RICHARD BUNGER EVANS was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, educated at Fountain Hill High School, Lafayette College, Oberlin College (Mus.B.) and the University of Illinois (Mus.M.), and the University of Kentucky, Lexington (post graduate). He was a “3-letter man” in high school (Band, Chorus, and Soccer), was awarded scholarships from both his undergraduate colleges, and a Teaching Assistantship for his Masters study. While still finishing his Masters degree he began teaching music as an Assistant Professor at Queens College, Charlotte, North Carolina. After three years at Queens College, he was called back to Oberlin Conservatory to teach Music Theory and Analysis.  After a year there, and still in his mid twenties, he accepted the challenge to “go West, young man!”  He moved to Los Angeles and, after one year as a successful jazz pianist, accepted a professorship at California State University.

As the culmination of his 17-year career as a professor in academe, Richard was named Statewide Outstanding Professor of the Year for the entire 21-campus california State University System (with a statewide faculty of over 21,000), where he taught music composition, music theory, piano, acoustics, electronic music, audio engineering, and songwriting. He subsequently left the academic world to devote himself fulltime to composing, business, Musical Theatre, and Opera & Oratorio. Evans has received numerous awards and music commissions, including the Rockefeller Fund and the Irish Government.

Evans’ career has had three major phases – (1) before 1983, as a concert pianist and college & university professor; (2) during the 1980’s, as a real estate broker & developer and part-time musician; and (3) since 1992, as a full-time musician and composer. This website details Phase One and Phase Three.