Rich Regent
 
Clarinetist - Wisconsin

Venues

  1. Alioto's
  2. Alverno College
  3. Amelia's
  4. Bartlett's
  5. Bavarian Inn
  6. Blue Mound Country Club
  7. Broadway Theatre
  8. Brookfield 4th of July Parade
  9. Brookfield Assembly of God
  10. Bunny Berigan Jazz Jubilee 2009
  11. Brynwood Country Club
  12. Cardinal Stritch University
  13. Carroll College
  14. Carthage College Siebert Chapel
  15. Cedarburg Cultural Center
  16. Christina's Family Restaurant
  17. Christmas Fantasy House
  18. Churches
  19. Coliseum Bar Madison
  20. Cotton Exchange
  21. Country Inn Hotel and Conference Center
  22. Cousin's Center
  23. Cudahy 4th of July Parade
  24. Delafield Homecoming Parade
  25. Derry Hegarty's
  26. Eagle Kettle Moraine Parade
  27. East Troy Thursday Nights on the Square
  28. Elk's Club
  29. Evinrude Picnic Kletzsch Park
  30. Expo Center Baseball All Stars
  31. Faith Community Church
  32. Franklin Band Shell
  33. Germantown Senior Picnic
  34. Grafton Area Live Arts
  35. Granville Center
  36. Greenfield City Hall Health Fair
  37. Greenfield Historical Society
  38. Greendale Gazebo
  39. Grove Restaurant
  40. Hart Park Building
  41. HillCrest Deli & Grille
  42. Hilton Hotel Milwaukee Crystal Room
  43. Ho Chunk Casino - WI Dells
  44. Hyatt Regency Hotel
  45. Illinois and Wisconsin
  46. Iroquois Jazz Boat 2010
  47. Italian Community Center
  48. Kemper Center Chapel
  49. Kmart
  50. Krejci-Braun-Meier VFW Post 7485
  51. Lions Legend Park Franklin
  52. Legacy Fine Dining
  53. LX Club
  1. Masonic Palmer Lodge
  2. Mayfair Mall Food Court and Stage
  3. Mendota Civic Center
  4. Mequon/Theinsville Family Fun Parade
  5. Meyer's Restaurant
  6. Midwest Express Center
  7. Milwaukee Art Museum Calatrava
  8. Milwaukee Auditorium
  9. Milwaukee County Zoo
  10. Milwaukee Public Market
  11. Mitchell Park Conservatory (Domes)
  12. Moose Lodge No. 49
  13. Mount Mary College
  14. Mukwonago Summerfeste 2009
  15. Muskego Christmas Parade
  16. Mykonos Restaurant
  17. Neighbor's Bistro (Waukesha)
  18. New Berlin 4th of July Parade
  19. Oconomowoc Golf Club Restaurant
  20. Organ Piper Pizza Restaurant
  21. Original Coffee - Brookfield
  22. Packing House
  23. Papa's Social Club
  24. Park View Middle School
  25. Phoenix Park Bandshell (Delavan)
  26. Pick'n Save
  27. Plankinton Mall
  28. Pulaski Inn (Cudahy)
  29. Racine Knights of Columbus Hall
  30. Racine Marriott
  31. Red Mill West
  32. Redeemer Church (Wisconsin Avenue)
  33. Root River Center (Franklin)
  34. Serb Hall
  35. Sheridan's
  36. Silver Spring Country Club
  37. South Milwaukee Heritage Days
  38. Southridge Mall
  39. Steinway Pianos
  40. Stoughton Opera House
  41. Tavern on the Green
  42. Trimborn Farms
  43. Venice Club (Brookfield)
  44. VonTrier
  45. Walker's Maple Grove
  46. Waukesha Court House
  47. WE Energies Milwaukee
  48. Wisconsin State Fair
  49. WLIP-AM (1050 Kenosha)

