Percival, Richard
Richard was born in Nelson, New Zealand in 1953. He attended Canterbury University and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and studied further in the U.S. with Victor Morosco (clarinet and woodwinds) and Abbe Fraser (counterpoint/composition). Over the last 30 years Richard has worked as a professional woodwind doubler (saxophones, clarinets, bass clarinet and flutes) in a wide range of musical situations ranging from orchestras, recording studios, television, theater and bands in a variety of musical styles including classical ensembles through jazz, Afro Cuban to rock and roll. He has worked and toured with such artists as Howard Keel, Barbara Cook, Natalie Cole, Grace Knight, Sarah Brightman, Michael Crawford, Olivia Newton-John, Cleo Lane, Hugh Jackman and many others. He has had the pleasure of working in bands lead by Maria Schneider and Bob Florence.
He has worked extensively in the theatre playing over forty shows including Cats, Nine, Chess, West Side Story, Chicago, Ain't Misbehavin', Gertrude Stein and Companion, Joseph, Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls, 42nd Street, A Little Night Music, Hot Shoe Shuffle, Piaf, Sweet Charity, The Boy from Oz (Plus Arena Shows Hugh Jackman), Singin' In the Rain , The Producers, Urinetown, Company, Billy Elliot and many others.
Richard has been a teacher, clinician and lecturer in music for more than thirty years and hopes to do so for another thirty or so. He has also worked widely as a composer and arranger. He is a member of the A.M.C. and A.P.R.A. and has music published in both Australia and the U.S. He is the creator of the highly successful "Teacher On Tap" Woodwind Integrated Learning Series for Saxophones, Clarinet and Flute. He continues to write and arrange for ensembles as diverse as chamber orchestras, big bands, Latin ensembles and chamber groups. He specializes in music for wind instruments.
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