Photo Gallery: Table of Contents

Updated August 19, 2006!

Head Shots

Russell Nadel, composer and music educator Russell Nadel, music educator

Click here to view or download a larger version of the color headshot; here to view or download a black and white version of the color headshot; or here to view or download a larger version of the black and white photograph. (Many thanks to Fran Nadel and Emily Engle for these fine photographs!)

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Walden School TTI, July-August 2006

We had a beautiful time on the Walden School's summer campus in Dublin, NH, learning Walden's proprietary (and brilliant) curriculum for teaching musicianship. The weather was a bit hot, but it broke just in time for a hike up the marvelous Mount Monadnock! Click here for the regular photos, and on the following links for 180-degree and 360-degree panoramic photos taken from Mt. Monadnock: 180-degree, 360-degree.

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Photos from the Production of "The Story of Hollywood"

Documentation of the incredibly talented third- and fourth-graders with whom I worked to create an original opera libretto, 20 minutes of original music and a unique and memorable operatic performance in an inner-city Baltimore elementary school. Click on this link for photos, or here for more information on the project and a complete recording online.

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Tara's AU Commencement, May 2006

Photos from Tara's American University graduation, and stunning photos from a joint-family visit to the Baltimore Aquarium. Click here.

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Phi Gamma Chapter, Mu Phi Epsilon, Spring 2006

Click on this link for photos of our marvelous new initiates, special events, and documentary photos of the teaching project and performance we did with young first-time composers from the Loyola Academy of Baltimore.

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Parties and Special Occasions, Spring 2006

Photos from my five-year high school reunion, Passover, birthdays, performances (including the premiere of my piano work Crossings), friends' recitals, and a Pizza Explosion! Click here.

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Early Spring 2006

A visit to the Washington Cherry Blossom Festival and friends of mine in recitals - what could be better? Click here.

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Taglit-Birthright Israel, January 2006

I've posted my photos from my trip to Israel with the Taglit-Birthright Israel organization on webshots.com - all 26 pages of them! Click here and enjoy.

Here are separate links to my panoramic photos from the trip. The best way to view these is to download the files - right-click the links and click "Save to Disk" - and then to view it in your favorite photo viewer on high magnification so you can appreciate all the beautiful details.

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End of the Year, December 2005 - January 2006

These are a collection of photos taken after Thanksgiving in 2005, including photos from various Peabody students' recitals, from the Winter Concert at Pot Spring Elementary School (where I did my full-time student teaching earlier in the semester), from the classes I helped teach at Parkville High School (later in the semester), and from a trip to New York City to visit my cousin just before departing for Israel (see photos above). Click here for the photos, or here to download or view my panoramic photograph of Manhattan, taken from atop the Empire State Building on a beautifully clear day.

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Thanksgiving in Minnesota, 2005

Photos to take for the record the incredible food and good times had over this holiday, outside of St. Paul, MN. Click here for the photos.

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Fall 2005

Photos from my sister's 21st birthday party, Tara's birthday, Mu Phi Epsilon events, our fabulous Halloween jack-o-lantern, the elementary schools and high school at which I student-taught, an O's game at Camden Yards, and much more. Click here!

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Maryland Renaissance Fair, August 2005

My first Renaissance fair in well over ten years was quite an adventure, and requires photographic evidence to be believed. Click here and enjoy!

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Québec Summer Vacation, August 2005

Canada is beautiful! Click here for my photos of Québec City, Montréal, and the Laurentiennes.

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Summer Programs 2005: Music05, Walden TTI, Kodály I, Orff I

I've finally posted photos from these three programs (for links to the programs see my News page), held in June and July 2005, on my webshots.com main page. If you have other photos from any of these and would like me to post them on my site for you, I'd be glad to do so (and credit you for them, of course!) - contact me here.

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Peabody Conservatory Commencement 2005

Photos from Peabody Commencement, held Thursday, March 26, 2005 at both Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus and Peabody's Friedberg Hall, are now up on webshots.com. Click here!

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Family and Friends - Summer 2005

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My Senior Recital

Photos from my Senior Recital, held March 5, 2005 at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, are now up on webshots.com! I've also posted numerous photos of the reception and of dinner and the festivities after the event that evening. Click here!

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Mu Phi Epsilon Photos (Phi Gamma Chapter)

Here are some photos of the 2004-5 activities of the Phi Gamma chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, based at Peabody: Phi Gamma Photos

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Vail, Colorado, Spring Break 2005

Here are some photos I've posted on webshots.com from a week-long skiing trip I took with my father and some family friends to Vail last Spring Break: Click here!

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Italian Vacation, January 2005

During a two-week vacation with three friends in Northern Italy, I took over 200 photos of the magnificent scenery, people, buildings and other sights. Many of them came out extremely well! In chronological order of my visits, I present photos from:

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California Coast Vacation, Spring Break 2004

Here are some photos I've posted on webshots.com from a week-long trip in California (San Francisco to Los Angeles) I took over Spring Break 2004: California Vacation Shots.

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Tara Francke's Senior Recital, March 5, 2004

Here are a number of photos taken before, during, and after flutist Tara Francke's Senior Recital at Peabody last year, including pictures of Tara, her assisting performers, her (and my) family, and a lot of mutual friends: Tara Senior Recital Photos

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Miscellaneous Photos

I'm pleased to present a very few of my other favorite photographs for your viewing and downloading pleasure. Mouse over the pictures for captions; right-click on any of the graphics below and click "Save to Disk" to download them for yourself!

A pony and me in Aspen, CO Tara Francke, flutist
Tara & me My sister Fran & me

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