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MUSIC, PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTION

Dr. Richard Gard is the director of several performance ensembles including:

and The Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut

Richard is the Director of Music at Saint Thomas More Chapel at Yale and Lecturer of Hearing & Analysis and Graduate Advisor at the Yale School of Music. He is concurrently Chair of the Department of the Arts and Professor of Music at Naugatuck Valley Community College, where he also heads Connecticut's most comprehensive two-year music program and conducts the college choir, chamber ensemble, and concert band.

Richard's professional ensemble, the Richard Gard Singers, has performed with several popular artists including Kenny Rogers, Andy Williams, and Kenny Loggins, and as the opera chorus for Waterbury Palace Opera. Production credits include recordings and live performances for Los Angeles Public Radio, the Oakdale Theater, the Mohegan Sun Arena, Foxwoods MGM Grand, the Palace Theater, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall, and the Hartford Symphony. Richard is also an active adjudicator and guest conductor.

Richard and his wife, Evelyn, are dedicated to the mission of supporting and developing the musical growth of talented singers and instrumentalists by arranging endowed positions and professional performance opportunities for qualified students, and recent graduates, who wish to pursue a career in music or music education.

This is accomplished by pairing aspiring musicians with professionals who serve as mentors and colleagues. Performance opportunities are made available to student performers who attend public or private universities, colleges and conservatories at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate level.

Visit the current season's performance schedule for shows and concerts. Or you can also visit the archive to see photographs from past seasons; read Richard's program notes, view what's coming next or check out audition notices and join the creative process.

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