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Stephen Risher instrumentalist/composer

About Me

TEACHING POSITIONS


MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOLS, Memphis, TN
Band Director&nbsp-&nbspOakhaven Junior/Senior High School
RICHMOND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Richmond, CA
Director of Bands&nbsp-&nbspKennedy High School
MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOLS, Memphis, TN
Director of Bands – South Side High School
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLLEGE, Memphis, TN
Director of Bands/lecturer

INSTRUMENTALIST


trumpet
classical and electric guitar
string bass and electric bass
keyboards
harmonica (cross harp, chromatic, bass)
*private instructor for all band instruments

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY


Orchestral and academic instrumental experience
Popular music genres
Theatre productions
Church music positions
Recording

PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW


Mississippi State University Marching Band
Mississippi State University Chorus
Memphis State University Marching Band
Memphis State University Wind Ensemble
Memphis State University Brass Ensemble
Memphis State University Orchestra
Memphis State University Jazz Band
Memphis State University Madrigal Singers
Memphis State University Chorus
Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Memphis Youth Symphony Orchestra
Bishop Otey Episcopal Choir Director
Central Church Orchestra
Libertyland Assistant Music Director
Ringling Brothers Circus
University of Southwestern Orchestra
McCoy Theatre Orchestra
Theatre Memphis Orchestra
Central Academy of Music
Memphis Music Teachers Co-op
Christian Brothers College Director of Bands
Adjudicator for Mid South Fair
Southside High School Band Director
Kennedy High School Band Director
Portola Jr. High School Assistant to the Director
Richmond Unified Schools Elementary
Contra Costa County Community Band
NAPA Valley College Jazz Band
City College Jazz Band, San Francisco, CA
Oakhaven High School Band Director
River City Community Band
Professional music groups in Mid-South area
Freelance recording sessions
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Musical Theatre:
“Shenandoah”

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/18/2007
Influences: :

Rev C R Jones
&nbsp great-grandfather,
&nbsp fiddle/harmonica

Gene Autry
Bob Wills, Texas Playboys
Bing Crosby
Frank Sinatra
Harry James
Sammy Kaye
Spike Jones
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
The Dukes of Dixieland
Ish Kabibble
Kaye Kyser
Glenn Miller
Count Basie
Al Hirt
Louis Armstrong
Marvin Stamm
Tom Ferguson
Bruce Bellinger
Merle Gartrell
The Royal American Showmen
James Stroud
Boston
Kansas
David Lanz & Paul Speer
various Windham Hill & Narada
&nbsp&nbsp&nbspartists
Yanni
John Tesh
Chet Atkins
Red 7
CHICAGO
Buddy Holly
Bob Dylan
Steve Cropper
Memphis Horns
EAGLES
Brecker Brothers
Herbie Hancock
Keith Jarret
Weather Report
Mark Almond
Frank Zappa
Arnold Schönberg
Jean Sebelius
Andrés Segovia
Leonard Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein
Henry Mancini
J S Bach
Franz List
John Williams
Alfred Newman
Gustav Holst
Charles Ives
Aaron Copland
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Edvard Hagerup Grieg
Douglas Lemmon
Mulgrew Miller
Alan Price
Dave Rowberry
Paul Shaffer
Freddie Hubbard
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Chic Corea
Steve Morse
Jason Becker
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ewing Madole
Igor Stravinsky
The Dixie Dreggs
Peer Gynt
Gentle Giant
J P Sousa
The GANTS
The Beatles

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Sounds Like:

My Favorite Keyboard Artist: DAVID LANZ:

Record Label: Unsigned

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