dr. richard fountain

 

Richard Fountain    Dr. Richard Fountain is Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, TX, where he teaches applied piano and accompanying as well as collaborating with choral ensembles and student and faculty soloists.  Fountain received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, studying with internationally celebrated pianist Paul Barnes.  He has been a soloist with the Marion Philharmonic Orchestra, the UNL Symphony Orchestra and performed Liszt’s Totentanz with Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra in Lincoln, NE during the 2008-2009 season.  Dr. Fountain has held the position of Principal Keyboard in Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra since the fall of 2006, and has also held the position of Principal Keyboard with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra since the fall of 2008.

 

An accomplished collaborative pianist, Dr. Fountain has worked with a wide variety of vocal and instrumental soloists, as well as several large choral ensembles.  He was the principal rehearsal and performance pianist for the world premiere of the musical Broadcast, by Scott Murphy and Nathan Christensen.  Dr. Fountain has recently developed an interest in early pianos, and has studied fortepiano with Dr. Ann Chang-Barnes at UNL and with Malcolm Bilson at Cornell University.  He remains an ardent student of historical performance practice on both period and modern instruments.

                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

 

COURSES TAUGHT

Course Title Time Room
FALL
MUSI 3220 Piano Pedagogy TBA HMC 129
PIAN 3110 Accompanying Seminar TBA HMC 129
PIAN 1105-4106 Applied Piano TBA HMC 129
PIAN 1205-4206 Applied Piano TBA HMC 129
SPRING
MUSI 3210 Elementary Piano Literature TBA HMC 129
PIAN 3110 Accompanying Seminar TBA HMC 129
PIAN 1105-4106 Applied Piano TBA HMC 129
PIAN 1205-4206 Applied Piano TBA HMC 129

 

OFFICE HOURS:

Monday 9:00-10:00
Thursday 10:00-11:00
Friday 8:30-9:30
Other Times By Appointment