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

Here’s some­thing I’ve never thought to do until just now. Head over to Google and search“how to be a com­poser.” That might fill up an afternoon!3March 5, 2010

How to be a composer

Here’s some­thing I’ve never thought to do until just now. Head over to Google and search“how to be a com­poser.” That might fill up an afternoon!

I’m a lit­tle late in post­ing a recap, but bet­ter late than never! On Feb­ru­ary 23, 2010, Sofia Dim­itrova, accom­pa­nied by Tamara Cashour (not pic­tured) per­formed “When Time is Over” […]0March 5, 2010

“When Time is Over” presented by NYCC

I’m a lit­tle late in post­ing a recap, but bet­ter late than never! On Feb­ru­ary 23, 2010, Sofia Dim­itrova, accom­pa­nied by Tamara Cashour (not pic­tured) per­formed “When Time is Over” […]

It’s audi­tion time at music con­ser­va­to­ries yet again. I thought I would share some­thing that hap­pens with a lot of fre­quency, and it’s got me thinking. Some­one will come around […]0March 1, 2010

The CD as music

It’s audi­tion time at music con­ser­va­to­ries yet again. I thought I would share some­thing that hap­pens with a lot of fre­quency, and it’s got me think­ing. Some­one will come around […]

An impor­tant arti­cle (link below) by Anthony Tom­masini in the 14 Feb 2010 New York Times asserts that for both com­posers and per­form­ers, the old “dogma” has been dis­carded and […]0February 14, 2010

When Anything Goes, What Has Merit?

An impor­tant arti­cle (link below) by Anthony Tom­masini in the 14 Feb 2010 New York Times asserts that for both com­posers and per­form­ers, the old “dogma” has been dis­carded and […]

You’ve got to make your cre­ativ­ity a habit, and stick with it! The impor­tance of this lit­tle tid­bit of wis­dom is very evi­dent to me all of a sudden. Last […]1February 8, 2010

The Importance of Habit

You’ve got to make your cre­ativ­ity a habit, and stick with it! The impor­tance of this lit­tle tid­bit of wis­dom is very evi­dent to me all of a sud­den. Last […]

I had been bat­tling a cold (or some­thing) all week, but I couldn’t miss the pre­miere of my new com­po­si­tion, “A Poe Fan­ta­sia” this past Tues­day, Feb 2, 2010. Soprano […]0February 6, 2010

“A Poe Fantasia” premieres

I had been bat­tling a cold (or some­thing) all week, but I couldn’t miss the pre­miere of my new com­po­si­tion, “A Poe Fan­ta­sia” this past Tues­day, Feb 2, 2010. Soprano […]

My piece, Three Ele­gies, was chose for per­for­mance at the Bronx Sci­ence High School on Jan­u­ary 6, 2010, and I answered a few ques­tions from the stu­dents. Here is the […]0January 15, 2010

Three Elegies selected for NYCC presentation at Bronx Science HS

My piece, Three Ele­gies, was chose for per­for­mance at the Bronx Sci­ence High School on Jan­u­ary 6, 2010, and I answered a few ques­tions from the stu­dents. Here is the […]

In an upcom­ing recital, Soprano Sofia Dim­itrova will pre­miere a new song cycle of mine, “A Poe Fan­ta­sia,” based on poems of Edgar Allan Poe. The con­cert will be Tues­day, […]0January 13, 2010

“A Poe Fantasia” to premiere Feb 2, 2010

In an upcom­ing recital, Soprano Sofia Dim­itrova will pre­miere a new song cycle of mine, “A Poe Fan­ta­sia,” based on poems of Edgar Allan Poe. The con­cert will be Tuesday, […]

Once again I must count my good for­tune at the inspired tal­ents I have come to know. Last Sun­day, 8 Novem­ber, soprano Mar­jorie Berg and accom­pa­nist Raphael Fusco pre­miered my […]0November 11, 2009

Marjorie Berg premieres “Tune is in the Tree”

Once again I must count my good for­tune at the inspired tal­ents I have come to know. Last Sun­day, 8 Novem­ber, soprano Mar­jorie Berg and accom­pa­nist Raphael Fusco pre­miered my […]

You hear the word diva bounced around all the time. We know what we mean by it, but what’s a good work­ing def­i­n­i­tion? I rather like this one, that Jon […]0November 6, 2009

What’s a diva?

