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Russell Steinberg—Concert and Film Music: Bio/Cat

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Composer, Conductor, Performer, and Lecturer
Ph.D. in Music from Harvard University
M.M. from the New England Conservatory
B.A. from UCLA

Russell Steinberg studied composition most notably with Leon Kirchner, Arthur Berger, Elaine Barkin, and Kenneth Klauss. Recent awards and commissions include a Gold Medal Jury’s Choice at the Park City Film Music Festival, the California Association of Professional Music Teachers (CAPMT), world music ensemble MANY AXES, Los Angeles Philharmonic violinist Mitchell Newman, the Jewish Center for Culture and Creativity, the Music Conservatory of Westchester, NY, and the Daniel Pearl Foundation. The Daniel Pearl Foundation commission, Stories From My Favorite Planet, was recently featured on “Global Village,” the KPFK radio program hosted by John Schneider and KCSN “Arts and Roots Forum” hosted by Martin Perlich. The Westchester Symphony in New York and the Hopkins Symphony in Baltimore jointly commissioned his first symphony CityStrains. Steinberg’s music has been performed in the United States and abroad, including concerts in Los Angeles, Park City, Aspen, Colorado Springs, Boston, New York, Baltimore, Connecticut, San Francisco, New Jersey, Vermont, Germany, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and Israel. His awards include ASCAP PLUS, ASCAP Young Composers Grant, Composers Inc. and NACUSA prizes, MacDowell and Aspen Fellowships, and First Prize in the New World String Quartet competition.

Steinberg's film scores include the short dramatic film SOMETHING TRUE directed by Thor Gold, which won the Gold Medal Juries Choice award at the Park City Film Music Festival. He also recently scored the feature length drama SWEET LOVE AND DEADLY directed by Paul Clinco, and has scored numerous documentaries, including THE LAST WINDOW, directed by John Bishop. 

Steinberg is active in music education. He is the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, a group that includes students from over 60 schools in the LA area. He has recently been a Lecturer in music theory on the UCLA Faculty. He is a popular speaker for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Upbeat Live pre-concert events and also lectures regularly for the La Jolla Music Society SummerFest. He has written two books that pioneer a new approach to music listening called AudioMaps®—AudioMaps® To The Beethoven Symphonies, volumes 1 and 2. 

Available recordings of Steinberg's music include Stories From My Favorite Planet, produced by the Daniel Pearl Foundation (available at www.danielpearl.org), Flute Sonata recorded by Michelle Stanley and produced by Centaur Records, and Desert Stars, a recording of Steinberg’s music for piano and classical guitar. 

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Composition Catalogue

Orchestra

GenreTitleInstrumentationDuration
Orchestra Symphony #1 "CityStrains" Winds 3, 3 Perc. 18 min.
Orchestra Symphony #2 "What is a Jew?" 3 Narrators and Orchestra (Winds 2) 45 min.
Orchestra Fanfare for Orchestra Winds in 2 5 min.
Orchestra Sabbath Fantasy #1 Winds in 2 15 min.
Orchestra Sabbath Fantasy #2 Winds in 2 12 min.
Orchestra Ruby Overture Winds in 2 3 min.
Orchestra Lights On! A Hanukkah Celebration Winds in 2 24 min.
Orchestra Arabesque Winds in 2, no perc. 4 min.
Orchestra Vienna for Youth Orchestra Winds in 2 4 min.
Orchestra 405:8AM for Youth Orchestra Winds in 2 6 min.

 

Chorus

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Chorus Contrary States (William Blake) SATB and Children's Chorus, Fl. Ob. Pno. 18 min.
Chorus Lirkod (To Dance) SATB, Pno. 4 min.
Chorus Lirkod (To Dance) Chamber vers. SATB, 2 vln, 2 vc, pno 4 min.

 

Large Chamber

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Nonet Ruby Overture 2 Fl, Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Vln, 2 Pno. 3 min.
Octet Song in Dark Times fl, ob, cl, b. cl, vl, vla, vc, pno. 4 min.
Octet Song in Dark Times vc solo, fl, 2 cl, vl, vc, db, pno. 4 min.
Septet Strange Attractors string quartet and world music trio (2 winds, 1 perc) 36 min.
Sextet War Piece fl, tpt, string quartet 15 min.
Sextet Subterranean Dance fl, cl, vl, pno, perc (marimba, vibraphone) 8 min.
Sextet Ocean Scherzos Piano and Woodwind Quintet/td> 25 min.
Sextet City Strains fl, cl, vl, vc, pno, perc. 25 min.

 

Quartets and Trios

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Quartet String Quartet #1 2vl, vla, vc 10 min.
Quartet Mulholland Fantasies vl, vla, vc, pno 25 min.
Quartet Clarinet Quartet fl or vl, cl, vc, pno 25 min.
Quartet Woodwind Quartet fl, ob, cl, bsn 7 min.
Quartet Change of Heart (txt Wordsworth) baritone, vc, harp, organ 15 min.
Trio Stories From My Favorite Planet (Daniel Pearl Tribute) vl, pno, narrator 45 min.
Trio Rings of Saturn fl, vl, pno 10 min.
Trio Trio for Clarinet, Cello, Piano cl, vc, pno 9 min.
Trio Fanfares for 3Trumpets 3 tpt 8 min.
Trio Furnace Creek Nocturne 2 winds, 1 perc (for cedar flute, howler, shofar, waterphone, dijeridu, udu, chimes 6 min.
Trio Piano Trio #1 vl, vc, pno 25 min.
Trio President's Dinner Trio vl, vc, pno 6 min.

 

Duos

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Duo Flute Sonata fl, pno 13 min.
Duo Six Duos for Violins 2 vl 15 min.
Duo Maitri vl, pno left-hand 7 min.
Duo Fantasy for Flute and Piano fl, pno 9 min.
Duo Rhapsody for Violin and Piano vl, pno 9 min.
Duo Sonata for Violin and Piano vl, pno 10 min.
Duo Song for Dark Times vc, pno 4 min.
Duo Songs of Wind soprano, pno 14 min.

 

Solo Piano

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Solo Sequoia Sonata pno 15 min.
Solo Periods of Luminance pno 17 min.
Solo Desert Stars pno 15 min.
Solo Small Rain pno 11 min.
Solo Four Floating Preludes pno 8 min.
Solo Four Pieces for Piano pno 11 min.
Solo Arabesque pno 4 min.
Solo Joy in Sea pno 3 min.
Solo Five Finger Pieces pno 8 min.
Solo Amazing Grace Variations pno 12 min.
Solo America Variation pno 2 min.
Solo Atonal Variations pno 12 min.
Solo Sonic Sonnets pno 5 min.
Solo Dichroisms (Spatterings) pno 7 min.
Solo The Difference pno 5 min.

 

Solo Guitar

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Solo Five Preludes for Guitar guitar 15 min.
Solo Maui Slack Key Preludes guitar 8 min.
Solo Guitar Memorials: From Center, Last Waltz guitar 6 min.

 

Solo Various

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Solo Cello Tropes cello 12 min.
Solo Organ-Aum organ 7 min.
Solo White Crane Study violin 9 min.

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FILM MUSIC CREDITS TOP
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

Documentary Films
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)
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