]

“To A Muse,” a 2012 musi­cal I wrote with Emily Clare Thomp­son, is hav­ing a repeat per­for­mance on Feb­ru­ary 25, 2015 at the Cen­tral School in East Hanover. Emily wrote […]

“Three Part­ings” for soprano and piano trio will be per­formed Tues­day, Feb­ru­ary 24 at Saint Peter’s Church at Cit­i­group Cen­ter. The con­cert is being pre­sented by the New York Composers […]

The pro­gram for last night’s pre­miere per­for­mance of “It Takes A Rain­bow” is very nicely designed! Stu­dents from the school did the art­work… lizards, frogs, and tad­poles. Pho­tos from the […]