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Tadd Russo (b. 1976) currently serves as a staff arranger with the United States Air Force Band in Washington, DC and teaches music technology at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. Russo completed his Masters degree in composition from The Ohio State University where his principle instructor was Thomas Wells. In 2000, he served as The OSU School of Music Composer-in-Residence, composing for the OSU Symphony Orchestra. Tadd has worked extensively in theatre and dance, creating scores for plays and for dance productions. He has composed music for the OSU Department of Theatre and Department of Dance, Berea Summer Theater, Grandparents Living Theatre, and Columbus Children's Theatre. His music has been performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the NOW new music festival (Capital University) at the OCEAn festival (Oberlin Conservatory), the Electrolune Festival in Lunel, France, and at the Contemporary Music Festival (The Ohio State University).
Russo has been commissioned to create works ranging from electro-acoustic to orchestral, including chamber music and music for solo instruments. He has also composed works for solo voice, children’s choir, and SATB choir. Several of his compositions for voice incorporate the writings of American author Edgar Allan Poe. He currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland and is a staff arranger for The United States Air Force Band, Washington, DC. |
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Reading a Wave |
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“Reading a Wave” is the title of an essay by Cuban-Italian author Italo Calvino which is part of a larger work entitled Mr. Palomar (after the Palomar Telescope). Like a telescope, Mr. Palomar--the main character in the book--has a unique way of perceiving seemingly common things. In Reading a Wave, Mr. Palomar consumes himself with the task of perceiving all of the different elements of a single wave at once. In my piece, I have not tried to evoke the sound of water as in Debussy's La Mer, but instead have tried to evoke the process of perceiving water as it approaches. As with the wave that Palomar observes in Calvino's story, the texture of this piece constantly pulls between instruments and obscurity until, at last, a frustrated Mr. Palomar walks off along the shore. Reading a Wave was commissioned by The Ohio State University Orchestra under the direction of Marshall Haddock while Russo was Composer-in-Residence. | |||
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Shadows Rise and Fall |
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Shadows Rise and fall is from a larger work for Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, chorus, and orchestra. The text is from The Sleeper by Edgar Allan Poe. This setting is a transcription for chorus and organ. | |||
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Psalm 104 |
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Psalm 104 was commissioned by St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Upper Arlington, OH. It is set for a cappella SATB chorus. | |||
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Responding Rock |
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Responding Rock was commissioned by choreographer Tim Glenn of the Department of Dance at The Ohio State University. The work was premiered in May of 1999, and updated for concert presentation in October of 2000. The subject of the dance was communication and development and referred to the interaction between beings in various stages of life. The work is composed from the sounds of the large wooden props that were used with the choreography and was created on Apple Macintosh computers running IRCAM’s Audio Sculpt and Avid/Digidesign’s ProTools software. | |||
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