Below is information about Richard’s education (both academic and private).
AcademicUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), 2007-
- D.M.A. in Collaborative Piano
- Awarded a Hayes Fellowship
- M.M. Piano Performance. 4.0 GPA
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) Robert E. Cook Honors College, 2003-2006
- B.F.A Piano Performance, 4.0 GPA
University of Zagreb, Music Academy
- September-December 2006, Study Abroad
- Summer 2007 Independent Studies – Performance with Veljko Glodić and Croatian song literature with Professor Eva Kirchmeyer
- Link to article in Hrvatsko Slovo discussing my time in Croatia and experience with the music of Dora Pejačević
Blairsville High School
- 4.0+ GPA; Valedictorian
College Music Society International Conference 2009, Zagreb Croatia: Presented a lecture recital titled “Art and Politics in Miniature: The Piano Miniatures of Dora Pejačević”
Private Instruction