The attached handout is from a series of workshops presented by Richard

Crain regarding band warm-up strategies. In the back of the handout he

provides numerous ideas on a variety of warm-ups that attempt to tackle
fundamental performance issues for wind players.
~Brian Wuttke

Richard C. Crain

Richard C. Crain served 21 years as Director of Music for the Spring Independent School
District in a suburb of Houston, Texas. He currently serves as a frequent clinician, adjudicator,
lecturer, consultant, and evaluator of music programs throughout the United States and Canada.
Crain previously served as Band Director of award-winning band programs at Westfield High
School, Spring High School, and Belton High School. He "retired" after 44 years in music
education in Texas. Crain serves as Vice President on the Midwest International Band and
Orchestra Clinic Board of Directors and is Executive Secretary for Region IX UIL Music
contests in Texas. He has been the Festival Coordinator for the National Concert Band Festival
since its debut in 1992 and was inducted into the Bands of America Hall of Fame in 2005.
Crain is Past President of the Texas Bandmasters Association, Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Mu,
and the Texas Music Adjudicators Association. He is International Executive Secretary of Phi
Beta Mu and is included in the Phi Beta Mu Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame. He is also a
contributing author for Band Expressions, published by Warner Brothers. The Richard C.
Crain Fine Arts Building at Spring High School was named in his honor in 2000.
His awards include Texas Bandmaster of the Year by the Texas Bandmasters Association and
Outstanding Music Educator award from NFIAA on both the state and national levels. He
previously served as Orchestra Director and Choir Director for several Texas churches and
directed the Houston Police Department Band for one year.