John W. Richmond is a tenured Professor in the School of Music of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he is serving in his second 5-year term as the Director of the School of Music. His duties include the programmatic, managerial, and fiduciary supervision of all graduate and undergraduate programs in music and the undergraduate program in dance. He also teaches graduate courses in music education. Since coming to UNL in 2003, Dr. Richmond has guided the School of Music in the development of a strategic plan, the successful completion of an academic program review, the conversion of three contingent faculty positions (voice, saxophone, and choral conducting) to tenure-earning positions, the conversion of a GTA appointment to a contingent faculty appointment (Assistant Professor of Practice in Music Education), the creation of a new string quartet residency, the recruitment of the Chiara String Quartet (www.chiaraquartet.net) to occupy that residency, the upgrading of technology resources for faculty and students, and the completion of 15 faculty searches. See page 7 of his curriculum vitae for a discussion of other programmatic accomplishments.
Prior to this appointment, Dr. Richmond served as a Professor and in various administrative capacities in the School of Music at the University of South Florida, Tampa. There, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in choral music education, choral conducting, arts education administration, and philosophy. He earned a bachelor’s degree (summa cum laude) in music education from William Jewell College, a master’s degree in conducting from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and a Ph.D. degree in music education from Northwestern University. In addition, he studied conducting and music education in Austria at the Vienna International Music Center and the Orff Schulwerk Institute (Salzburg).
Dr. Richmond’s research focuses on arts education policy, legal issues in arts education, and the philosophy of music education, with foci on professional ethics in arts education and the intersections of aesthetic and religious knowing. He is published widely in such respected journals as the Journal of Research in Music Education, Research Perspectives in Music Education, Arts Education Policy Review (and its earlier incarnation – Design for Arts in Education), the International Journal of Music Education, the Journal of Aesthetic Education (Editorial Consultant, 1996-present), and the Choral Journal, as well as a number of research monographs, including On the Nature of the Musical Experience. He is a Founding Director of the Suncoast Music Education Forum, the founding Editor of the Florida Choral News, and served as the Conference Director for the 1994 World Conference of the International Society for Music Education. Dr. Richmond edited of the Policy/Philosophy Research Section of the second edition of the New Handbook of Research in Music Teaching and Learning (Oxford University Press, 2002), and also wrote the chapter on “Law Research and Music Education.”
Dr. Richmond has appeared across North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia as a guest conductor, speaker, clinician, consultant, and soloist. Recent speaking engagements include the 2003, 2004, and 2006 NASM Conventions, the 2004 Texas Association of Music Schools, the 2004 Music Education Leadership Institute of Georgia State University, the 2006 and 2008 ISME World Conferences (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Bologna, Italy respectively), and the 2007 World Conference of the College Music Society in Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Richmond currently Chairs the NASM Ethics Committee.
Prior to this appointment, Dr. Richmond served as a Professor and in various administrative capacities in the School of Music at the University of South Florida, Tampa. There, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in choral music education, choral conducting, arts education administration, and philosophy. He earned a bachelor’s degree (summa cum laude) in music education from William Jewell College, a master’s degree in conducting from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and a Ph.D. degree in music education from Northwestern University. In addition, he studied conducting and music education in Austria at the Vienna International Music Center and the Orff Schulwerk Institute (Salzburg).
Dr. Richmond’s research focuses on arts education policy, legal issues in arts education, and the philosophy of music education, with foci on professional ethics in arts education and the intersections of aesthetic and religious knowing. He is published widely in such respected journals as the Journal of Research in Music Education, Research Perspectives in Music Education, Arts Education Policy Review (and its earlier incarnation – Design for Arts in Education), the International Journal of Music Education, the Journal of Aesthetic Education (Editorial Consultant, 1996-present), and the Choral Journal, as well as a number of research monographs, including On the Nature of the Musical Experience. He is a Founding Director of the Suncoast Music Education Forum, the founding Editor of the Florida Choral News, and served as the Conference Director for the 1994 World Conference of the International Society for Music Education. Dr. Richmond edited of the Policy/Philosophy Research Section of the second edition of the New Handbook of Research in Music Teaching and Learning (Oxford University Press, 2002), and also wrote the chapter on “Law Research and Music Education.”
Dr. Richmond has appeared across North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia as a guest conductor, speaker, clinician, consultant, and soloist. Recent speaking engagements include the 2003, 2004, and 2006 NASM Conventions, the 2004 Texas Association of Music Schools, the 2004 Music Education Leadership Institute of Georgia State University, the 2006 and 2008 ISME World Conferences (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Bologna, Italy respectively), and the 2007 World Conference of the College Music Society in Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Richmond currently Chairs the NASM Ethics Committee.
