Debra Richtmeyer

Debra Richtmeyer Has Performed As A Soloist In The United States Canada Europe Mexico Slovakia And The Czech Republic. She Has Performed In Back-Up Ensembles For Such Entertainers As Natalie Cole Sammy Davis Jr. Seals & Crofts Doc Severinsen And Bob Hope And Has Performed Or Recorded As A Featured Soloist With Numerous Ensembles Including The Dallas Symphony Orchestra The United States Navy Band And The Indianapolis Knoxville Slovak Radio And Zlin Martinu Czech Republic Orchestras. Professor Richtmeyer Has Premiered Commissioned Works At Six World Saxophone Congresses And Three North American Saxophone Alliance Conferences And In 1997 Became The First Woman To Perform As A Concerto Soloist With Orchestra At A World Saxophone Congress. Professor Richtmeyer Has Given Featured Recitals And Master Classes At The World Saxophone Congress The British Saxophone Conference The U.S. Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium And The Paris Conservatory. Professor Richtmeyer’s Solo Recording Light Of Sothis Was Described By The Saxophone Symposium As “sterling Throughout ... A First-Class Soloist By Any Standards.” The Dallas Morning News Called Her Performance “atmospheric ... And Ravishing ... First-Class Solo Playing.” Before Coming To The University Of Illinois Professor Richtmeyer Was A Member Of The Music Faculty At The University Of North Texas. In 2002 She Received The University Of Illinois Campus Award For Outstanding Graduate And Professional Teaching And The College Of Fine And Applied Arts Award For Outstanding Faculty In 1997. Professor Richtmeyer Has Served Two Terms As Second Vice President Of The North American Saxophone Alliance And Is An Artist And Clinician For The Selmer Corporation. Her Latest Solo CDs Extravaganza For Saxophone And Orchestra And Classics For Saxophone And Piano Will Be Released Soon On Albany Records. read less