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Although I was battling a cold, my presentation to the New York Composers Circle last Sunday was quite successful. NYCC" />0March 17, 2009

Richard Russell at the NYCC

Although I was bat­tling a cold, my¬†presentation to the New York Com­posers Cir­cle last Sun­day was quite suc­cess­ful. “Ques­tions my Com­po­si­tion Teacher Never Asked Me” was attended by about 25 peo­ple in mid­town Man­hat­tan, fol­lowed by

The critic Vivien Schweitzer writes, “The Amer­i­can com­poser Arlene Sierra has been inspired by an unusu­ally wide range of sources, includ­ing bees, poetry and Chi­nese and Roman mil­i­tary tac­tics.” What […]0March 17, 2009

Inspiration from everywhere

The critic Vivien Schweitzer writes, “The Amer­i­can com­poser Arlene Sierra has been inspired by an unusu­ally wide range of sources, includ­ing bees, poetry and Chi­nese and Roman mil­i­tary tac­tics.” What […]

Have a look at this baby girl, col­or­ing in a col­or­ing book. She is enjoy­ing the sen­sory expe­ri­ence of it, the tac­tile sen­sa­tion of hav­ing crayons in her hand and […]0March 16, 2009

Coloring inside the lines

Have a look at this baby girl, col­or­ing in a col­or­ing book. She is enjoy­ing the sen­sory expe­ri­ence of it, the tac­tile sen­sa­tion of hav­ing crayons in her hand and […]

I’ve writ­ten before about the impor­tance of get­ting your piece out to per­form­ers. There’s an added some­thing else to con­sider: find per­form­ers who are get­ting gigs for themselves. Some­times per­form­ers […]0March 12, 2009

Courting Performers

I’ve writ­ten before about the impor­tance of get­ting your piece out to per­form­ers. There’s an added some­thing else to con­sider: find per­form­ers who are get­ting gigs for them­selves. Some­times performers […]

I have been invited to present my lecture/demonstration, “Ques­tions my Com­po­si­tion Teacher Never Asked Me,” to the New York Com­posers Cir­cle at their monthly salon. This is the same pre­sen­ta­tion […]0March 9, 2009

Richard Russell to present lecture at NYCC

I have been invited to present my lecture/demonstration, “Ques­tions my Com­po­si­tion Teacher Never Asked Me,” to the New York Com­posers Cir­cle at their monthly salon. This is the same presentation […]

Stani Dim­itrova and Bethany Porter offered an out­stand­ing per­for­mance of my Vio­lin Sonata in the Staller Recital Hall at SUNY Stony Brook. Stani is work­ing toward her Doc­tor­ate in vio­lin […]0March 6, 2009

Violin Sonata at Stony Brook

Stani Dim­itrova and Bethany Porter offered an out­stand­ing per­for­mance of my Vio­lin Sonata in the Staller Recital Hall at SUNY Stony Brook. Stani is work­ing toward her Doc­tor­ate in violin […]

Recently, a col­league and I were dis­cussing com­po­si­tion and the cre­ative process. I was asked, “Do you con­sider your­self a suc­cess­ful com­poser?” and with­out hes­i­ta­tion I answered, “yes!” Since then, […]0March 4, 2009

Being a “successful” composer

Recently, a col­league and I were dis­cussing com­po­si­tion and the cre­ative process. I was asked, “Do you con­sider your­self a suc­cess­ful com­poser?” and with­out hes­i­ta­tion I answered, “yes!” Since then, […]

Alex Ross’s superb book The Rest is Noise has a great web­site adden­dum, full of lis­ten­ing exam­ples. Of par­tic­u­lar inter­est, see this page which fea­tures numer­ous sound exam­ples from music since 1980. […]0March 2, 2009

Listening to Music Since 1980

Alex Ross’s superb book The Rest is Noise has a great web­site adden­dum, full of lis­ten­ing exam­ples. Of par­tic­u­lar inter­est, see this page which fea­tures numer­ous sound exam­ples from music since 1980. […]

On March 5, Stani Dim­itrova will per­form my Sonata for Vio­lin and Piano at the SUNY Stony Brook Staller Cen­ter Recital Hall. This is an after­noon con­cert, start­ing at 3pm; […]0March 2, 2009

Stani Dimitrova to perform Sonata for Violin March 5

On March 5, Stani Dim­itrova will per­form my Sonata for Vio­lin and Piano at the SUNY Stony Brook Staller Cen­ter Recital Hall. This is an after­noon con­cert, start­ing at 3pm; […]

