ABOUT BLAKE RICHTER PRODUCTIONS
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Blake Richter is a middle school choir director in his hometown of Nixa, Missouri. Blake holds a Doctorate of Educational Leadership, Curriculum, and Instruction from Evangel University, a Masters of Science in Educational Administration, and a Bachelor of Music Education from Missouri State University, where he studied with Dr. Guy B. Webb and Dr. Cameron F. LaBarr.
Blake directs over 320 seventh and eighth grade students in the various ensembles at Nixa Junior High. Blake’s choirs have been selected to perform at the Missouri Music Educators Association Conference multiple times. In 2017, Blake was named one of Missouri’s 32 Regional Teachers of the Year, in 2019, Blake was awarded the Prelude Award from the Missouri Choral Directors Association for demonstrating exemplary work as a young choral professional, in 2020, Blake was named a Semifinalist for the GRAMMY Music Educator Award, and in 2022, Blake was selected as a member of the Springfield Business Journal’s class of 40 Under 40. In his spare time, Blake runs his Blake Richter Productions business which specializes in video production, audio engineering, and music composition. He also enjoys co-hosting The Choir Guys Podcast with his colleague and friend, Daniel Gutierrez. Blake lives in Nixa with his wife, Kaitlyn. He counts it a privilege to teach in the district that helped him become the person he is today. |
