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Richtmeyer earned her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering and M.M. at Northwestern University, where she studied with Frederick L. Hemke.
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She has served as professor of saxophone at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1991. Prior to her appointment at the University of Illinois, she served as saxophone professor at the University of North Texas College of Music from 1981 to 1991 and at the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music from 1980 to 1981. Richtmeyer is a past president of the North American Saxophone Alliance.
In 1997 she became the first woman to perform as a concerto soloist with orchestra at a World Saxophone Congress, and in 2009 the first woman to teach a master class at the congress.
Richtmeyer is a Selmer Paris saxophone artist. Richtmeyer was saxophonist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in performances and recordings from 1981 to 1991 and has performed with ensembles such as the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, the United States. Navy Band, the Indianapolis Symphony, and the Zlin Philharmonic.
She has performed as soloist and given master classes throughout North America and Europe and in Thailand. She has had numerous compositions written for her.
Kenneth Tse, Saxophone Professor at the University of Iowa Keitaro Harada, Opera and Orchestra Conductor Michael Holmes, Saxophone Professor at Roosevelt University Chicago College of Performing Arts and the College of Wooster Doctor Jackie Lamar, Saxophone Professor at University of Central Arkansas.
