| Jonathan Russell Artist's Website >> Jonathan Russell is active in the San Francisco Bay Area as a composer, performer, and conductor. His compositions have been performed by numerous ensembles and performers, including the San Francisco Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) Orchestra, Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, Woodstock (NY) Chamber Orchestra, the new music group FIREWORKS, and the pianist Sarah Cahill. Jonathan is a versatile and creative performer on clarinet, bass clarinet, and alto saxophone. A member of the genre-defying Edmund Welles bass clarinet quartet and the Balkan/Klezmer/Experimental band Zoyres, he also plays in, composes for, and is a founding member of the Sqwonk bass clarinet duo and the rock chamber music band Oogog, both frequent performers at clubs, galleries, and churches throughout the Bay Area. He has also performed locally with the Marin Symphony, Ensemble Parallele, and the Thick Description Theater Company, and has appeared as soloist with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Harvard’s Bach Society Orchestra, and the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra. Jonathan has conducted over thirty premieres of works by students and other young composers in the past four years, and regularly conducts the SFCM Orchestra student composer reading sessions. Jonathan received his Bachelors degree in music from Harvard University and his Masters degree in Composition from SFCM. His composition teachers have included Dan Becker, Elinor Armer, Eric Sawyer, John Stewart, Bernard Rands, and Eric Ewazen. He is currently a Professor of Musicianship at SFCM, Music Director at First Congregational Church, San Francisco, and a Concert Reviewer for the San Francisco Classical Voice. O1C Performances: Edmund Welles Bass Clarinet Quartet Bestiary: Works by Elinor Armer OOGOG & Jody Redhage Sqwonk & Crafty Apples Edmund Welles: the bass clarinet quartet |
