Brian T. Russell (’00), who holds his graduate degree in conducting from the prestigious Eastman School of Music, won the American Choral Directors Association’s annual Julius Herford Prize.

The honor, awarded by the Research and Publications Committee of the ACDA, recognizes outstanding doctoral research projects in choral music.  Russell’s research presents edition of seven previously unpublished psalm settings of Georg Phillip Telemann along with commentary on the history of the works, their manuscript sources, and relevant issues of performance practice.

Russell is assistant professor of music at Illinois Wesleyan University, where he directs the university choir and teaches courses in music education.