My Bio
Russell Nadel, 26, graduated from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2006, having earned Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in music composition and a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education. While at Peabody, his major instructors were Drs. Bruno Amato and Harlan Parker. Mr. Nadel is looking forward to the world premiere of his choral work Windy Nights, which will be performed by the Sixth-Grade All-County Chorus of Fairfax County, Virginia in April 2010. Mr. Nadel has had original compositions commissioned from and performed by the Vancouver Chamber Choir (Vancouver, BC), the Woodbridge Flute Choir (Woodbridge, VA), and most recently, the Treble Singers of the Fairfax Choral Society (Fairfax, VA). His composition awards include the 2006 Madge Cathcart Gerke Music Education Scholarship of the Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation, Second Prize in the 2006 Virginia Carty DeLillo Composition Competition, the Mu Phi Epsilon Sterling Senior Achievement Award for 2005, and the 2005 Peabody Alumni Association Award. Mr. Nadel’s chamber winds work Five Scenes for Ten Players also won the Mu Phi Epsilon Original Composition Contest for 2005 and received Second Prize in the Prix d'Été X (2005). Mr. Nadel is currently in his fourth year teaching K-6 General and Choral Music at Mount Vernon Woods Elementary School in Alexandria, VA, located in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Mr. Nadel's instructors in music theory and composition include Dr. Bruno Amato, Dr. Harold Boatrite and Christopher Buzby. Mr. Nadel has also formally studied conducting under Dr. Harlan Parker, piano performance under Dr. Nancy Roldán, Christopher Buzby, Alyssa Davidson and Ronald Marlowe, classical guitar under Mark Cudek, and vocal performance under Deidra Palmour. Mr. Nadel has had original compositions performed and recorded by the Vancouver Chamber Choir (Vancouver, BC), The Woodbridge Flute Choir (Woodbridge, VA), the Fairfax Choral Society (Fairfax, VA), members of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society (Baltimore, MD), Voces Novae et Antiquae (Philadelphia, PA), the contemporary music ensemble Non Sequitur, and the Phoenix Chamber Orchestra (Baltimore, MD); individual students and large and small ensembles at Peabody, including the Peabody Symphony Orchestra; and various amateur, school and community student and adult choruses and bands in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Washington, DC.