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John Russell

Professor of Music

John Russell, organ, choirs and music theory. Professor of Music, appointed 1974. B.Mus. in organ, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music; M.Mus. in organ, Boston University School for the Arts. Principal teachers include Haskell Thomson and Max Miller in organ, Robert Fountain and James Cunningham in choral conducting, and Isolde Ahlgrim in harpsichord. Studied at the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg, Austria, where he studied organ with Josef Friedrich Doppelbauer. As harpsichordist and singer, toured Soviet Union with the Oberlin College Choir. Advanced studies in organ and choral conducting, Clare and King's Colleges, Cambridge University, England, as Visiting Associate Fellow of Clare Hall. Has presented concerts at Middlebury College, Harvard University, Kenyon College, and Clare College in England. Organ recitals and choral concerts broadcast over WCLV-FM in Cleveland, WKSU-FM in Kent and other National Public Radio stations. Has conducted The Wooster Chorus in concert at Alice Tully Hall in New York City and three times at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Director of Music and organist at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Lakewood, and member of Cleveland Chapter, American Guild of Organists. Frequently serves as adjudicator for AGO Young Artists' Competition in Organ Playing. In 1987, elected delegate to International Congress of Organists, Cambridge, England. Fellow, The Aspen Institute, 1996.