Russell Harry Coleman Green
Russell Harry Colman Green FRCCO (10 April 1908 – 6 February 1975) was an organist and composer based in England and Canada.[1]
Life
He was born in Norwich on 10 April 1908. He studied at the Birmingham School of Music and with G. D. Cunningham and Herbert Howells.
He conducted the Olton Orchestra 1926–47, the Birmingham Festival Choral Society 1945–54, and the Russell Green Choir 1949–58.
He moved to Ottawa, Canada in 1958 and died on 6 February 1975 in Saskatoon.
Appointments
- Organist of St Bartholomew's Church, Edgbaston, Birmingham 1933–????
- Organist of First Baptist Church (Ottawa) 1959–63
- Dean of Music at Acadia University 1963–65
- Organist at Knox United Church (Saskatoon) 1965–69
- Organist at Christ Church, Saskatoon 1969–75
Compositions
His compositions include over 350 songs, around 50 keyboard works, 50 sacred and secular choral pieces, a Paean for orchestra, and a cantata, Christus mediator (1962).
References
- ^ Who's who in music, Shaw Publishing, 1961
Categories:
- 1908 births
- 1975 deaths
- English organists
- Male organists
- English composers
- English emigrants to Canada
- Fellows of the Royal College of Organists
- People from Norwich
- 20th-century classical musicians
- 20th-century British composers
- 20th-century English musicians
- 20th-century organists
- 20th-century British male musicians