Did you know you can express ideas through music? That’s exactly what composer Russell Nadel has done with the help of student ideas and research. Russell compiled several student-created storyboards and is currently creating an original composition inspired by the events surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Russell Nadel is an accomplished composer and teacher. He graduated from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland, and currently works as the general music specialist at Mount Vernon Woods Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia.