Craig H. Russell

Last updated

Craig H. Russell (born April 3, 1951) is an American composer of classical music.

Russell was educated at the University of New Mexico and then the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and began a career both as a classical guitarist and as a composer of classical music, in which he follows in the stylistic footsteps of Aaron Copland. He has also been associated with the vocal ensemble, Chanticleer, as well as holding a professorship at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. [1]

Russell composed Middle Earth, a suite after J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings , for the San Luis Obispo Youth Symphony. [2] Commissioned in 1995, a recording was released on disk in 2000 by the San Luis Obispo Symphony, together with his Rhapsody for Horn and Orchestra, and the second movement of his Symphony No. 2 ("American Scenes"). He also arranged three compositions for the 2006 film Nacho Libre , which were performed by Chanticleer. [3]

Discography

Related Research Articles

Leroy Robertson was an American composer and music educator.

Ruth Dorothy Louisa Gipps was an English composer, oboist, pianist, conductor, and educator. She was one of the most prolific composers in Britain at the time of her death, having written five symphonies, seven concertos, and numerous chamber and choral works. She founded both the London Repertoire Orchestra and the Chanticleer Orchestra and served as conductor and music director for the City of Birmingham Choir. Later in her life she served as chairwoman of the Composers' Guild of Great Britain.

Benjamin Lees was an American composer of classical music.

Samuel Hans Adler is an American composer, conductor, author, and professor. During the course of a professional career which ranges over six decades he has served as a faculty member at both the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School. In addition, he is credited with founding and conducting the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra which participated in the cultural diplomacy initiatives of the United States in Germany and throughout Europe in the aftermath of World War II. Adler's musical catalogue includes over 400 published compositions. He has been honored with several awards including Germany's Order of Merit – Officer's Cross.

Kenneth Fuchs

Kenneth Daniel Fuchs is a Grammy Award-winning American composer. He currently serves as Professor of Music Composition at the University of Connecticut (Storrs).

Kevin Matthew Puts is an American composer, best known for winning a Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for his first opera.

Zachary Carrettin is an American violinist, violist, conductor, and music educator. Carrettin is currently the Music Drector of Boulder Bach Festival.

Margaret Brouwer is an American composer and composition teacher. She founded the Blue Streak Ensemble chamber music group.

David Fung is a concert pianist.

Gabriela Lena Frank is an American pianist and composer of contemporary classical music.

Eduardo Alonso-Crespo is an Argentine composer of classical music.

Richard Todd is a French horn player from California. He was worked in jazz, classical, and pop music.

Peter Boyer

Peter Boyer is an American composer, conductor, orchestrator, and professor of music. He is known primarily for his orchestral works, which have received over 500 performances, by nearly 200 orchestras.

Fenwick Smith was an American flutist. He studied under Joseph Mariano at the Eastman School of Music, graduating from there in 1972. Shortly thereafter he became a member of the New England Woodwind Quintet and began a thirteen-year membership with Boston Musica Viva. He became the assistant principal flutist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1978, serving in that position until September 2006. During this time he was also principal flutist of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Smith was also a member of the Boston Chamber Music Society since 1984, and since 1983 gave annual recitals at Jordan Hall.

Gisele Ben-Dor

Gisèle Ben-Dor is an American Israeli orchestra conductor of Uruguayan origin.

Hiroshi Ohguri was a Japanese composer.

Louis Karchin is an American composer, conductor and educator who has composed over 90 works including unaccompanied and chamber music, symphonic works and opera.

Brian Asher Alhadeff is an internationally recognized American conductor of opera, ballet, symphony, and musical theater. He is the artistic director and conductor of Opera San Luis Obispo. He is also principal conductor of Civic Ballet San Luis Obispo and State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara, California. He is known for his efforts in promoting opera relevancy through expanded collaboration between opera companies and other arts organizations that have key participation in opera production: symphonies, choruses, and ballet and dance organizations.

Festival Mozaic is an annual orchestral and chamber music festival held in the city of San Luis Obispo and various venues throughout San Luis Obispo County, California. Festival Mozaic is organized and presented by The San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival Association, a nonprofit organization governed by a board of local leaders and a managing staff of professionals. The festival presents 20 musical events during July with 500+ people in attendance each year.

Scott Yoo American conductor and violinist

Scott Yoo is an American conductor and violinist. He was appointed principal director of the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra in 2016. He hosted the 2019 PBS released TV series Now Hear This.

References

  1. anon (2010). "Russell, Craig". Naxos Classical Composers. Naxos Digital Services Ltd. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  2. Kearns, William K. (Summer 2006). "Rhapsody for Horn and Orchestra; Middle Earth; Gate City—A Methodist Hymn". American Music. University of Illinois Press. 24 (2): 254–255. doi:10.2307/25046027. JSTOR   25046027.
  3. "Nacho Libre (2006)" . Retrieved 17 September 2018 via www.imdb.com.