Brian Russell is Co-Director of Choirs at Stewarts Creek High School in Smyrna, Tennessee. Previously, Dr. Russell was Assistant Professor of Music at Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington) and Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY). He serves as Executive Music Director of Murfreesboro’s Ethos Youth Ensembles and Director of Music at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Franklin. He remains an active guest conductor, having been an invited clinician for regional and All-State choirs across the Southeast, Midwest, and Northeast. He serves as the State Choral Performance Assessment Coordinator for TN-ACDA.