Richard
Percival B.Mus, A.D.J.S., L.T.C.L.
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, clarinet,
bass clarinet and flutes) in a wide range of musical situations
ranging from orchestras, recording studios, television, theatre
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 Laine and many others.
He has had the pleasure of working in bands led 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, Singin' In the Rain and far too many others. |