P o p s , F a m i l y , S i d e - b y - S i d e
Mr. DeRusha has conducted POPS, FAMILY and/or SIDE-by-SIDE CONCERTS with the following orchestras:
The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (CT)
The Naples Philharmonic (FL)
La Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo (Uruguay)
La Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota (Colombia)
La Orquesta Sinfonica de Colombia
La Orquesta Filarmonica de Mendoza (Argentina)
The Lafayette Symphony (IN)
The Indianápolis Chamber Orchestra (IN)
La Orquesta Nacional de Peru
The New Millenniun Philharmonic Orchestra (IN)
The Boulder Philharmonic (CO)
The Butler Symphony Orchestra (IN)
...among others
In addition to the artists listed to the left he has performed with such well-known vocalists as:
Ella Fitzgerald
Jack Jones
Mel Torme
Tony Bennett
Della Reese
Ray Charles
Stevie Wonder
Wynonna Judd
Carmina Gallo
O r c h e s t r a s C o n d u c t e d
A partial list of the orchestras Mr. DeRusha has conducted:
P r o f e s s i o n a l O r c h e s t r a s
The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra (IN)
The New Millennium Philharmonic Orchestra (IN)
The Lansing Chamber Orchestra (MI)
The Festival Orchestra of Milwaukee (WI)
The Stravinsky Players (WI)
La Sinfonica de Vientos de Boyaca (Colombia)
La Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota (Colombia)
La Orquesta Sinfonica de Colombia
La Orquesta Sinfonica de Antiochia (Colombia)
The Naples Philharmonic (FL)
The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (CT)
The Boulder Philharmonic (CO)
The Lafayette Symphony Orchestra (IN)
The Carmel Symphony Orchestra (IN)
La Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo (Uruguay)
“EL SODRE” Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Uruguay
La Orquesta Filarmonica de Mendoza (Argentina)
La Orquesta Sinfonica de Concepcion (Chile)
La Orquesta Sinfonica de Brasilia (Brazil)
La Orquesta Filarmonica de Goia (Brazil)
La Orquesta Filarmonica de Antioquia (Colombia)
The Kenosha Symphony Orchestra (WI)
La Orquesta de Camara de Blumenau (Brasil)
La Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Peru
La Orquesta Sinfonica de Trujillo (Peru)
La Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Puerto Rico
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra (IN)
Orquesta Clasica (Chile)
La Orquesta Sinfonica UNCuyo, Mendoza (Argentina)
La Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Chile
L Orquesta Sinfonica de Porto Alegre (Brazil)
La Orquesta Sinfonica de Guayaquil (Ecuador)
La Orquesta Sinfonica de la Universidad de La Serena (Chile)
La Orquesta Sinfonica de Valdivia (Chile)
U n i v e r s i t y O r c h e s t r a s
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (WI)
Michigan State University (MI)
Hartt School of Music (CT)
Butler University (IN)
See also the Pops, Family & Side-by-List to the right.
G u e s t A r t i s t s
Mr. DeRusha has worked with the following artists:
ALBERTO ARIAS - bass, Bogota, Colombia, S.A.
ARMAND BASILLE - piano
ROBERT GOODBERG - flute
PAVEL BURDA - percussion
PAUL BENNINGFIELD - tenor
BARRY BENJAMIN - horn, New York Woodwind Quintet
GARY BURTON - vibes, jazz great
DOUGLASS CAMPBELL - horn, Belmont Quintet
LAURALEE CAMPBELL - harp, Lansing Symphony
LUIS de MOURA CASTRO - piano, international soloist
OWEN CARMEN - cello, principal Lansing Symphony
DALE CLEVENGER - horn, principal Chicago Symphony
WAYNE COOK - trumpet
EUGENE DRUCKER - violin, Emersom String Quartet
LAWRENCE DUTTON - viola, Emerson String Quartet
MERIEL DICKENSEN - soprano, recording artist, London
WILLIAM DUVAL - narrator
MAYNARD FERGUSON - trumpet, jazz great
DAVID FINCKEL - cello, Emerson String Quartet
FINE ARTS STRING QUARTET
JAMES FORGER - saxophone, Forger-Moriarty Duo
CARMINA GALLO - soprano, Colombia
JON GRUETT - tenor
ELSA GUITERREZ - mezzo soprano, Bogota, Colombia, S.A.
