Search - Missouri Chamber Players;Lisa Casey (horn);Peter Collins (piano);David Hays (violin);Jill Heyboer (flute);Michael Murray (cello);Grant Peters (trumpet);Allison Storochuk (clarinet) :: Rhapsody: Chamber Music of Richard Faith

Born in 1926 in Indiana, RICHARD FAITH began composing at the age of 12. He has written more than 110 songs, as well as four operas, choral and chamber works, concerti, and numerous piano pieces. Mr. Faith studied composition with Bernard Heiden at Indiana University and Max Wald at Chicago Musical College, where he received both Bachelor and Master degrees. He taught at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, and from 1961 until his retirement in 1988 was in residence at the University of Arizona in Tucson as Professor of Piano. He has won many awards for his piano performances, including at age 22 the Musical Arts Auditions in Chicago, through which he made his solo debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Faith was awarded a Fulbright Grant to study piano and composition at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Faith is recognized nationally as a composer of classical song literature and pedagogical works for piano.