![Richard D. Russell will have three pieces performed on October 24, 2010 at the Bell and Barter Theater in Rockaway, NJ. Details are on the poster, please click for a […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/PoeFlier-195x110.jpg "Three Compositions based on Poe poems: Oct 24")
![On July 25, 2010 In Mid Air Productions presents its next Seasonal Sunday Salon: ‚ÄúSongs of a Sultry Summer: Surrender to the Siren.‚Äù The concert will feature several world premieres, […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/imapjuly25-195x110.jpg "<span class=\"dquo\">“</span>A Law Divine” and songs from “Hades”, on July 25")
![On June 30, 2010, the Mannes College of Music was treated to some really great performances of two song cycles of mine. Soprano Sofia Dimitrova, accompanied by Sophia Munoz, performed […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/scores-195x110.jpg "Two Song Cycles featured in Mannes College of Music Concert")
![Two pieces by Richard Russell will be featured in a concert at Mannes College of Music on June 30, 8pm. Mannes is at 150 West 85th Street in New York, […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/a_Sofia_D-e1294024494411-195x110.jpg "Two Russell pieces at Mannes College on June 30")
![This article by Joseph Plambeck is about how retailers such as Best Buy are making up for the loss of CD sales by offering musical instruments for sale. As such, […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Bestbuy-2-articleLarge-195x110.jpg "Children Choose Music")
![Peter Sheridan, an Australian-based specialist in low flutes, recently performed my “Fast Tides, Slow Tides” in Portland, Oregon. This was a special arrangement written for him to perform on alto […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/n189972125457_8872-e1294024550564-195x105.jpg "Peter Sheridan performs “Fast Tides, Slow Tides”")
![On Friday May 7, the New York Composers Circle presented an “Encores” Outreach Program at the JASA West Side Community Center on the upper west side of Manhattan. Soprano Sofia […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Sign-195x110.jpg "<span class=\"dquo\">“</span>A Poe Fantasia” sung in <span class=\"caps\">NYCC</span>’s “Encores Outreach Program”")
![Within iTunes or any audio file, it’s possible to tweak the equalization of the playback. This means boosting the bass or raising the treble. Every piece will be a little […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Equalization-195x110.jpg "A Quick and Easy Way to Vary your Music")
![It was more than an Emily Dickinson concert, it was an experience! Jessica Castro as Emily Dickinson read poems, and music by Richard Russell, Raphael Fusco, and Robert Butts provided […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/JessicaAsEmily-195x110.jpg "Two Russell pieces presented at Emily Dickinson concert")
![My new piece, “Time is Not an Option” premiered last Saturday, April 24, at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus. This piece was commissioned by the Poets Out Loud faculty of […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/LKramerIntro-195x110.jpg "<span class=\"dquo\">“</span>Time is Not an Option” premieres at Fordham University, April 24, 2010")
![Ilana Zarankin Yesterday I traveled to the beautiful Bard College campus in upstate New York to attend a rehearsal of “Time is Not an Option,” which premieres this Saturday. (…with […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Clarissa-195x110.jpg "Great Rehearsal of “Time is Not an Option” at Bard College")
![A special chamber music version of “The Tune is in the Tree” will be performed by soprano Marjorie Berg, and Pamela Stein will sing “When Time is Over” in a […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dickinsonflier4-195x110.gif "New Concert Series features Two Richard Russell Compositions")
![It was so terrific to hear Christina Goyne perform “When Time is Over” in her recital last night. She’s a new singer to my music, and she did a spectacular […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ScottAndCG-195x110.jpg "Christina Goyne sings “When Time is Over”")
![Here’s an interesting quote from a leader of music conservatories about the state of higher music education: ‚ÄúRight now, when we need musical leaders in every community, we are concerned […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/WilliamSchuman1991_250x255-195x110.jpg "Who said it‚ and when?")