DONALD HAACK - trombone, Milwaukee Symphony
KLARA HAVLIKOVA - piano, Czechoslovakia
WOODY HERMAN - clarinet/saxophone, jazz great
JEAN HERZBERG - soprano, San Francisco opera
STEVE HOUGHTON - drums, jazz great
KNUD HOVALDT - trumpet, principal Royal Swedish National Orch.
JAN JEDRICK - clarinet, principal Orquesta Filharm. de Bogota
HARLAN JENNINGS - baritone
THAD JONES - trumpet, jazz great
ALFREDO LANDINES - bass, Bogota, Colombia, S.A.
KY-DO LEE - soprano, Japan
MIMI LERNER - mezzo soprano, La Scala
MEL LEWIS - drums, jazz great
ANDREAU MARCHAND - piano
RICH MATTESON - baritone/tuba, jazz great
BLANCA INES MEJIA - mezzo soprano, Bogota, Colombia, S.A.
DEBORAH MORIARTY - piano, Forger-Moriarty Duo
FRANK MORELLI - bassoon, New York City Ballet
EDWARD MUMM - violin, principal Milwaukee Symphony
CURTIS OLSON - bass trombone
FRED ORMAND - clarinet, former Chicago Symphony
DON OWEN - trumpet, principal Florida Orchestra
HARVEY PHILLIPS - tuba, recording artist
ORLANDO RENGIFO - tenor, Vienna, Austria
BUDDY RICH - drums, jazz great
EUGENE ROUSSEAU - saxophone, recording artist
ROGER RUGGERI - contrabass, principal Milwaukee Symphony
PHILIP SETZER - violin, Emerson String Quartet
DANIEL STOLPER - oboe, recitalist
JACK SNAVELY - clarinet, Woodwind Arts Quintet
GEORGE SOPKIN - cello, Fine Arts String Quartet
MARINA TAFUR - soprano, Bogota, Colombia, S.A.
ROBERT THOMPSON - bassoon, recording artist
ELSA LUDEWIG-VERDEHR - clarinet, Verdehr Trio
WALTER VERDEHR - violin, Verdehr Trio
RALPH VOTAPEK - piano, winner Tchaikowsky Competition
I-FU WANG - violin, principal Lansing Symphony
SHERRY ZANOTH - soprano
ERNESTO BITTETI - guitarist of international fame
PANAYIS LYRAS - pianist, Van Cliburn Winner
LAURENCE SHAPIRO - violinist, recitalist and soloist
HAROUTUNE BEDELIAN - violinist, recitalist
WILLIAM GRUBB - cellist, chamber musician
SHARON SEARLES - soprano, US Musical Ambassador
LUIS DE MOURA CASTRO - pianist, international soloist
ANDRE WATTS - pianist, international soloist
TIMOTHY ADAMS - percussion, principal timpanist Pittsburgh Sym. Orch.
LISA & DAVIS BROOKS - violin duo
ROBERT ORTH - baritone
LISA SAFER - soprano
FRANK PREUSS - international violin virtuoso, Col. S.A.
AARON ROSAND - international violin virtuoso
DAVID MURRAY - Contrabass virtuoso
ROBERT DANFORTH - Principal Horn, Indpls. Sym. Orch
MARK O'CONNOR - violin virtuoso
RICHARD STOLTZMAN –international clarinet virtuoso
SVETLIN ROUSSEV – international violin virtuoso
MALCOLM SMITH – Principal Oboe Indianapolis Sym.