When I wrote my Vio­lin Sonata last year, I was grap­pling with sev­eral ques­tions from the realm of New Musi­col­ogy. I thought I would share them here to see if […]0February 24, 2009

Is there a gendered aesthetics? A few good questions

When I wrote my Vio­lin Sonata last year, I was grap­pling with sev­eral ques­tions from the realm of New Musi­col­ogy. I thought I would share them here to see if […]

In 2008, Mau­reen Dowd, a writer for the New York Times, ana­lyzed why Hillary Clin­ton lost out to Barack Obama in the demo­c­ra­tic race for president. Dowd wrote, “[Hillary Clin­ton] […]0February 20, 2009

A political lesson

In 2008, Mau­reen Dowd, a writer for the New York Times, ana­lyzed why Hillary Clin­ton lost out to Barack Obama in the demo­c­ra­tic race for pres­i­dent. Dowd wrote, “[Hillary Clinton] […]

It’s not a show I usu­ally watch, but I hap­pened across some­thing called Hell’s Kitchen on tele­vi­sion the other night. For the unini­ti­ated, it’s a real­ity TV show in which […]0February 18, 2009

What Chefs Can Teach Composers

It’s not a show I usu­ally watch, but I hap­pened across some­thing called Hell’s Kitchen on tele­vi­sion the other night. For the unini­ti­ated, it’s a real­ity TV show in which […]

I was for­tu­nate to have two won­der­ful per­for­mances of world pre­mieres this past Sun­day after­noon at Mannes Col­lege of Music. First, soprano Sofia Dim­itrova, accom­pa­nied by Tamara Cashour, per­formed “When […]0February 17, 2009

February 15, 2009 Concert at Mannes

I was for­tu­nate to have two won­der­ful per­for­mances of world pre­mieres this past Sun­day after­noon at Mannes Col­lege of Music. First, soprano Sofia Dim­itrova, accom­pa­nied by Tamara Cashour, per­formed “When […]

Here are sev­eral pics from the¬†¬†Saturday, Feb­ru­ary 14 per­for­mance of my Vio­lin Sonata at Sym­phony Space. The con­cert was pre­sented by the New York Com­posers Cir­cle, and is their cus­tom, […]0February 16, 2009

Violin Sonata at Symphony Space

Here are sev­eral pics from the¬†¬†Saturday, Feb­ru­ary 14 per­for­mance of my Vio­lin Sonata at Sym­phony Space. The con­cert was pre­sented by the New York Com­posers Cir­cle, and is their custom, […]

The con­cert pre­sented by the New York Com­posers Cir­cle this com­ing Sat­ur­day has a huge poster in the Sym­phony Space the­ater. You can’t really make out my name, but it […]0February 10, 2009

Symphony Space Poster | NYCC

The con­cert pre­sented by the New York Com­posers Cir­cle this com­ing Sat­ur­day has a huge poster in the Sym­phony Space the­ater. You can’t really make out my name, but it […]

Here’s a snazzy poster adver­tis­ing Sunday’s con­cert at Mannes Col­lege of Music, 150 West 85th Street. The con­cert starts at 1:30 and admis­sion is free. (Thanks Sofia for the poster […]0February 10, 2009

Poster for February 15 concert at Mannes

Here’s a snazzy poster adver­tis­ing Sunday’s con­cert at Mannes Col­lege of Music, 150 West 85th Street. The con­cert starts at 1:30 and admis­sion is free. (Thanks Sofia for the poster […]

In an after­noon con­cert at Mannes Col­lege of Music, two new pieces will be pre­miered. First is an “Ada­gio” from a forth­com­ing string quar­tet, fea­tur­ing Stanichka Dim­itrova, vio­lin (pic­tured), Lisa […]0February 8, 2009

Two Pieces to Premiere Feb 15

In an after­noon con­cert at Mannes Col­lege of Music, two new pieces will be pre­miered. First is an “Ada­gio” from a forth­com­ing string quar­tet, fea­tur­ing Stanichka Dim­itrova, vio­lin (pic­tured), Lisa […]

On Feb­ru­ary 14, my Vio­lin Sonata will be pre­sented under the aus­pices of the New York Com­posers Cir­cle at Sym­phony Space Thalia (Broad­way at 95th Street). The con­cert starts at […]0January 10, 2009

Violin Sonata to at Symphony Space Feb 14

On Feb­ru­ary 14, my Vio­lin Sonata will be pre­sented under the aus­pices of the New York Com­posers Cir­cle at Sym­phony Space Thalia (Broad­way at 95th Street). The con­cert starts at […]

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