Richard Burdick is the first horn of Regina Symphony Orchestra and the Regina Symphony Chamber Players in Regina Saskatchewan. His move to Canada in 2003, with his wife Rebecca and his two young boys (Oscar 8, and Henry 6), marked the start of the fourth major period in his musical Career.

 

In the 1980’s Richard was first Horn of Napa Symphony, a member of a San Francisco based theater orchestra and played lots of chamber music as manager of Trinity Chamber Concerts, a chamber music series in Berkeley California.

 

Starting in 1990 he played fourth Horn full-time for Sacramento Symphony, which went bankrupt in 1996.

 

He then won auditions for Fresno Philharmonic, Napa & North State Symphonies and played in Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera.

 
He is a prolific composer and has many self produced CD’s of his own compositions, Bach and his classical natural horn playing.