Allen Richmond, B.Mus., M.M. P.O. Box 333, Dayton OH 45475-0333 Phone: 937.750.6724 / Fax: 847.589.1927 / Email: Maestro -at- Donet.com
Dayton-native Allen Richmond holds degrees in Music Composition and Conducting from Ohio University School of Music and the Kansas City Conservatory of Music, University of Missouri. His orchestral conducting style was enhanced through disciplined training with Markand Thakar and Robert Newell; choral techniques honed under the tutelage of Peter Jarjisian and Eph Ehly; and compositional mentoring with Robert Newell and Mark Phillips. As an active conductor, musician and clinician, Maestro Richmond tours worldwide, sharing his knowledge and background through performance, workshops, clinics and chamber ensemble/orchestra mentoring. He has performed a wide variety of music with a number of musical organizations and institutions during his twenty-five year career, collaborating with such august ensembles as The Harmony Society Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Canta-Sonare, Cincinnati Civic Orchestra, the NKU Philharmonic Orchestra, the American Mandolin & Guitar Orchestra, the CMSA En Masse Orchestra, and the Ohio Symphony Orchestra, which premiered Mr. Richmond's Symphony No. 1 in 1990, under the composer's baton.
Mr. Richmond is currently Music Director and Conductor of the Dayton Mandolin Orchestra, founding the orchestra in 2004; Artistic Director/Principal Mandolinist with the Midwest Mandolin Quartet; Violist in the Cincinnati Civic Orchestra and NKU Philharmonic Orchestra; and teaches private studio lessons in conducting, orchestration, Classical mandolin, mandola and mandocello. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Classical Mandolin Society of America as Orchestra Liaison, Education Committee member and Convention Committee member; and is an active member of the Conductors Guild, Chamber Music America, Fretted Instrument Guild of America, Columbus (OH) Guitar Society, and the Mandolin Society of Central Indiana. In addition to over 125 arrangements for mandolin orchestra and chamber ensembles since 2005, his recent compositions include Symphony No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra; Raise the Banner, for Mandolin Orchestra; and Triptych for String Quartet, premiered in 2007 by the Toubee Quartet of Cincinnati Ohio. Mr. Richmond's compositions and musical works are published by Scioto Publishing Ltd., Middletown Ohio. To extend an invitation to Maestro Richmond to conduct a performance or series with your orchestra, please use the contact information above at your convenience.