Informationen zu "Armand Russell Cameos Double Bass Solo"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM583
EAN: 9790570455836
ISMN: M-57045-583-6
Beschreibung
Cameos was composed in 2013, soon after the composer's 81st birthday, and is
an engaging work of contrasts and styles and suitable for the advancing
intermediate bassist. Primarily written in the orchestral register of the
instrument, there are many opportunities to create and portray a wealth of
colours and textures in the five contrasting sections which fit together
beautifully to produce a work of great energy and invention. Armand Russell
was born in Seattle, Washington in 1932. He received the Bachelor of Arts and
Master of Arts degrees from the University of Washington, with a major in
music composition, and a Doctorate in music composition from the Eastman
School of Music. He studied double bass with Leslie Martin, who played in the
Seattle Symphony and Boston Symphony Orchestras, and at the Eastman School of
Music with Oscar Zimmerman. His composition studies were with John Verrall
and George McKay at the University of Washington, and with Bernard Rogers and
Howard Hanson at the Eastman School. Professionally, Armand Russell played
double bass in many orchestras including the Seattle Symphony Orchestra,
Boston Pops Tour Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic and Civic Orchestras, and
Honolulu Symphony. For five years he taught as a visiting Professor at the
Eastman School of Music. From 1961 to 1994 he taught at the University of
Hawaii Music Department and retired as Professor emeritus in 1994. While at
the University of Hawaii he taught music theory, composition and double bass
and also served as Chair of the Music Department for seven years. Armand
Russell has composed many works for double bass and also percussion,
including solos, chamber music and concertos. Some of his most frequently
performed works include Chaconne (Db/Pno), Buffo Set (Db/Pno), Harlequin
Concerto (Db/Orch), Pas de Deux (Cl/Perc), Percussion Suite, Theme & Fantasia
(Concert Band) and Suite Concertante (Tuba/Wind Quintet). He has also
composed several works for choirs in recent years and has continued to write
for the double bass alongside a growing body of chamber music and
transcriptions. Armand Russell's compositional style is confident and direct
with a clarity of line and texture always to the fore. A modern, yet lyrical
and accessible style, has created works which communicate equally to
performers and audiences alike and he has made, and continues to make, a
unique and valuable contribution to the double bass litereature throughout a
long and successful career.
