Carlton T. Russell
Professor of Music and College Organist, Emeritus
Degrees
B.A., Amherst College (magna cum laude, major in music), 1960
M.F.A., Princeton University (musicology), 1962
Choirmaster (Ch.M.) certificate, American Guild of Organists, 1962
Ph.D., Princeton University (musicology), 1966
M.A.T.S., Episcopal Divinity School, 1983
Ordained in Episcopal Church: deacon, June 1984; priest, May 1985
Main Interests
Liturgics and liturgical music, i.e., music and worship in the Western church
Music and worship as pastoral care
Early music, especially Baroque music and performance practice pertaining to the same
Criticism and other forms of writing about music
Research Interests
Music and worship
History and theological foundations of church music
Philosophical approaches to music (linguistic aesthetics)
Teaching Interests
Early music (Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque): History and performance
Writing about music
History of Western music; introduction to music; music and worship (prior to Fall 1999)
[Retired from undergraduate teaching, June 2004]
Other Interests
Organ playing and teaching, singing and choral conducting:
Minister of Music (with Lorna Brookes Russell, Wheaton Class of 1964), St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church, Blue Hill, Maine, October 2006-
Dean, Bangor Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, July 2009 -
Organ teacher, Organ Education Program, Greater Bay Area Ministerium [Belfast, Maine], May 2009 -
Interim Minister of Music, St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Camden, Maine, July 2005- October 2006
Writing music for the amateur choir and for congregations
Preaching and liturgy:
Sometime supply priest, St. Francis, Blue Hill, Maine
Priest Associate, Trinity Church, Wrentham, Massachusetts, 1985-2005
Supply priest, Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, 1985-2005
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
Organ recitals and concerts:
St. John's RC Church, Bangor, Maine, Summer Organ Series, 1993-
St. Saviour's Episcopal Parish, Bar Harbor, Maine, Summer Organ Series, 2007 -
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Camden, Maine, Lenten Organ Series, 2007 -
Flute and organ concerts with Diana Brookes Brown, flutist, 1999-
(with frequent playing of recordings on Maine Public Radio)
Organ playing heard on National Public Radio programs: "Pipedreams"("She's Done It" [music by Florence Price], 23 July 2007; "With Heart and Voice", 26 April 2009 (music by Peter Pindar Stearns, P83)
Ensemble organist/harpsichordist with The Somerset Consort, 2008 -
Wheaton College: faculty recitals and concerts on Cole Memorial Chapel Casavant tracker organ (1969), annually for many years
Organ recordings:
"Summer Organ Concerts" (St. John's, Bangor CD, 1997: one of six organists on CD)
"With Grateful Gladness" (Wheaton College CD, 1999: solo recording)
Concerts:
Ensemble harpsichordist in The Wheaton Consort (with Ed Merck, recorders; Janet Haas, viole da gamba; and Joanne Mouradjian, soprano): performances on and off campus, 1992-2004
Several published articles (on church music, criticism, etc.), anthems, and service music (Rite II); wrote words and music of The Wheaton Anthem (Wheaton College, 1984; rev. 1989)