William Russell

William Russell is the newest member of Boston Brass, joining in 2017. William was a co-founder of the Chicago-based quintet Alliance Brass and is an alumnus of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. William has performed across the United States in venues from the Corn Palace to Carnegie Hall, and he has toured Europe with both the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and he can be heard on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Grammy-winning 2008 recording of Shostakovich’s 4th
William teaches tuba and euphonium at Northeastern Illinois University.
Boston Brass is a Yamaha Performing Group and performs exclusively on Yamaha instruments. Boston Brass is Visiting Ensemble in Residence at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory at the National University of Singapore and the Challey School of Music at North Dakota State University.