About Author: Richard D. Russell

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This was written by Richard D. Russell, New York City based composer of fine music.

Posts by Richard D. Russell

"Dantes Variations" premieres in a two-day academic conference in New York0October 30, 2011

“Dantes Variations” a success at two-day conference

“Dantes Vari­a­tions” pre­mieres in a two-day aca­d­e­mic con­fer­ence in New York

Sofia Dimitrova performs "Time is Not an Option" at a New York Composers Circle outreach concert held at Stuyvesant High School.0October 25, 2011

Sofia Dimitrova performs “Time is Not an Option”

Sofia Dim­itrova per­forms “Time is Not an Option” at a New York Com­posers Cir­cle out­reach con­cert held at Stuyvesant High School.

Although this event is not open to the pub­lic, I’d like to share that Sofia Dim­itrova will per­form “Time is Not an Option” as part of the New York Com­posers […]0October 11, 2011

Sofia Dimitrova in NYCC Outreach: “Time is not an Option”

Although this event is not open to the pub­lic, I’d like to share that Sofia Dim­itrova will per­form “Time is Not an Option” as part of the New York Composers […]

[F]ordham Uni­ver­sity, in con­junc­tion with the joun­ral, 19th Cen­tury Music, will present a two-day con­fer­ence explor­ing the inter­tex­tu­al­ity of lit­er­a­ture and music in the 1800s, with atten­dant ram­i­fi­ca­tions for today’s […]0September 28, 2011

Richard D. Russell as part of “Counterpoints” at Fordham University

[F]ordham Uni­ver­sity, in con­junc­tion with the joun­ral, 19th Cen­tury Music, will present a two-day con­fer­ence explor­ing the inter­tex­tu­al­ity of lit­er­a­ture and music in the 1800s, with atten­dant ram­i­fi­ca­tions for today’s […]

The Beatles's song, "You Won't See Me," teaches what is meant by active listening.1September 20, 2011

The Beatles & active listening; an early lesson from “You Won’t See Me”

The Beatles’s song, “You Won’t See Me,” teaches what is meant by active listening.

Richard D. Russell receives a 2011-2012 ASCAPLUS award from The ASCAPLUS Awards Concert Division Panel. 0September 16, 2011

ASCAPLUS winner for 2011–2012

Richard D. Rus­sell receives a 2011–2012 ASCAPLUS award from The ASCAPLUS Awards Con­cert Divi­sion Panel.

Borrowing from literature's hero myth has been a fruitful way for composing since Beethoven's time. Here are some different ways to think about it.0September 4, 2011

Using literature’s hero myth as a blueprint for music

Bor­row­ing from literature’s hero myth has been a fruit­ful way for com­pos­ing since Beethoven’s time. Here are some dif­fer­ent ways to think about it.

In early July the Daily Record of New Jer­sey fea­tured an arti­cle about Kat­rina the Shrew, focus­ing on my col­lab­o­ra­tor Emily Thompson-Schweer. There’s more updated Shake­speare to come from the […]0July 25, 2011

The Daily Record covers “Katrina the Shrew”

In early July the Daily Record of New Jer­sey fea­tured an arti­cle about Kat­rina the Shrew, focus­ing on my col­lab­o­ra­tor Emily Thompson-Schweer. There’s more updated Shake­speare to come from the […]

Newspaper coverage and national recognition0June 9, 2011

Acclaim for Katrina the Shrew

News­pa­per cov­er­age and national recognition

Katrina the Shrew premieres in the East Hanover (NJ) School District0June 5, 2011

Katrina The Shrew premiere

Kat­rina the Shrew pre­mieres in the East Hanover (NJ) School District

Richard D. Russell announces his YouTube channel2May 22, 2011

Announcing YouTube Channel

Richard D. Rus­sell announces his YouTube channel

Richard D. Russell introduces his piece.0May 17, 2011

“Time is Not an Option” featured in NYCC Outreach

Richard D. Rus­sell intro­duces his piece.

Katrina the Shrew, based on Shakespeare, premieres June 2, 2011.2May 13, 2011

“Katrina the Shrew” to premiere June 2

Kat­rina the Shrew, based on Shake­speare, pre­mieres June 2, 2011.

Soprano Sofia Dimitrova will present a concert as part of the NYCC's Outreach Program.0April 30, 2011

Sofia Dimitrova to perform Time is Not an Option

Soprano Sofia Dim­itrova will present a con­cert as part of the NYCC’s Out­reach Program.

Rob Deemer, a com­poser and con­duc­tor, recently posed this ques­tion on New Music Box, “Why do you com­pose?” That’s a pointed way of ask­ing some ques­tions I’ve con­sid­ered for a […]2April 25, 2011

“Why Do You Compose?” a response to Rob Deemer

Rob Deemer, a com­poser and con­duc­tor, recently posed this ques­tion on New Music Box, “Why do you com­pose?” That’s a pointed way of ask­ing some ques­tions I’ve con­sid­ered for a […]

Amer­i­can com­poser Lee Hoiby passed away in late March. Since I had pre­vi­ously posted a great quote by him and am a fan of his vocal works, his obit­u­ary in […]0April 24, 2011

Another Lee Hoiby quote

Amer­i­can com­poser Lee Hoiby passed away in late March. Since I had pre­vi­ously posted a great quote by him and am a fan of his vocal works, his obit­u­ary in […]

In Mid Air Productions Spring concert features many compositions by Richard Russell0April 15, 2011

Old and New Pieces at IMAP’s Spring Concert

In Mid Air Pro­duc­tions Spring con­cert fea­tures many com­po­si­tions by Richard Russell

MacArthur "genius grant" fellow John Eaton offers praise for the premiere of this flute piece.0April 9, 2011

Fast Tides, Slow Tides brings acclaim

MacArthur “genius grant” fel­low John Eaton offers praise for the pre­miere of this flute piece.

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