OPUS CUATRO – Argentine Vocal Ensemble
CLAUDIA WAITE – Metropolitan Opera Soprano
HUMBERT LUCARELLI – International Oboe Soloist
PIETRO ANTONIO SOAVE – Bandoneonist
EUGENIO URRUTIA – International Pianist (Chile)
ALEJANDRA URRUTIA – International Violinist (Chile)
ENRIQUE GRAF – International Pianist (Uruguay- USA)
TATIANA SAMOUIL – violinist
DUDU CARMEL – Principal Oboe Israelí Philharmonic
SAMIRA RAUSS – Principal Flute Orq. Sinfonica de UNCuyo
EDITH FISHER – Chilean Pianist
G u e s t C o m p o s e r s
Mr. DeRusha has worked with the following composers:
KAREL HUSA - composer, 1969 Pulitzer Prize
GUNTHER SCHULLER - composer, conductor, author
DAVID AMRAM - composer, New York City
WARREN BENSON - composer, Eastman School of Music
H. OWEN REED - composer, Guggenheim
JOSEPH SCWANTNER - composer, 1979 Pulitzer Prize
WILLIAM SCHUMAN - composer, 1945 Pulitzer Prize
JERE HUTCHESON - composer, Michigan State University
JERZY SAPIEVSKY - composer, New York City
JAMES LEWIS - composer, University of South Florida
DAVID LIPTAK - composer, Eastman School of Music
VINCENT PERSICHETTI - composer, Pulitzer Prize
JOHN DOWNEY - composer, French National Honors
MICHAEL CHRISTIAN DAVID - composer, Vienna, Austria
CHOU WEN-CHUNG - composer, student of Varèse
ERNST KRENEK - international composer
ROBERT CRAFT - Stravinsky companion
LUCIEN CAILLIET - composer, arranger, Philidelphia Orchestra
BLAS EMILIO ATEHORTUA - composer, Colombia, S.A.
ZDENEK LUKAS - composer, Prague, Czechoslovakia
MICHAEL COLGRASS - composer, Canada
DAVID MASLANKA - composer, New York City
ROBERT CARL - composer, Hartt School of Music
GEORGE PERLE - composer, 1988 Pulitzer Prize
JAMES SELLARS - composer Hartt School of Music
ROBERT CARL - composer Hartt School Of Music
MICHAEL SCHELLE - composer Butler University
WILLIAM BANFIELD - composer Indiana University
JOHN CORIGLIANO - Pulitzer Prize Winner, Grammy Winner
ARTURO RODRIGUEZ – Mozart Prize – Mexico
ALEJANDRO GUARELLO – Argentina
CELSO GARRIDA-LECCA - Peru
AARON COPELAND
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
DOMINIC ARGENTO
NORMAN DELLO JOIO
MORTON GOULD
JOHN CORIGLIANO
JENNIFER HIGDON
CHRISTAFER THEOFANIDIS
C o n d u c t i n g S y m p o s i a
Mr. DeRusha has taught conducting at the following institutions and Music Festivals:
The American Symphony Orchestra League
The Interlochen Arts Academy
The University of Michigan
The University of Wisconsin
The University of Illinois
The University of California-Sacramento
The Illinois Music Educators Conference
The New England Conservatory of Music
The University of Connecticut
The Hartt School of Music
The Kansas City Conservatory of Music
The New York Music Educators Association
Michigan State University
The University of Missouri-Kansas City
Ohio State University
The University of Minnesota
The University of Florida
The Ohio Music Educators Conference
The Illinois Music Educators Conference
The University of California-Sacramento
The College Band Directors National Conference, Boulder, CO
The University of Texas
Louisiana State University
The Florida Music Educators Conference
The University of South Florida
La Escuela Superior de Música, Tunja, Colombia
La Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
La Universidad de Concepcion, Chile
The Conductors Guild Conductors Workshop, Indianapolis, IN
Butler University
Texas Music Educators Conference
The New York Music Educators Conference
The Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
The South Dakota Music Educators Conference
International Conference for Choral Conductors, Brasilia, Brazil
Conductors of the La Orquesta Juvenil de Chile
The University of Minnesota
Conductors of La Orquesta Juvenil de Santa Cruz, Bolivia
La Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
...among others
G u e s t C o n d u c t i n g
In addition to 39 of the 50 states in the U.S., Mr. DeRusha has guest conducted in the following countries:
Canada
England
France
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Italy
West Germany
Belgium
Holland
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Colombia
Nova Scotia
The Republic of China
Brazil
Chile
Uruguay
Argentina
Peru
Bolivia
Puerto Rico
Ecuador
Greece
Mexico
El Salvador
