he Los Angeles Collaboration strives to inspire and educate audiences with distinctive programs of original arrangements and classical music. They seek to incorporate their faith in God and their classical training into the music they bring to churches, schools and concert halls. Their mission includes collaborating with other musicians and educating the next generation of musicians.

BIOGRAPHY

The Los Angeles Collaboration was formed by pianist Duane Funderburk and violinist Alex Russell in 2000. They give approximately 50 performances annually, both in duo recitals and as soloists with orchestras. Their music spans a wide spectrum of styles, including classical, sacred, jazz, Broadway and other American music repertoire. Most distinctive about their performances is the presentation of their original arrangements and orchestrations in various genres.

As a duo they perform frequently throughout the United States, appearing at the Museum of Biblical Art and Marble Collegiate Church in New York City, at the Gardner Museum in Boston, as featured guest artists with the Houston Choral Society and Orchestra, as part of the Salisbury House concert series in Iowa, at various colleges and universities, as well as at numerous church-based concert series.

International appearances include duo performances in China, Australia, Singapore, and in the UK at Oxford University and St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church. They have performed as soloists with orchestras in Armenia, Canada, Lithuania, South Korea, Sweden, and Ukraine. Additionally, they give masterclasses and lectures in schools and universities around the world. The Los Angeles Collaboration has recorded four albums: a live recital in England, and three with a studio orchestra. They have appeared on the Far East Broadcasting Company radio network, and the nationally broadcast Christian Television System (CTS) in Korea.

In 2010, selected arrangements written and performed by The Los Angeles Collaboration were published through MorningStar Music Publishers of St. Louis, Missouri. In 2011 the duo will return to perform with the Armenian Philharmonic in Yerevan, Armenia, and will perform with orchestra in Zaporozhye, Ukraine. The Los Angeles Collaboration is a member of Chamber Music America.