Background
Resch, Rita Marie was born on December 26, 1936 in Minot, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Clement Charles and Magdalena Marie (Zeltinger) Resch.
Resch, Rita Marie was born on December 26, 1936 in Minot, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Clement Charles and Magdalena Marie (Zeltinger) Resch.
Bachelor of Science in Education, Minot State University, 1957. MM in Music Literature, Eastman School Music, Rochester, New York, 1960. Master of Arts in English Literature, University North Dakota, 1967.
Master of Fine Arts in Voice, University Iowa, 1973. DMA in Piano Chamber Music/Accompanying, University Iowa, 1974.
Music teacher (vocal) Biwabik School District, Minnesota, 1957—1958, S. Redford Township, Detroit, 1958—1959. Instructor music Fontbonne College, St. Louis, 1960—1963. Assistant professor music Wisconsin State University, Stevens Point, 1965—1968, University Central Missouri (formerly Central Missouri State University), Warrensburg, 1974—1979, associate professor, 1979—1989, professor, 1989—2005, professor emerita, since 2005.
Adjudicator for vocal music Missouri State High School Activities Association, Columbia, Kansas State High School Activities Association, Topeka, other organizations, since 1976.
Associate organist Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Warrensburg, since 1980. Member of Missouri Music Teachers Association (vice president auditions 1995-1998), Music Teachers National Association, National Association Teachers Singing, Pi Kappa Lambda, Sigma Alpha Iota.