You hear the word diva bounced around all the time. We know what we mean by it, but what’s a good work­ing def­i­n­i­tion? I rather like this one, that Jon […]

It’s inter­est­ing how we get so entrenched in one way of doing things. We become hard­ened (maybe even defen­sive?) against change, pre­fer­ring the com­fort of what we know. This is […]3October 24, 2009

Sibelius, Finale, and entrenchment

It’s inter­est­ing how we get so entrenched in one way of doing things. We become hard­ened (maybe even defen­sive?) against change, pre­fer­ring the com­fort of what we know. This is […]

With the huge down­turn in the econ­omy over the last year, the stock mar­ket is on everyone’s mind. It’s a funny busi­ness because of all the euphemisms. One hears talk […]0October 22, 2009

What the stock market says about creative evolution

With the huge down­turn in the econ­omy over the last year, the stock mar­ket is on everyone’s mind. It’s a funny busi­ness because of all the euphemisms. One hears talk […]

This past sum­mer, soprano Mar­jorie Berg asked me to write a new song cycle for her on poems by Emily Dick­in­son. She had col­lected a num­ber of poems about nature, […]0October 11, 2009

Marjorie Berg to Premiere New Song Cycle

This past sum­mer, soprano Mar­jorie Berg asked me to write a new song cycle for her on poems by Emily Dick­in­son. She had col­lected a num­ber of poems about nature, […]

Like many other peo­ple before me, and many oth­ers after me, I moved to New York City because it was the cen­ter of it all, espe­cially for clas­si­cal music. This has […]0September 30, 2009

Why move to New York?

Like many other peo­ple before me, and many oth­ers after me, I moved to New York City because it was the cen­ter of it all, espe­cially for clas­si­cal music. This has […]

In the pitched bat­tle between Sibelius and Finale, one con­stant crit­i­cism has been that Sibelius sac­ri­fices con­trol and power¬†in an effort to make mat­ters sim­ple for the end user. Advo­cates […]0August 13, 2009

Sibelius explains its slurs

In the pitched bat­tle between Sibelius and Finale, one con­stant crit­i­cism has been that Sibelius sac­ri­fices con­trol and power¬†in an effort to make mat­ters sim­ple for the end user. Advocates […]

This looks like an inter­est­ing pod­cast from the Library of Con­gress. (Click the image; link opens iTunes on your computer.)2August 12, 2009

Music and the Brain

This looks like an inter­est­ing pod­cast from the Library of Con­gress. (Click the image; link opens iTunes on your computer.)

Here’s a pic from Sofia Dimitrova’s per­for­mance in Varna, Bul­garia from July 17. The pianist (obscured) is Diana Koynova. She per­formed my piece, “When Time is Over”, four songs on […]0July 27, 2009

Sofia Dimitrova’s performance of “When Time Is Over”

Here’s a pic from Sofia Dimitrova’s per­for­mance in Varna, Bul­garia from July 17. The pianist (obscured) is Diana Koynova. She per­formed my piece, “When Time is Over”, four songs on […]

I’ve seen com­posers in rehearsals be pretty tough on their play­ers, and I always think, “hey, there’s no need to antag­o­nize the peo­ple who are going to per­form your music!” […]0July 16, 2009

Jennifer Higdon on rehearsal etiquette

I’ve seen com­posers in rehearsals be pretty tough on their play­ers, and I always think, “hey, there’s no need to antag­o­nize the peo­ple who are going to per­form your music!” […]

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