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The Valencia Tiger Regiment performs in parades, field tournaments, football games, and concerts later in the year. We have participated in the SCSBOA (Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association) Field Championships and are slowly participating more within the WBA (Western Band Association) tournaments. As concert season emerges, these musicians participate in Symphonic and Concert Band, as well as Wind Ensemble.
Richard A. King is excited about his new position as the Director of the Valencia High School Tiger Regiment. He has spent the last twelve years at Lincoln High School where his teaching responsibilities included: conducting the Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band "A", Electronic Music, and director of the Lincoln High School Trojan Marching Band. The Lincoln Band traveled extensively with Mr. King on trips to Hawaii, Victoria British Colombia, Canada, and performed in Southern California at Disneyland. Under Mr. King's instruction the Lincoln Band has marched in the prestigious Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. Mr. King has twice been a guest conductor with the Northern California Music Ambassadors performing concert tours in London, Paris, Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. He is currently finishing a Masters of Science Degree at Full Sail University in Educational Media Design Technology.
Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in music education from CSU Fullerton, Mr. King studied conducting with Benton Minor (CSUF), Mitch Fennel (CSUF), Bob Halseth (CSU Sac.), Craig Kirkoff (Univ. of Minnesota) and H. Robert Reynolds (Univ. of Michigan) and French horn with Todd Miller (CSUF). He was the drum major at Santa Ana Valley High School band where he was influenced and encouraged to pursue a career in music by his Band Director, Russell L. Campbell. While in school Mr. King played the trumpet in the Santa Ana Winds Youth Band, was later Drum Major for the Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps and was an instructor for USA Drum Major Camps.
Mr. King began his teaching career and continues to be consulted for writing field shows and clinics marching bands for High Schools throughout California. Mr. King completed his student teaching in the Anaheim Union High School District with master teacher John F. Hausey at Magnolia High School. He accepted his first teaching assignment at Anaheim High School where he worked to rebuild Anaheim Band back to the pride and traditions of former directors H. Robert Reynolds and Don Wilcox. He continued to develop quality music programs both at Esperanza High School and at Long Beach Polytechnic High School before moving to Northern California and settling in Stockton.
At Lincoln High School Mr. King is an active advocate for music technology and has developed curriculum for Electronic Music Classes. He is always interested in attracting new students to the concepts of music composition, song writing and digital recording production. He has taught students to write their own compositions and produce their own CDs. He has inspired many of his students to pursue careers in the music recording industry.
Mr. King currently is a member of the California Band Directors Association, International Association of Jazz Educators, Music Educators National Conference, Music Institute for Music Technology, and California Music Educators Association.
