ArtistInfo

Richard Busch

p, *1947
Musician / Composer / Conductor of Classical

Richard Busch is a composer, pianist, choral conductor, and teacher. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1947. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, where he studied composition and music theory with Vincent Persichetti, Bernard Wagenaar, Roger Sessions, and Luciano Berio. He has twice been a recipient of fellowship grants from the Massachusetts Artists’ Foundation, and has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. His music has been performed by the Indianapolis Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Boston’s Collage, the Meridian Quartet, I Cantori di New York, and many community choruses and church choirs, including that of the Church of the Ascension in New York City. A long time resident of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and for twelve years a commuting organist/choir director at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Nantucket, Mr. Busch relocated in 2004 to Washington, Connecticut, where for four and a half years he held the position of Organist and Choirmaster at St. John’s Episcopal Church. From 2009 to 2011 he served as Director of Music at Christ Church, Harwichport, Massachusetts. Currently he serves as a substitute organist, pianist, and singer in churches in Ft. Myers, Florida, and on Cape Cod.