Music

is

the

vernacular  

of

the

soul.

- Geoffrey Latham

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Double bassist Joseph Russo is an alumnus of Juilliard and Yale, studying with Homer Mensch.  Russo has a successful private teaching schedule in the New York/Connecticut area. He freelances in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.  He is the manager and Principal Bass of Orchestra New England, New Haven, Connecticut.  Russo also performs with the Hartford Symphony and the Springfield (MA) Symphony, among other orchestras.   Other past activities include performing Principal Bass with the Opera Orchestra of Mexico, New York City Opera Touring Orchestra and various Broadway shows.

National Orchestral Assn. Orchestra, 1972-1975

New Haven Symphony Orchestra, 1976-1990

Orchestra New England, Principal Bass & Contractor, 1978-present

Opera & Ballet Orchestra of Mexico, Principal, 1982

New York City Opera National Company, 1989

“Phantom of the Opera” National Tour, 1989-1990

“Fiddler on the Roof” Broadway Show, 1990-1991

“Camelot” Broadway Show, 1994

Spoleto Festival, Italy, 1973

International Institute for Advanced Musical Studies, 1974

Principal Bass & Contractor for the Greenwich Village Philharmonic Orchestra.