Biography

Richard Sargent is a music educator, instrumental performer, and conductor from Leesburg, Florida.  He moved to Nome by way of Belchertown, Massachusetts.  His educational background includes:

• Associate of Arts in Psychology from Lake-Sumter Community College in Leesburg,  Florida
• Bachelor of Music Education from the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida
• Master of Music in Wind Conducting from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts

A few musical highlights include:

• Primary instrument is tuba (began playing in 2001)
• Conducted Seussical the Musical and The Little Mermaid with Amherst Community Theater
• Served as Director of The Greenfield Military Band (Summer 2024)
• Performed with ten-time world champion The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps (2010, 2011); Spirit from Jacksonville State University (2007); Magic of Orlando (2006)
• Personal research with unpublished band repertoire from the 1939 New York World’s Fair composed by Robert Russell Bennett