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The second Rosemarie & Robin Russell Family Concert Series will be held this Saturday, May 17, 8PM at Roosevelt Island’s Chapel of the Good Shepherd with a classical music program of Schumann, Bach and Mozart. Can’t go wrong with those guys!The musicians playing will be:The first Roosevelt Island Russell Family Concert was a great success. Some comments from concert goers were:Admission is free. Here are the directions.Some background on Rosemarie and Robin Russell:
The late Rosemarie and Robin Russell together organized numerous concerts and events on Roosevelt Island; they wanted to encourage music education and appreciation. Robin spoke about organizing a concert series which would bring music to Roosevelt Island on a regular basis.
After Rosemarie passed away, Robin continued their mission on Roosevelt Island and founded the Island Arts Music School. He established programs with the new Roosevelt Island communities at Southtown and Octagon. He had just started Musikids, a music and dance experience class for toddlers. Music was the catalyst and the reward. Robin was the director, secretary, accountant and one of the teachers at the school. Robin died unexpectedly in February, 2007, leaving our community at a tremendous loss.
In 2007, staff and students of Island Arts Music School rallied together to held three events: a concert in Robins memory, a final student recital dedicated to Robin and finally a holiday event presented as a gift from the musicians to the community. The audiences responded warmly with appreciation, enthusiasm, and support in remembrance of what the Russell Family brought to Roosevelt Island.