Experience

Rich Regent
  • Adoration Lutheran Church since 1974
  • Al's Happy Notes, 2000-2008
  • Bay Player's Orchestra (4 rehearsals and 8 programs each)
    • Into The Woods, Sep-Oct, 2007 (5 programs)
    • Gypsy, Sep-Oct, 2004
    • Sound of Music, Sep-Oct, 2002
  • Bethel Church Orchestra, since 1998
  • Bix Fest
  • Carroll College Orchestra, 3 years (Director's Award, 1999)
  • Concord Chamber Orchestra (substituted)
  • Cudahy Civic Band, 3 years
  • Dixie Doodlers, since 2002
  • Falls Patio Player's Orchestra (4 rehearsals and 8 programs each)
    • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Apr, 2012 (6 programs)
    • Annie, Apr-May, 2011 (6 programs)
    • Oliver, Apr-May, 2010 (6 programs)
    • Grease, Apr-May, 2009 (6 programs)
    • Pajama Game, Apr, 2008
    • The Sound of Music, Apr, 2007
    • Fiddler On The Roof, Apr-May, 2006
    • The Music Man, Apr-May, 2005
    • Cinderella, Apr-May, 2004
  • First Congregational Church Orchestra, 3 years
  • Four Fun Fellows, 2003-2010
  • Medio Arte Woodwind Ensemble, 1999-2001
  • Menomonee Falls Symphony Orchestra, 7 years
  • Milwaukee All City Band, 2 years
  • Milwaukee Summer Philharmonia, 2 years
  • Philharmonia Racine, 5 years
  • Pulaski High School Band and Marching Band, 3 years
  • South Milwaukee Municipal Band, 4 years
  • University Community Orchestra
  • Walker Junior High School Band, 3 years
  • Walker Junior High School Orchestra, 3 years
Clarinetist Greenfield, Wisconsin, has a Master of Science degree in Physics, is a licensed Wisconsin Professional Engineer and is webmaster for Wisconsin Musical Groups.

Training and Classes

Julie DeRoche and Rich Regent
  • Pavel Vinnitsky, clarinetist, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
  • Julie DeRoche, clarinetist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
  • Eddie Daniels, World Class clarinet virtuoso.
  • Greg Smith, clarinetist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
  • Dr. Arthur Campbell, clarinetist Canada.
  • Berkeley Fudge, saxophonist, Milwaukee, 32 lessons.
  • Chris Zello, clarinetist, Milwaukee.
  • Tom Ridenouer, clarinet expert, Leblanc Corp.
  • Elizabeth Duquesnoy, Julliard School of Music piano graduate, 5 years.
  • Phil Kammerer, music teacher, private lessons, 6 years

Music

People enjoy hearing the clarinet music of Rich Regent. A mix of improvising skills and entrancing harmony which combine to energize jazz, tangos, Polkas, dazzle Dixieland, play danceable waltzes or create emotional blues.

Rich is known for his beautiful tone, whether he is playing show tunes in a pit orchestra or as a soloist expressing and embellishing songs of faith in a church.

He plays music with Wisconsin theatrical orchestras, jazz ensembles, Dixieland bands, pop bands, and frequently sits-in at a variety of music venues.

Rich may be playing, rehearsing or practicing with his clarinet somewhere right now to play at dinners, dances, parties and events.

Rich Regent - Music for any event.

Milwaukee Public Market February 25 and March 3, 12 to 2 p.m. - Enjoy a variety of live music performed by versatile jazz clarinetist Rich Regent. Free parking and admission. Milwaukee Public Market, 400 N. Water St., Milwaukee, phone 414-336-1111.

Moose Lodge 49 3rd Wednesdays, 6:30 to 10 p.m. - Moose Lodge 49, 5476 S. 13th St., Milwaukee. Food and beverages. The areas best accordionists, the band and Rich Regent, play Polkas, jazz, and popular tunes. Dancing, free. Info 414-281-4444.


