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REPERTOIRE
Kara is invovled in on-going serious study, composition and performance.  She continues to increase her repertoire as she plays new events,
composes new pieces and creates arrangements of old favorites. 
Below is a sampling of pieces she currently plays with regularity. 
(Many of these her own arrangement.)
 
Please check back here for some music file samples as the website progresses.















HARP 
 
CLASSICS
Adagio - L. Adam
Adagio in F minor - St. Georges
Ave Maria (Prelude in C) - Bach/Gounod
Etude(s) - N. C. Bochsa
Etude (s) - Meyer
Etude (s) - Schumann
Rondo de Cardon - J. Cousineau
Menuette - I. Pleyel
Minuet in F- Mozart
Sonata in A minor - D. Cimarosa
Sonatina in C - T. Latour
Variations on Air from Sonata No. 9 - Mozart
Vienese Sonata #1 mv.1 - Mozart
Waltz in F Major - Mozart
Waltz - Clementi
 
EARLY MUSIC - (Rameau is my favorite composer.)
Adoramus Te Christi - Ignoto 1500s
Awakening of the Lilies - F. Couperin
Bianco Fiore - Cesar Negri (late 1500s)
Gayment from Fantasia No. 3 - G.P. Telemann
Le Tombeau (Allemande) - Robert de Visee
Minuet from Sonata in C - Scarlatti
Minuette en Rondo - Rameau
Suo Gan - attributed to R. Hughes
O Bone Jesu - Compere
O Bone Jesu - Grancini
O Bone Jesu - Palestrina
Prelude - Marchand
Waltz(s) - Clementi
 
ROMANTIC PERIOD, MODERN/CONTEMPORARY and PRESENT DAY
Berceuse - E. Satie
Berceuse from Jocelyn - Goddard
Elegie - E. Satie
Feuillle D'Album - Chabrier
variations on God Made Me - M.Jothen
In the Country - R. VanHest
Italian Aria - J. Sams
Led By the Waters Still - K. Russell
Les Anges - E. Satie
My Father's Favorite - Doyle
Palm Branches - Jean B. Faure
Solitude - Pauline Viardot
Something In Your Smile - L. Bricusse
Variae Preces, CingVersets (Various Prayers, 5 Verses) - Tournemire
 
SPECIALTY PIECES
Altes Volkslied - Kirchner
Northern Princess - Nordic Folk Song
Slumber Song of Izumo - Japanese 700AD
The Little Zither Waltz - 1896 Graff (transcribed & arranged from zither music by K. Russell)
Sakura - Traditional Japanese
Land O' The Leal - Traditional Scottish, attributed to Surenne
What Flower Blooms? - Traditional Chinese
 
RELIGIOUS  (also see "Early Music" above)
All Things Come of Thee O Lord (Introit) - Brahms
Alleluia - J. Berthier
Bless Thou the Gifts - Schumann
Christ Child's Lullabye - Traditional French
Fairest Lord Jesus - Traditional
Following the Star - Wright
Good King Wenceslas - Traditional
Jesus Walked This Lonely Valley - Traditional
Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming - Traditional
Precious Memories - Traditional Hymn
Silent Night - Traditional
Still, Still, Still - Traditional Hymn
 
 
CELLO
 
CLASSICS
Andante - J. Haydn
Ave Maria - Saint Saens
Elegie - J. Massenet
Menuet from French Suite #3 - J.S. Bach
Ode to Joy - Beethoven
 
EARLY MUSIC
Gayment from Fantasia No. 3 - Teleman
Greensleeves - Traditional
Sarabande - Corelli
 
MODERN
First - K. Russell
Wandering In The Desert - K. Russell
 
SPECIALTY
The Beginning - 1896 Graff (transcribed & arranged from zither music by K. Russell)
The Braes of Baiguidder - Scottish Traditional
Chilly Autumn - Traditional Chinese
Chinese River Flowing - J.Rhoda
Freut Euch Des Lebens - German Folk Song
Maria Waltz - 1896 Graff (transcribed & arranged from zither music by K. Russell)
 
RELIGIOUS
Angels We Have Heard on High - Traditional
I Heard The Voice of Jesus Say - J. Dykes
O Come All Ye Faithful - Traditional
The Lord's Prayer - Malotte
Wait for the Lord - J. Berthier
 
 
RECORDER (Alto and Tenor) 
 
CLASSICS
Air from Romanze No. 50 - Beethoven
Largo from "Winter" - Vivaldi
 
EARLY MUSIC
(numberous early religious pieces 1400s - 1500s)
Dans Nos Bois - Lully
Gavotte - Corelli
Sarabande en Rondo - Rameau
 
MODERN
Berceuse (from Jocelyn) - Godard
In the Fields - Van Hest
Nordic Dance - Van Hest
Adoro te Devote - Garau
 
SPECIALTY
Love's Lament in Mid Autumn - Traditional Chinese
Old Fisherman - Traditional Chinese
Flower Drum - Traditional Chinese 
 
RELIGIOUS
Adoramus te Christe - Ignoto
Simple Gifts - Traditional Shaker Melody
















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Kara Dahl Russell
AHS, AEA, AFTRA, SAG
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