MP3 Russell Gates - Stars of Christmas
Creative use of dissonance, with an emphasis on piano technique while not being too obscure.
16 MP3 Songs in this album (42:38) !
Related styles: Holiday: Easy Listening, Jazz: Piano Jazz, Mood: Christmas
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In 2001, his composition Moment Of Triumph won the Kalamazoo Symphony''s Youth Composition Contest, performed in multiple venues by the KSO and the MESA SO. While attending Hillsdale College, he was recorded on the HC Big Band CD, the jazz combo album New Music, performed with the Jackson SO, at the Music School of Prague, and Loyola University for the 16th New Orleans Piano Institute. Following graduation in 2005 with a B.S. in Music Composition, he performed in show bands on worldwide tours with Holland America Line, Regent Seven Seas , and Royal Caribbean/Celebrity Cruises, covering artists including: the Temptations Tribute, violinist Beverly Davison, oboist Salima Wazir, dulcimer player Penxuin Xui, singer Sinead Blachfield, impressionist Sean O''Shea, comedian/actor Marty Allen, visual sensationalist Yacov Noy, Sesame Street musical director Marty Henn, and Hollywood legend Pearl Kaufman. Russell has appeared regularly at Tibbits Opera House and Grand Rapids Art Prize, and directs/scores RG Productions, tallying a cumulative 145,000 YouTube hits. Awakener, a 30-minute documentary on blacksmith Joel Sanderson, is set for completion in 2011. For more information, visit https://www.tradebit.com or follow him on https://www.tradebit.com