Richard Faith, Professor Emeritus of the University of Arizona, is a native of Evansville, Indiana. A graduate of Chicago Musical College and Indiana University, he received a Fulbright Grant to study piano and composition at the Academia de Santa Cecilia in Rome. Winner of numerous awards and competitions, Faith has performed in recitals throughout the United States and Europe and has appeared as soloist with a variety of orchestras including the Chicago Symphony. He is the composer of four operas, a number of symphonic works, three piano concerti, an oboe concerto, a mass, a cantata, chamber music, more than one hundred songs, and many piano works.
Maurice Hinson, in his book Music for Piano and Orchestra, describes the work of this distinguished American composer as "freely tonal and neo-romantic [in] style. His broad, beautiful melodies naturally unfold into stunning, textured sonorities. All of his music deserves performance." The Washington Post critic, Judy Gruber, writes that his music is "full of drama and tension, with beautifully etched phrases and sweeping lines."
Some works recently commissioned include Sextet for Winds and Piano, Suite 'Trouveres' for Harpsichord, an opera, Beauty and the Beast, 'Creation' fro Six Singers and Piano, and 'Incantation' for Soprano, Viola or Alto Flute and Piano.
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