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Richard
Blatti
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Professor
of Music Richard Blatti currently serves The Ohio State University
as Head of the Ensembles and Conducting Area and Associate
Director of Bands. In addition to his duties as music director
and conductor of the OSU Symphonic Band, he supervises all
aspects of the conducting curricula and the administration
of all university ensembles for the School of Music. Ensembles
under his direction have recorded for the Naxos, Delos International,
Boosey & Hawkes, and Mark Recording labels and have performed
at national and regional levels for the College Band Directors
National Association, the American Bandmasters Association
and the Ohio Music Educators Association. For his interpretation
of their works, Blatti has earned the praise of many composers,
including Gunther Schuller, John Mackey, Warren Benson, Steven
Bryant, David Gillingham, Frank Ticheli, Jennifer Higdon, Daniel
Bukvich, and Roger Cichy. Professor Blatti has twice received
The Ohio State University School of Music Distinguished Teaching
Award, and in 2007, was presented with the Alumni Award for
Distinguished Teaching by the President of the University.
As guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator, Blatti has been
invited to 38 states, five Canadian provinces, and six other
countries, including the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, France,
Belgium, Australia, and China. Prior to his appointment at OSU,
Professor Blatti was Director of Instrumental Music at Albion
College in Michigan for ten years, where he was twice selected
the outstanding Faculty Member of the Year, and was awarded two
grants in support of his research on rehearsal techniques and
conducting pedagogy. Blatti also served as Director of Bands
and Music Department Chair at York Community High School in Elmhurst,
Illinois.
A student of legendary conductor John Paynter, Blatti earned
both the Bachelor of Music Education and the Master of Music
degrees from Northwestern University and has done post-graduate
work in conducting at Michigan State University. He serves as
a Director of the John P. Paynter Foundation, as Conductor Laureate
of the Heisey Wind Ensemble, and is a member of the American
Bandmasters Association, CBDNA, MENC, OMEA, Pi Kappa Lambda,
Phi Beta Mu, Omicron Delta Kappa, Tau Beta Sigma and Phi Mu Alpha
Sinfonia. He is in constant demand as a guest conductor, clinician,
adjudicator, and lecturer and is completing his work on a new
conducting pedagogy handbook, Teaching Instrumental Conducting.
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