RUSSELL STEINBERG
Education:
Ph. D. in Music, 1987 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Masters of Music, with honors, 1983 New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
B.A. summa cum laude, 1981 University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Primary Instructors:
Composition:
Leon Kirchner, Arthur Berger, Donald Martino, Earl Kim, Elaine Barkin,
Kenneth Klauss.
Instruments:
Piano: Earle C. Voorhies, Salome Arkatov
Classical guitar: Ronald Purcell; participant in a Master Class by Andrés Segovia
Violin/Viola: Dorothy Compinsky, Sven Reher
Current Positions:
• Artistic Director, Los Angeles Youth Orchestra
• Director, Stephen Wise Music Academy of the Stephen S. Wise Temple
• Lecturer, in Music Theory/Composition UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
• Composer-in-Residence, Music Conservatory of Westchester Mentor Orchestra
•Lecturer, Los Angeles Philharmonic Upbeat Live
Commissions:
•CAPMT (California Association of Professional Music Teachers), 2008
•MANY AXES, Los Angeles, Strange Attractors , 2007
•Mitchell Newman, Los Angeles, Maitri for Violin and Piano, 2006
• Music Conservatory of Westchester, NY, Fanfare for Orchestra, 2005
• Colorado College Contemporary Music Festival, Organ-Aum, 2005
• Ensemble Meitar, Tel Aviv and Michelle Stanley, Colorado, Orbit E for flute/violin, clari Quartet, 2005
• Jewish Center for Culture and Creativity, Cello Tropes, 2004
• Daniel Pearl Foundation, Stories From My Favorite Planet, 2003
• Stephen Wise Youth Orchestra, Symphony #2: What is a Jew? Winter, 2002
• Bay Atlantic Symphony, Lights On! For orchestra, fall 2001
• Milken Community High School, Ruby Building Dedication, Fall 2000
• Stephen Wise Youth Orchestra, Sabbath Fantasies I and II, 2000 season
• Johns Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, Symphony #1, fall, 1998
• Westchester Symphony Orchestra, Symphony #1, spring, 1998
• Pacific Serenades, Mulholland Fantasies for Piano Quartet, 1997
• The Taft School, Contrary States for children’s and mixed chorus, 1996
• Aspen Center for Advanced Composition, Arabesque for chamber orchestra, 1995
• Aspen Center for Advanced Composition, Subterranean Dances for sextet, 1995
• Aspen Center for Advanced Composition, City Strains for chamber sextet, 1993
• Sheridon Stokes, Flute Sonata, 1993
• Maria Newman and Peter Kent, Violin Duos, 1992
• NuClassix/Young Concert Artists, solo sonatas for violin and piano, 1989
• Pacific Serenades, Ocean Scherzos, for woodwind quintet and piano, 1986
• Cummington Community of the Arts, Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello, 1993
• Harron Ellenson, Associates, Fanfares for Three Trumpets, 1985
Publications:
Meta-Counterpoint in George Crumb’s Vox Balaenae,, from George Crumb and the Alchemy of Sound, Colorado College Press, 2005
AudioMaps™ to the Beethoven Symphonies: A Listening Guide,
by Russell Steinberg and James Bishop, Masterwork Journeys, 2003
Haydn Symphony #4, arranged by Russell Steinberg, Highland Ettinger
(Alfred Publications), 2005
Honors/Awards:
•Gold Medal for Excellence, Jury’s Choice, Park City Film Music Festival 2008
•MANY AXES Commission, 2006
•Ensemble Meitar Commission, 2005
• Composer-in-Residence appointment, Music Conservatory of Westchester, 2004
• Daniel Pearl Foundation Commission, 2003
• Jewish Center for Culture and Creativity Travel Grant to Israel, 2003
• MacDowell Colony Fellowship, 2002
• Meet The Composer Grant, 1999
• Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance Grant, 1998
• Britten on the Bay Competition, 1998
• ASCAP Composers Award, 1998
• June-In-Buffalo Festival, ASCAP Bernstein Fund, 1997
• Aspen Fellowship, Advanced Composition Program, 1995
• Aspen Fellowship, Advanced Composition Program, 1993
• Aspen Fellowship, Advanced Composition Program, 1992
• MacDowell Fellowship, 1991
• ASCAP Film Composers Seminar, 1990
• First Prize, New World String Quartet Competition, 1987
• ASCAP Grant for Young Composers, 1987
• Harvard University Distinguished Teaching Award, 1987
• National Association of Composers (NACUSA), 2nd prize, 1986
• Cummington Community of the Arts Fellowship, 1985
• National Association of Composers (NACUSA), and prize, 1984
• Concert Tour of Mexico funded by Mexican Committee of Cultural Affairs and the UCLA College of Fine Arts, 1981
• UCLA Outstanding Senior Award, 1981
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1981
• Phi Kappa Lambda, 1981
Discography:
Flute Sonata, composer Russell Steinberg, performer Michelle Stanley,
Centaur Records
Stories From My Favorite Planet: A Musical Tribute to Journalist Daniel Pearl, composer Russell Steinberg, violinist Mitchell Newman, pianist Russell Steinberg and actor Josh Coxx, published by Daniel Pearl Foundation.
