Richard Marcus

Education

• University of Iowa, B.M. (Music Education)
• Butler University, M.M. (Conducting)
• University of South Carolina, D.M.A. (Conducting)

Additional Study

 University of Calgary, Wind Conducting Diploma Program

 

Biography

Born and raised in the Shenandoah Valley, Dr. Richard C. Marcus currently serves as Associate Professor/Director of Bands at William & Mary.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of Iowa and graduate degrees in conducting from Butler University and the University of South Carolina.  He has been on the faculties of the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina Upstate.  He has served as music director of the Peninsula Youth Orchestra, the Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra, and the Athenaeum Pops Orchestra and has guest conducted the Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, the Indianapolis Brass Choir, and the Hendrix College Wind Ensemble, among others.

At William & Mary, Dr. Marcus directs the Wind Ensemble and Chamber Winds and teaches conducting, music theory, and special topics courses.  The William & Mary Wind Ensemble was named a national finalist in the American Prize Competition in 2020, 2021, and 2023.  Dr. Marcus’s research is on the music of Hans Gál, an Austrian composer and scholar banned under National Socialism.  He has presented at the College Music Society’s International Conferences in Belgium and the Baltics, and his publications have appeared in the Journal of the American Viola Society and the WASBE Journal.  His edition of Paul Büttner's Saturnalia für Blasinstrumente und Pauken (1896/1898) was published by Maxime's Music in 2022.  Dr. Marcus is a member of CBDNA, WASBE, CMS, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Pi Kappa Lambda.  He currently serves as president of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the College Music Society.