Richard Stephan
Mr. Stephan has appeared as a guest conductor/clinician in New York, Ohio, Utah, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, and Ontario, Canada. He conducted the opening ceremonies of the 1980 Winter Olympics and in 1984 was honored with a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to lecture and conduct in Australia. His Fanfare and Frippery was the 1986 National School Orchestra Association Composition Contest and he has over three dozen published works for string, full, and studio orchestra to his credit. Since his retirement from teaching in 2000, Mr. Stephan has continued his writing and guest conducting.