Desert Stars, solo compositions for piano and classical guitar by Russell Steinberg, Blown To Bits, Inc., 2003
Classical Vienna: Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven vol. 1, video lecture,
Blown To Bits, Inc., 2003
Symphony #1 CityStrains (promotional recording) Westchester Symphony, conductor, Anthony Aibel
Microsoft’s Multimedia Strauss by Russell Steinberg, Microsoft Corporation,
Richard Strauss: Three Tone Poems CD-companion, interactive multi-media product with extensive musical analysis & commentary, Voyager Company, 1992 Honorable Mention, Best New Education Program, MacUser 1993.
Discography (continued):
The Madcap Music Store and Music Slideshows, Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia, conceived/authored by Russell Steinberg, New Media, 1995,1996
The Orchestra: The Instruments Revealed, CD-ROM Audio Notes,
Principal author, Warner New Media, 1991.
Clarinet Trio. NuClassix CD (NuCl III CD), .
Original Works in Concert:
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Ruby Building Dedication Overture, Spring 2006
Colburn School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles, Fanfare for Orchestra, 2006
Colburn School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles, Sabbath Fantasy I and II, 2005
Ensemble Meitar, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel, Clarinet Quartet, 2005
Music Conservatory of Westchester Mentor Orchestra, White Plains, New York,
Sabbath Fantasy I, Fanfare for Orchestra, Spring 2005
Ensemble Meitar, Tel Aviv, Israel, Clarinet Trio, Fall 2004
Music Conservatory of Westchester Mentor Orchestra, Alice Tully Hall, NY,
Fanfare for Orchestra (Fanfärgnügen), Winter 2005
Mitchell Newman and Russell Steinberg, Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles,
Stories from My Favorite Planet, Winter 2005
UCLA World Arts and Cultures, UCLA, Becoming Glorya Kaufman, 2004
Synergy, Temple Emanuel, L.A, Stories from My Favorite Planet, Fall 2004
Mitchell Newman & Russell Steinberg, L.A. Stories from My Favorite Planet,
Fall 2003, Winter 2004
Desert Stars Concerts (solo music for piano and guitar) Los Angeles, Fall 2003
Bennington Chamber Players, Bennington, Vermont, War Piece, Summer 2003
Milken Community High School Choir, Los Angeles, Lirkod, Spring 2003
Stephen Wise Youth Orchestra, Los Angeles, Lights On! Fall 2002
Coaches of Stephen Wise Youth Orchestra, Los Angeles, War Piece, Fall 2002
Tichon Hadash, Tel Aviv, Israel, Song in Dark Times, Fall 2002
Stephen Wise Youth Orchestra, Los Angeles, What is a Jew? Fall & Winter 2002
Bay Atlantic Symphony, New Jersey, Lights On! A Chanuka Celebration, Fall 2001
Stephen Wise Youth Orchestra, Los Angeles, Sabbath Fantasies I and II, 2000
Johns Hopkins Symphony, Baltimore, Symphony commission for May 1999
Solo Benefit concert for Palisades Theatre, Pacific Palisades and Brand Library,
Original works for piano and classical guitar, November 98 and August 97
Westchester Symphony Orchestra, New York, Symphony commission, March 1998
Digital Renaissance Consort, Los Angeles, Subterranean Dance, March-April 1998
Indiana New Music Ensemble, conductor David Dubai, June-In-Buffalo performance of Subterranean Dance, June 1997
Pacific Serenades, Piano Quartet commission for Spring 97.
San Francisco Symphony Chamber Players, San Francisco, Violin Duos, Jan. 1997
Contrary States, for choruses, flute, oboe & piano, Australia, New Zealand, New
York, Connecticut, Jan.- March 1996
College Music Society Symposium, Cal State Pomona Flute Sonata, March 1994
Salome Arkatov Retirement Concert, Flute Sonata, Dec. 1993
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble Concert, City Strains, July 1993
Solos and Duos: Chamber Music of Russell Steinberg, UCLA, May 1993
NACUSA Concert, Lutheran Church, Garden Grove, CA, Violin Duos, May 1993
Faculty Composers Concert, Schoenberg Hall, UCLA, Flute Sonata, May 1993.
Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble, Hancock Auditorium, Univ. Southern California,
Violin Duos, April 1993
Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble, Hancock Auditorium, Univ.Southern California,
White Crane Study, March 1993
Original Works in Concert (continued):
American Hybrids, UCLA Festival of American Music, Schoenberg Hall, UCLA, White Crane Study, March 1993
Faculty Composers Concert, Schoenberg Hall, UCLA, Violin Duos, May 1992
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble Concert, Violin Duos, July 1992
Faculty Composers Concert, Schoenberg Hall, UCLA, Rings of Saturn,
Periods of Luminance, March 1991
NACUSA Concert, Cal State Polytechnic, Sequoia Piano Sonata, March 1991
Russell Steinberg’s Music, featured New World String Quartet, Harvard, Dec 1989
NuClassix Series, over 20 performances in Boston, 1983-89
Harvard Group for New Music, eight performances, 1983-89
Young Concert Artists/NuClassix, Sequoia Sonata, Longy School of Music, June 1989
Contemporary Music Festival, Rings of Saturn, Wellesley College, April 1989
Leon Kirchner Birthday Tribute, Leomezzo, Harvard University, March 1989
Blossom Festival, String Quartet #1, Ohio August 1987
New World String Quartet, String Quartet #1, Harvard University, April 1987
Pacific Serenades, two performances, Ocean Scherzos, Los Angeles, April 1987
Goldberg Concert, Harvard University, Violin Rhapsody, November 1986
Cummington Commission Series, Piano Trio, New York and Boston, 1985
Cummington Commission Series, Cummington Artists Colony,Piano Trio, MA1984
NACUSA Concert, Dominguez Hills, CA, Flute Fantasy, May 1985
St. Clouds, Boston, Trumpet Fanfare, February 1985
Concert Tour - Portrait of the Composer as a Young Man: Style Compositions of Russell Steinberg, (Mexico City, Guadalajara, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes,
Puerta Vallarta) 1981
Teaching Experience:
University of California, Los Angeles, CA (UCLA)
Professor, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music 2006-2008, UCLA Extension School (1993-2002) Classical Vienna;
Bach, Handel and a Perfect Universe; The Romantics, Schubert to Brahms,
Beethoven’s Nine Symphonies, Fundamentals of Composition
Visiting Assistant Professor (1991-93) Music theory and composition, including
Baroque counterpoint, chromatic harmony and 20th century practices.
Director, UCLA Music Media Lab (1993)
Stephen Wise Music Academy, Los Angeles
Director, 2001-present
Founder/director of academic conservatory based in Stephen S. Wise Temple Schools (community youth orchestra, beginning instrument program, full middle and high school choral, instrumental and composition program, evening lectures.)
Los Angeles Youth Orchestra
Artistic Director, 1999-present
Founder/conductor of Los Angeles community orchestra drawn from 40 schools
Performs world premieres, standard classical repertoire and Jewish music.
The Curtis School, Los Angeles
Orchestra Director (1994-96)
Temple Emanuel, Beverly Hills
Orchestra Director (1990-93)
Goucher College, Baltimore
Composer-in-Residence, Music Festival (1995)
Composer-in-Residence, Music Festival (1993)
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Post-doctoral Teaching Assistant (1988-90)
Film Scores:
2008 Gold Medal for Excellence—Jury’s Choice, for SOMETHING TRUE
Park City Film Music Festival
Feature Films
SWEET LOVE AND DEADLY (thriller) Director: Paul Clinco
FATAL CHARM Director: Fritz Kiersch
(psychological drama starring Christopher Atkins)
Short Films
SOMETHING TRUE (dramatic short) Director: Thor Gold
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT (comedy short) Producer: UCLA Extension
STOLEN GLANCES half-hour psychodrama Director: Jason Kinchen
MIGRATION SONGS (dance performance art film) Director: Norah Zuniga-Shaw
Documentaries
PAPER FLOWERS Producer/Director: John Bishop Media Generation
THE LAST WINDOW Producer/Director: John Bishop
Media Generation
THE ART OF PRESERVING HISTORY (Aired on PBS) Producer/Director: John Bishop
Media Generation
BECOMING GLORYA KAUFMAN Director: John Bishop
(Film celebrating UCLA World Arts and Cultures Department
and the new Glorya Kaufman building)
CHARLES CHAPMAN Director: David Slaughter
(Film on Oil/real estate magnate who founded Chapman College)
DRESSAGE FREESTYLE (competitive sport routine/video)