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Richard L. Hartzell was born in Rochester, New York. He received a B.A. degree in music from Wesleyan University and an M.M. degree in voice from The Catholic University of America. He has taught voice for many years and has a private voice studio in Silver Spring, Maryland. In 1984, he founded the Musical Theater Center in Rockville, Maryland. He has taught musical theater history
at the Peabody Institute Elderhostel in Baltimore, and has taught voice at The Catholic University of America, the Studio Theatre, the Little Theatre of Alexandria, and the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, all in the Washington, D.C. area. He
has been active as an adjudicator in music competitions. In 2002 he received the Tony Taylor Award from the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, given annually to recognize the contributions of
individuals to young aspiring artists. Since the fall of 2007, he has been a full-time member of the music department
faculty at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland.
Hartzell is Vice President for Student Activities in the Maryland State Music Teachers Association.
His Name is Jesus, composed in 1976 with lyricist Clint Holmes, is his first published work.
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