Dixie Doodlers - Click for Larger PhotographDixie Doodlers - As clarinetist with the Dixie Doodlers since 2002, Rich is featured on their two CDs "Per Your Request" and "The Dixie Doodlers Go Touring." Here are a few unmixed samples made while recording the CDs.
  • Dixie Doodler CDKansas City Kitty, Walter Donaldson - 1929 in G. Popularized by Rudy Vallee. Some sections have six or seven sharps for trumpets and clarinet. Andy and Gary take dueling solos on trumpets. Time 4 minutes (MP3, 5.6 Megabytes).
  • Mahogany Hall Stomp, Spencer Williams - 1929 in Eb. Named for Madam Lulu White's "Mahogany Hall," one of the finest bordellos in Storyville. Time 4 minutes and 23 seconds (MP3, 6.2 Megabytes).
  • New Orleans Shuffle, Whitmore - 1920s in Ab. Recorded by Bob Wilber's Wildcats 1948 and the Titan Hot Five 1996. (MP3, 5.0 Megabytes)
  • Dixie Doodlers Go Touring - Click for Larger PhotographSan, McPhail and Michels - 1920 in F. Time 4 minutes, 25 seconds (MP3, 4.1 Megabytes)
  • Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down, Howard Quicksell and Ray Lodwig - 1927 in Bb. Quicksell was banjoist with Jean Goldkette Orchestra, Beiderbecke, Trumbauer, etc. Also wrote Sorry. Lodwig played trumpet on some of Bix's sessions c. 1930, such as I'll Be A Friend With Pleasure. Recorded by Bix Beiderbecke 1927, Pee Wee Russell, Gene Krupa 1938, Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra (Sy Oliver arr.) 1934, etc. (MP3, 5.0 Megabytes)
  • Take Your Tomorrow, J. C. Johnson and Andy Razaf - 1928 in F. Recorded by Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra (Bix, Lang, Bargy, etc. Vocal: Trumbauer and possibly Austin Young) 1928. (MP3, 6.1 Megabytes)

Granville Center Band with percussion, banjo, accordion and clarinet. Now plays at the Elk's Club.

Heard by Prominent People

  • Britni McDonald, CBS 58 News Team at Southridge Black Friday, November 25, 2011, says "You are really talented."
  • Lori Minetti, television personality from Lottery Megabucks and Builder's Showcase at Southridge Mom's Nite Out on May 5, 2011, May 6, 2010 and Black Friday November 25, 2011.
  • Bishop Jeff Barrow, Lutheran Bishop for 157 southeast Wisconsin congregations, for 25-year ordination service, April 3, 2011.
  • Gordon Hinkley, WTMJ radio personality at Village at Manor Park, July 9, 2008, and September 21, 2009.
  • Tom Peppins, TV6 Milwaukee personality, at Brookfield Parade, July 4, 2008.
  • Scott Walker, Milwaukee County Executive, at Milwaukee's Granville Center, October 11, 2007.
  • Jim Burkee and Jeff Walz on August 19, 2007, for the political congressional rally at American Legion in Cedarburg televised on TV 6 and 58.
  • Beverly Taylor, TV6 Milwaukee personality, at Brookfield Parade, July 4, 2007.
  • The Honorable Judge Barbara Kluka, Wedding ceremony at Kemper Center Chapel, May 26, 2007.
  • Jim Doyle, Wisconsin Governor, and Thomas Zepecki, South Milwaukee Mayor, at South Milwaukee Heritage Days Spaghetti Dinner for 1,300 people on July 26, 2006.
  • Charles Benson, TV4 Milwaukee news anchorman, Spellbound for Literacy, October 19, 2006.
  • Brad Hicks, TV6 Milwaukee personality, at Brookfield Parade, July 4, 2006.
  • Frank Zeidler, past Milwaukee Mayor, at Redeemer Church upon his receiving the Wittenburg Award, February 19, 2006.
  • Tom Barrett, Milwaukee Mayor, St. Vincent Pallotti Picnic, June 5, 2005.
  • Sr. Mary Lea Schneider, President Cardinal Stritch University, Spellbound for Literacy, October 19, 2006.
  • Dr. Hermann Viets, President Milwaukee School of Engineering, Spellbound for Literacy, October 19, 2006.
  • Arch Bishop Timothy Dolan, Milwaukee, dedication at St. Vincent Pallotti Church, January 18, 2003.
  • Bob Donovan, Alderman of Milwaukee.

 
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