Curriculum Vitae
Richard Burdick
3245 Robinson Street,
Regina,
SK S4S 1V8
Canada
306-949-9412
Born in Berkeley California USA April 27th 1961
Citizen of the United States and a permanent resident of Canada
Married to wife Rebecca with boys Oscar and Henry
Music management work:
Richard produced
over 20 concerts in North Berkeley under the Name
“Circle Concerts” from August 1981- May 1983
Mr. Burdick was manager of Trinity Chamber Concerts
of Berkeley California from April 1984 to September2003, where
he produced over
300 concerts and wrote numerous successful Grant proposals.
In October 1996 Richard resumed
his efforts at the “Circle
Concerts” series
where he helped produce over 60 concerts around Northern
California.
Mr. Burdick served as personnel
manager & Librarian for Sacramento
Philharmonic
August 1999- March 2000
Orchestra librarian for Music from Bear Valley 2000-2005
Music publishing
Richard’s CD and Compositions
are self published under the name
“I Ching Music” see:
I-ching-music.com
Arranger for:
Sacramento Symphony
Concord Pavilion pops orchestra
RSO Chamber Players
Composition grants:
Meet The Composer,
Concert sponsorship funding from the city of Davis, California
Composition prizes:
Winner
of the 1983 Kensington Symphony Composition Contest with his "Six
Medieval Fragments for Orchestra, opus 14."
Professional music
performance work :
( on the French Horn)
-Regina Symphony Orchestra, 1st horn 2003- present
-Bear Valley music festival 1992-present, annual
summer festival (First two weeks of August)
-Chico Symphony (1st horn), (five weeks of work a year)
-Fresno Philharmonic 1997 - 2000 (12 weeks of work each
year)
-Lamplighters
Orchestra in San Francisco Feb. 1985 – Sept
1990
-Music In The Mountains 3rd horn 1993-present
(annual
summer festival (3 weeks in June)
-Napa Symphony 1988-90 (8
weeks of work each year)
-North Bay Opera in Fairfield 1988-90
(3 weeks of work each year)
-Oakland Municipal Band 1981-1992
(Sundays each summer)
-Sacramento Symphony 1990
- 1996. (full time 39 weeks )
-Sacramento Philharmonic 1998 – 2003
(Sept) (5 weeks of work each year)
-Strauss Festival, 1992-present (1 week of work each summer)
-Vallejo Symphony 1983-87 (four weeks of work each year)
Professional music performance work as
a substitute
Berkeley Symphony
California Symphony (3rd horn),
Contra Costa Symphony
Classical Philharmonic (1st, 2nd & 3rd Horn),
Marin Symphony (4th Horn),
Music Circus ( in Sacramento)
North Valley Symphony Orchestra (1st Horn),
Oakland Ballet (2nd horn),
Oakland East Bay Symphony
Rhonert Park Chamber Orchestra (1st Horn),
Sacramento Chorus (2nd Horn),
Sacramento Opera (1st, 2nd & 3rd Horn),
Santa Rosa Symphony
Stockton Symphony (3rd Horn & 6th/1st wagner tuba),
Utah Symphony (7th Horn),
Vallejo Symphony (1st Horn),
West Bay Opera (1st Horn).
Chamber Music
Weis - Burdick cello & horn
duet c. 1999-2003
Davis Arts Flextet 1996
The Burdick, MacRobbie, Tanenbaum Trio.1989-1991
the Safe Sextet 1988-90
the Bay Wind Quintet 1984-1989
Circle Wind Octet, 1981-5
Solo Recitals
over
114 solo recitals, concerto or featured performances since 1977
Schools
Graduated one year early from the California School system
attending El Cerrito High School until 1978 at the age
of 17
Studies in music composition with Robert Bassart and Glen Glassow
at California State University @ Hayward from 1978-79 and 1980-81.
Taught French horn privately since 1985.
Taught beginning wind instruments to 6th graders for the Waldorf
School of Sacramento California Fall 1996.
Recordings
1 - Rebel with a Horn
Richard Burdick Performs his own
Compositions For Horn & Piano
Opus 117, 113, 23, 68, 86
2 - I Ching Arpeggios, opus 99
( 2 CD set,158 minutes!)
For solo French horn with a
background of tuned wind chimes.
3 - H o w l e r s
Richard Burdick, Natural Horn
Performs Louis-François Dauprat’s
20 Duos for Natural Horns in Different Keys, opus 14
4 - 4.5 INCH SINGLE
Aaron Blumenfeld’s Sonata for Horn & Piano
5- “Let Me Out”
an electronic tape sound collage 1982
6 - Richard Burdick with tape
Music for solo multiphonic* horn & tape
7 - INFINITY ONE
Richard Burdick with hisD3 French Horn
Experimental / New age/ solo horn to horn quartet
8 - CD8: Portal Solo Multi-phonic French
horn
In An Environment of drones & overtones
Avant garde space music
9 – Louis-Francois Dauprat
Duos for Natural Horns, Opus 13
volume 1
Richard Burdick & Beverly Wilcox: natural horns
10 – The planets, opus 19 for solo
horn
11 duets, opus 132 volume one
12 Victor Herbert quintet
13 duets, opus 132 volume 2
14 Dauprat Trios & Quartets
15 Bach BWV 249
16 Howlers Revised 2006
17 Favorites (Barber, Grieg, &Bach)
18 Louis-Francois Dauprat
Duos for Natural Horns, Opus 13
volume 2
19 GRAND MUSIC FOR HORNS
Louis-Francois Dauprat
Grand Sextets for Natural Horns, Opus 10
Grand Trios for Natural Horns, Opus 4