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 | | Russell’s recent guest conducting engagements have been appearances with the orchestra of Toronto, Detroit, Indianapolis, Minnesota, Louisville, Anchorage, New Mexico, Nashville, Winston-Salem, Miami‘s New World Symphony, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans and this past November, the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fischer Hall. |
 | | Russell served as associate conductor of the Savannah Symphony Orchestra, director of the orchestral program and professor of conducting at Vanderbilt University, music director for the College Light Opera Company in Falmouth, Massachusetts, and conducting assistant with the Akron Symphony Orchestra. |
 | | Russell received a master of music degree in conducting from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Williams College in Massachusetts. |
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