Reversal of Fortune (2012) for violin and cello

Commissioned by Life/Art Dance Ensemble (Denver, CO)

Reversal Of Fortune

Russell Podgorsek is a composer, violist, and electric guitarist. His recent awards and commissions include a NewMusicUSA Project Grant for a collaboration with NANOFiction and the Cordova Quartet, "Six Memos for the Next Millennium" for the Bel Cuore Saxophone Quartet, "Songs for the Sane 3.0" and "Reversal of Fortune" for the Life/Art Dance Ensemble (CO), "MicroSymphony" for the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra (MD), and "Lament and Lullaby" for the Sudbury Youth Orchestra (Ontario, Canada). His work "Annachronism" for solo violin was featured on the 2014 i care if you listen Summer Mixtape. He was also featured as composer-in-residence at the Simsbury Chamber Music Festival (CT) in 2008. He earned his DMA at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied with Donald Grantham, Dan Welcher, and Russell Pinkston. He is a graduate of both the Hartt School of Music (CT) and the University of Dayton (OH). 
 
Russell was a founding member of the Miklos Quartet, whose unique approach to music of all styles and perspectives has brought them on numerous tours and residencies throughout the Northeast and Midwest. As a member of the perceval duo he performed a number of his own works including Songs for the Sane and A Contest for the Future at the Woodstock Fringe Festival in Woodstock, New York. He has been awarded a number of grants and fellowships including several MetLife Creative Connections Awards.