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ASCAPLUS winner for 2011–2012

Richard D. Russell — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:24:41 +0000

I am proud to announce I have received a 2011–2012 ASCAPLUS award from The ASCAPLUS Awards Concert Division Panel. This awards program is for writer members whose catalogs have prestige value for which they would not otherwise be compensated.

This year’s awards panel included New York Times music critic Steve Smith; Emmy-nominated conductor and vocal educator Judith Clurman; Michael Morgan, conductor of the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra and the Oakland East Bay Symphony, and H. Robert Reynolds, principal conductor of the Wind Ensemble at the Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California.

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Richard D. Russell Awarded a Commission by Fordham University’s “Poets Out Loud”

Richard D. Russell — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:53:00 +0000

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 study of poetry both within the University and in the wider NYC community.”

In Fall 2009, Poets Out Loud put out a call for scores for composers interested in collaborating with the poets of their organization. I am delighted to announce that I was awarded a commission for this project, and I was paired with poet Elisabeth Frost. I selected three of her poems and composed a cycle called “Time is Not an Option.”

The premiere will be Saturday, April 24 at 7:30pm at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center Campus, Columbus Avenue at 60 Street, in the 12th Floor Lounge. The concert is free and open to the public.

The performers will be sopranos Clarissa Lyons and Ilana Zarankin, with Shun-Yang Lee on piano. Other composers on the bill include Martin Hennessy, Alexander Nohai-Seaman, Lawrence Kramer, and Mary Ann Joyce-Walter. In addition to my collaborator, Elisabeth Frost, other featured poets are Heather Dubrow, Edward Hirsch, Janet Kaplan, and D. Nurkse.

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ASCAP Plus Winner for 2006-07

Richard D. Russell — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:03:00 +0000

I’m very pleased to announce that I’ve just won an award from The ASCAPLUS Awards Concert Division Panel. This award marks my first big prize and recognition for classical composition. (Hooray!) The ASCAPLUS Awards Program is for writer members whose catalogs have prestige value for which they would not otherwise be compensated.

ASCAPLUS is an awards program that provides cash and recognition to active writers in the early and mid stages of their careers, and to established writers whose main activity is outside of broadcast media. ASCAPLUS Awards are determined annually by a panel of distinguished music experts who are neither members nor employees of ASCAP, and are completely independent in their Award adjudication. ASCAPLUS Awards are based on panel review of recent activity of writer applicants. Each applicant is considered on merit and in the context of all others applying. The primary basis for panel determinations is the activity generated by each member‚Äôs catalog, with emphasis on recent performances.

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