DR. RICHARD FOUNTAIN

 

Dr. Richard Fountain enjoys a uniquely enriching career as a teacher, adjudicator, solo performer, choral, vocal and chamber collaborator, and orchestral pianist.  Fountain is Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, TX, where he teaches applied piano and accompanying. He collaborates with choral ensembles, opera workshops and a wide array of student and faculty soloists.  Fountain earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Taylor University, studying with Leon Harshenin.  He completed his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, studying with Paul Barnes.  He has been a featured soloist with the Marion Philharmonic, the UNL Symphony Orchestra and Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra.  Fountain holds the positions of Principal Keyboard with both Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra and the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared as section pianist for the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra. 

An accomplished collaborative pianist, Fountain was the principal rehearsal and performance pianist for the world premiere of the musical Broadcast, by Scott Murphy and Nathan Christensen.  Inspired by an interest in early pianos, Fountain studied fortepiano with Ann Chang at UNL and with Malcolm Bilson at Cornell University.  He is an ardent student of historical performance practice on both period and modern instruments.  In the summer of 2011 Fountain was invited to participate in the inaugural Westfield International Fortepiano Competition.  Other performance highlights include the College Music Society National Conference, the American Liszt Festival, the International Double Reed Society, Texas Music Teachers Association State Convention and the Midwest Historical Keyboard Society.  A Nationally Certified Teacher of Music, Fountain resides in Plainview with his wife Sarah and their two children.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

 

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