Orphée Russell wowed the audiences in the Best Video Performance Space the two times he has played here. An award-winning graduate of the Neighborhood Music School in New Haven, Russell currently attends the Eastman School of Music. Russell plays classical guitar. The music starts at 8 PM. The cover charge for this show is $5.
A sampling of quotes from some prominent classical guitarists about Russell’s performance in the juried student recital at the National Guitar Workshop in the summer of 2010:
“Very poetic performance-you have a musical presence” — Julian Gray, recording artist and faculty, Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University
“Beautiful tone and sense of legato…Very lovely and expressive playing” — Adam Holzman, recording artist and faculty, University of Texas at Austin
“You have such a wonderful sense of phrasing / timing – very mature musically…You are a beautiful young player” — Martha Masters, recording artist and faculty, Loyola Marymount University
“You brought a lot of poise and depth of feeling to this performance” — Marc Teicholz, recording artist and faculty, San Francisco Conservatory
UPCOMING PERFORMANCE SPACE EVENTS:
• Wednesday, July 10. ACOUSTIC FOLK: SHELDON CAMPBELL
• Thursday, July 11. ACOUSTIC ROCK: JAMES VELVET & THE LONESOME SPARROWS
• Wednesday, July 17. INDIE POP: THE SHELLYE VALAUSKAS EXPERIENCE
• Wednesday, July 18. CLASSICAL GUITAR: ORPHÉE RUSSELL
• Monday, July 22. FILM SCREENING: “ARRANGED”
• Wednesday, July 24. SINGER-SONGWRITER/INDIE: SAMUEL BASS, KEVIN MF KING
• Thursday, July 25. AVANT-GARDE_IMPROVISATION: FUCHSPRELLEN, COLORGUARD
• Monday, July 29. FILM SCREENING: “INTRUDER IN THE DUST”
• Wednesday, July 31. INDIE PSYCH/POP: M.T. BEARINGTON
• Thursday, Aug. 1. IMPROVISATION/WORLD MUSIC: SUPER TRANCE
• Monday, Aug. 5. FILM SCREENING: “ONLY HUMAN”
• Wednesday, Aug. 7. BRAZILIAN MUSIC: SAMBELEZA
• Thursday, Aug. 8. SINGER-SONGWRITER: ILANA ZSIGMOND
• Monday, Aug. 12. FILM SCREENING: “CRASH”
• Wednesday, Aug. 14. GARAGE ROCK/PUNK: THE ESTROGEN HIGHS
• Thursday, Aug. 15. JAZZ: THE NICK Di MARIA QUARTET
• Monday, Aug. 19. FILM SCREENING: “THE WAR WITHIN”
• Monday, Aug. 26. FILM SCREENING: “THE OTHER SON”
