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Bruce A. Russell
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aka Ibrahim El Mahboob
reemerging creator · composer in residence at Arraymusic · baba (he/him) https://elmahboob.com/
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Monday, Feb 24 is the premiere of my new work, 𝘦𝘹 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴, performed by the Isabel Quartet at Queen’s University. Also on the program are Schubert’s venerated Death and the Maiden, and a work by Amy Beach feat. Prof. Sarah Moon on flute. Tickets www.queensu.ca/theisabel/wh...
Image of a string quartet all wearing black, smiling and holding their instruments and bows, with a male cellist standing on the left, and three females players seated to the right, with their legs dangling and ankles crossed.
February 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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In Jan 2025 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, NYC I was composer & music director in LOSS, a multimedia, intergenerational story by Ian Kamau, with tenor sax Dennis Passley and guitar Dyheim Stewart. The Theatre Centre produced for Under the Radar festival 📷 @mimnagh.ca lighting design by Shawn Henry
Profile of a bearded Black man with red beanie and in-ear monitor hiding a mic and reading text from a music stand with lights. In the background is a large video screen showing someone lying in bed in the daytime. Profile of two Black musicians in purple light, the nearer one in glasses, earphones, and a short sleeve shirt playing a grand piano with his right hand, the far one out of focus and playing a tenor saxophone. In the background is a large video screen showing a road, tree and horizon at sundown. Profile of a bearded Black man with short sleeves in red light, playing a blond finish hollow body electric guitar and reading music on a stand with lights Photo of a stage in purple light, surrounded by a circle of chairs. It is a rehearsal with four Black male performers, a speaker with a mic on the left, a saxophone player at centre rear, a guitarist with an amplifier at centre front, and a pianist on the right. They are seated on stools, except for the pianist who is standing behind a grand piano. In the background is a large video screen showing an image of the speaker in closeup.
January 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM