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RICHARD STEFFEN
Professor of Music
Bachelor of Science in Music, North Texas State University
Master of Music, North Texas State University
Richard Steffen, a 1976 graduate of North Texas
State University, is currently Professor of Music at APSU. In
addition to his teaching responsibilities in jazz harmony and
brass methods, Richard is in charge of the jazz ensemble, brass
ensemble(s), and trumpet instruction.
As a student at NTSU, Richard played solo cornet
in the concert band, first trumpet in the brass choir, principal
trumpet in the orchestra, second trumpet in the Faculty Brass
Quintet and lead trumpet with the 1:O’clock Lab Band [he appears
as lead trumpet on the Lab ‘75(Lizard) Album]. While in the
Dallas area he performed on occasion with the Dallas Symphony
and the Fort Worth Symphony.
Commercially, he performed with many traveling
entertainers such as Johnny Mathis, Liberace, Tony Bennett, Jack
Benny, Carl Reiner, Bob Hope, The Spinners, The Temptations, The
Four Topps and a host of others.
Before joining the faculty at APSU, Richard
taught at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.
During his tenure at Furman, he served as Principal Trumpet with
the Greenville Symphony and first trumpet with the Foothills
Brass Quintet.
Email:
SteffenR@apsu.edu
Phone:
(931) 221-7640
Music/Mass Communication Building, Room 216 |
