Established Music Teacher / Editor
Established Music Teacher / Editor

FRED (RETT) RICHARDS
Lombard, IL 60148 |------------
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PROFILE
Driven, highly detail-oriented professional with 12 years experience in the music industry as a validated and finely tuned music proofer/editor/engraver/musician with several music organizations. Depth of background includes supporting senior management as an editorial departmental team member, maximizing operational efficiency, and achieving ambitious yearly deadline goals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
THE LORENZ CORPORATION., DAYTON, OH February 2019 – Present
Freelance Music Proofer/Editor/Engraver
• Engraver for Activate!: General Music Magazine for Music Teachers by Music Teachers
• Proofer for Music Heritage Press: General Music Education Choral Catalogue

GIA PUBLICATIONS, INC., CHICAGO, IL April 2012 – January 2019
Sacred and Secular Music Proofer/Editor/Engraver, Associate Handbell Editor/Arranger
• Served as an editorial team member, successfully editing/engraving world renowned compositions and educational music resources.
• Edited/engraved music manuscripts using Finale music software to GIA standards (Music portfolio examples available upon request)
· Proofed/prepared/delivered press ready documents to the print shop using Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Distiller, and Virtual Ticket
· Presented/directed/showcased/performed/ at various music seminars representing GIA
o National Handbell Musicians of America
o Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Symposium
o Concordia University: Lectures in Church Music
o GIA Fall Institute
o Choristers Guild: Dallas Church Music Workshop
· Arranged music for Handbells for publication in Hymnals, Catalogs, and Performance editions (Music arrangement portfolio examples available upon request)
· Administrated/created/developed/implemented GIA’s Editorial Department Workflow Process. Document helped streamline projects from composer submissions (beginning), through post production/archiving (end).

ELEMENTARY MUSIC EDUCATOR, Mount Prospect, IL (District 57) August 2008 – June 2012
Kindergarten and 1st Grade Music Educator

• Created and developed my own early childhood music curriculum and music lessons. Educated early elementary students on the foundations of music
· Collaborated with district music educators to establish a quality, district wide, functional music curriculum
· Implemented state learning standards to each grade (seven kindergarten and nine 1st grade classrooms)
· Directed 250 students in a yearly spring performance, and a beginning, thirty member, 5th grade band

EDUCATION
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Macomb, IL
Bachelor of Music, 2007
• Certification : Initial Special Teaching (K–12 Music)
• GPA: 3.65/4.0 (Graduated Cum Laude)
Vandercook College of Music - Chicago, IL (Continued Education MECA Courses 2007–2012)

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Multi-Istrumentalist, Classically Trained Vocalist, Finale Music Software| Adobe Creative Cloud (Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Distiller, InDesign) | Virtual Ticket
Admin | Acumen | Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) | Mac OS/iOS