Richard Bunger Evans
| Richard Bunger Evans | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Richard Bunger Richard B. Evans |
| Born | 1942 Allentown, Pennsylvania |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, pianist |
| Website | www |
Richard Bunger Evans, also known as Richard Bunger, (born 1942) is an American composer and pianist who worked with John Cage and subsequently wrote "the classic book on John Cage,"The Well-Prepared Piano. Evans has composed and performed music for opera and musical theatre, piano, art songs, prepared piano, choral music, string orchestra and chamber music. Evans continues to compose and perform in these various genres, and is highly respected as an accompanist to singers. During his 17-year career as a music professor, Evans was named one of two Outstanding Professors of 1981–1982 in the California State University system.
Evans was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and, enrolling as Richard Bunger, studied at Lafayette College and Oberlin College where he obtained a B.Mus. in 1964. Evans continued at the University of Illinois and earned a master's degree in music in 1966. He studied further at the University of Kentucky. During his post-graduate studies, he taught at Queens University of Charlotte in North Carolina. In 1968 Evans accepted a position at Oberlin to teach music theory. A year later, Evans moved to Los Angeles, California to work as a jazz pianist. In 1970 he took a professorship at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). Here he founded and directed the Electronic Music & Recording Program (EM&R), an interdisciplinary degree program between the departments of music, electronics, and media. As the first of its type on the West Coast, the program became a prototype for many such programs subsequently offered across the country. Evans was named Outstanding Professor 1981-1982 of the entire 23-campus California State University system. Also at CSUDH, Evans wrote the music and helped write the lyric for the school's alma mater.
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