![Founded in 1992, Fordham University’s Poets Out Loud is charged with the mission “…to bring a public audience to Fordham‚Äôs Lincoln Center campus and to foster the appreciation, creation, and […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/FordhamLogos-195x110.jpg "Richard D. Russell Awarded a Commission by Fordham University’s “Poets Out Loud”")
![Mezzo-soprano Christina Goyne will perform a special arrangement of “When Time is Over” on Thursday, April 8, at 8pm. The venue is Christ and St. Stephens at 120 West 69th […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Christina Goyne to perform “When Time is Over”")
![Have you spent time browsing around ASCAP’s website? Some interesting things buried there. For instance, here’s Murphy’s Laws of Songwriting, including this bit about aiming your songs especially to an […]](http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/18beatlemania5dj3-195x110.jpg "The song as a (gendered) script")
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Three Compositions based on Poe poems: Oct 24
Richard D. Russell will have three pieces performed on October 24, 2010 at the Bell and Barter Theater in Rockaway, NJ. Details are on the poster, please click for a […]
“A Law Divine” and songs from “Hades”, on July 25
On July 25, 2010 In Mid Air Productions presents its next Seasonal Sunday Salon: ‚ÄúSongs of a Sultry Summer: Surrender to the Siren.‚Äù The concert will feature several world premieres, […]
Two Song Cycles featured in Mannes College of Music Concert
On June 30, 2010, the Mannes College of Music was treated to some really great performances of two song cycles of mine. Soprano Sofia Dimitrova, accompanied by Sophia Munoz, performed […]
Two Russell pieces at Mannes College on June 30
Two pieces by Richard Russell will be featured in a concert at Mannes College of Music on June 30, 8pm. Mannes is at 150 West 85th Street in New York, […]
Children Choose Music
This article by Joseph Plambeck is about how retailers such as Best Buy are making up for the loss of CD sales by offering musical instruments for sale. As such, […]
Peter Sheridan performs “Fast Tides, Slow Tides”
Peter Sheridan, an Australian-based specialist in low flutes, recently performed my “Fast Tides, Slow Tides” in Portland, Oregon. This was a special arrangement written for him to perform on alto […]
“A Poe Fantasia” sung in NYCC’s “Encores Outreach Program”
On Friday May 7, the New York Composers Circle presented an “Encores” Outreach Program at the JASA West Side Community Center on the upper west side of Manhattan. Soprano Sofia […]
On Audio Fidelity
Can you remember the first time you heard a live performance of a symphony that you love? I recall hearing the Beethoven Ninth for the first time in a live concert. I was in my last year of high school and heard it performed by the Honolulu Symphony. It was…
A Quick and Easy Way to Vary your Music
Within iTunes or any audio file, it’s possible to tweak the equalization of the playback. This means boosting the bass or raising the treble. Every piece will be a little […]
Two Russell pieces presented at Emily Dickinson concert
It was more than an Emily Dickinson concert, it was an experience! Jessica Castro as Emily Dickinson read poems, and music by Richard Russell, Raphael Fusco, and Robert Butts provided […]
“Time is Not an Option” premieres at Fordham University, April 24, 2010
My new piece, “Time is Not an Option” premiered last Saturday, April 24, at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus. This piece was commissioned by the Poets Out Loud faculty of […]
Great Rehearsal of “Time is Not an Option” at Bard College
Ilana Zarankin Yesterday I traveled to the beautiful Bard College campus in upstate New York to attend a rehearsal of “Time is Not an Option,” which premieres this Saturday. (…with […]
New Concert Series features Two Richard Russell Compositions
A special chamber music version of “The Tune is in the Tree” will be performed by soprano Marjorie Berg, and Pamela Stein will sing “When Time is Over” in a […]
Christina Goyne sings “When Time is Over”
It was so terrific to hear Christina Goyne perform “When Time is Over” in her recital last night. She’s a new singer to my music, and she did a spectacular […]
Who said it‚ and when?
Here’s an interesting quote from a leader of music conservatories about the state of higher music education: ‚ÄúRight now, when we need musical leaders in every community, we are concerned […]
Richard D. Russell Awarded a Commission by Fordham University’s “Poets Out Loud”
Founded in 1992, Fordham University’s Poets Out Loud is charged with the mission “…to bring a public audience to Fordham‚Äôs Lincoln Center campus and to foster the appreciation, creation, and […]
Christina Goyne to perform “When Time is Over”
Mezzo-soprano Christina Goyne will perform a special arrangement of “When Time is Over” on Thursday, April 8, at 8pm. The venue is Christ and St. Stephens at 120 West 69th […]
The song as a (gendered) script
Have you spent time browsing around ASCAP’s website? Some interesting things buried there. For instance, here’s Murphy’s Laws of Songwriting, including this bit about aiming your songs especially to an […]