Informationen zu "Armand Russell Rondo Suite No.2 Double Bass Solo"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM679
EAN: 9790570456796
ISMN: M-57045-679-6
Beschreibung
Rondo Suite No.2 was composed in 2013 and is slightly more challenging than
Suite No.1. Each of the three contrasting movements offers a range of musical
and accessible technical challenges for the intermediate bassist, all within
the orchestral register. 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.
