I received word that the Tango from my CD of Haitian Piano Music was played on Iowa Public Radio. Click Here for More Information or To Purchase the CD.
Thank you, again, to everyone who attended the recent performance of the Haitian Piano Concerto, Fantaisie Tropicale.
***UPDATED TIME OF EVENT*** On January 22, 2012, at 6:00 p.m., Joshua Russell will present a performance of Justin Elie’s Tropical Fantasy at United Presbyterian Church, in Peoria, IL. It will be part of a program of Haitian music to raise money for the L’Ecole Sainte Trinite Summer Music Camp for Haitian Youth in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (To read more about the long lost Haitian piano concerto, click here)
Russell reconstructed and edited the parts to the Tropical Fantasy, and gave the first performance of the work outside of Haiti in 80 years.
Joshua Russell will perform the long lost Haitian piano concerto: Tropical Fantasy, by Justin Elie with the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra on November 19 and 20, 2011. Joshua will also be featured on Gottschalk’s Grande Tarantella for Piano and Orchestra. Russell reconstructed and edited the parts to the Tropical Fantasy, and this will be the first performance of the work outside of Haiti in 80 years.
You can view a video describing Joshua Russell’s other Haitian music projects below.
Joshua Russell was featured in the National Newsletter of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Professional Music Fraternity, “Sinfonia Resonance.” The article discusses his efforts to help rebuild Haiti’s primary music school that was destroyed in the earthquake, as well as his recently released CD of Haitian piano, which is available for purchase by clicking here. To read the article online click on the following link:
Joshua Russell Featured in Phi Mu Alpha National Newsletter
You can view a video describing Joshua Russell’s Haitian music project below.
My new CD of piano music by Haitian composer Ludovic Lamothe is now available by clicking here. The CD is entitled Valses to Voodoo and is available for $15 with half of the proceeds going directly toward rebuilding Haiti’s primary music school. Thank you very much to Garry Moore of WEEK 25 in Peoria for these two interviews:
My first CD recording is completed, and I will be holding a CD Release Concert on Friday, October 15, 2010, at 7:30p.m. in Dingeldine Music Center, on the Bradley University campus, in Peoria, IL. The CD, titled Valses to Voodoo, features the music of Haitian composer Ludovic Lamothe. The concert will feature all of the compositions on the recording.
50% percent of the net profits from the recording will benefit the Holy Trinity Music School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, that was completely destroyed during the January earthquake.
Here is a link to the Iowa City Press-Citizen Article regarding the upcoming hangar concert at the Green Castle Airport.
I was just invited to serve as “Guest Co-Chair” for the 2011 Liszt-Garrison International Piano Competition and Festival in Baltimore, Maryland. I performed at the 2009 Festival as a guest artist and was also asked to return in 2011. I am very excited to be involved with this wonderful event. Last year’s theme was “At the Heart of Nations,” which celebrated music around the world. 2011 will celebrate the Role of Musicians and Artists in helping to develop a better community.
Further information about the Competition and Festival may be found at www.lisztgarrisoncompetition.org.
Here is a link to the newspaper article in the Press-Citizen regarding the upcoming Haiti Music School Benefit Concert in Iowa City:
Thank you very much to Ryan Schlader, host of “What’s Happening” on WMT 600 AM Radio, Cedar Rapids, IA for the 30 minute in-depth interview regarding our concert and efforts to help rebuild the music program at the Holy Trinity School in Port-au-Prince.
Violinist John Schultz and I will perform a concert at 7:00p.m. on Saturday, June 5, at the Preucil School of Music, 524 N. Johnson St., Iowa City, IA 52245. The concert will feature Haitian music for violin and piano, Haitian piano music, and other short pieces for violin and piano. This is a concert for everyone, from young music students to music connoisseurs.
Admission to the concert is free, but we will be accepting free-will donations of musical instruments, instrument accessories/supplies, and monetary donations to go toward the rebuilding of Haiti’s primary music teaching program at the Holy Trinity School.
If you are unable to attend the concert, but would like to donate an instrument or make a tax-deductible monetary contribution, please contact me through the “Contact” page of my website and I will return your message quickly. Please feel free to contact me with any questions!