Richard Maxwell
Musician
Education Innovator
I make music. I push my Creative Process. I enjoy helping others do the same.
He's always so impactful and I love the look on students’ faces when he inevitably blows their minds.
-Elizabeth Bucura, Ph.D., Eastman School of Music
It's fantastic! I have modeled our hybrid Music Industry program on it.
-Nick Frampton, Aitken College, Melbourne, Australia
Richard’s insight and experience have saved me potentially years of trial and error in determining best practices for my program.
-Timothy M. Treweek, Liberty High School, Bethlehem, PA
I love Richard Maxwell. I love what he does.
-George Benson
Freakin' awesome!!!
-Steve Marcantonio
Every school should have this.
-NIls Lofgren
I really wouldn't be able to do any of this without the outlet he provided me.
-Addie Nicole, former student, Touring Musician (Halocene, AMIX Studios)
It made me wanna pursue music.
-Thomas Brenneman, former student, Touring Musician (El West, Still Motions)
I learned so much from him. Really showed me I could have a career in Music.
-Chris Binsfeld, former student, Producer (Speakeasy Sound, Burbank, CA.)
Students will be a level above the rest when they exit High School!
-Jim Meredith, former student, PRG (Production Resource Group)
Musician, GRAMMY® nominee, and internationally recognized Education Innovator, Richard Maxwell’s musical journey has been anything but typical. Along with his own musical pursuits, many times reflecting his desire to push the limits of how technology and the Creative Process can be linked, he also has an extensive background in the Symphony Orchestra world, having spent over a decade as a conductor.
Maxwell has always looked to explore how music can cross genres and expectations, manifesting in his own music as well as culminating with his developing the groundbreaking, and ever evolving, Creative Musical Arts & Sciences (CMAS) program, at Arcadia High School, in Phoenix, Arizona – a fully open creative platform and record label run by students, all creating and producing their own music, that is endorsed by a who’s-who of music education and industry professionals.
Grateful to have been recognized multiple times nationally, along with a host of awards and other honors, Richard is always up for exploring new ways to evolve the Creative Process, be it through producing others in recording studios, assisting musicians across any number of genres in getting the most out of their own musical resources of skills and equipment, working with student musicians, mentoring educators, or creating his own music.
Contact / email: max@richardmaxwell.net