Alma College | Music Department | Faculty: Raymond Riley

Dr. Raymond Riley, professor of music, joined the Alma College music faculty in 1988. He holds a B.M. from the University of Illinois, an M.M. from DePaul University and a D.M.A. from Michigan State University where he studied with artist-in-residence Ralph Votapek.

A first-prize winner in the Society of American Musicians competition, Dr. Riley has enjoyed a long and multi-faceted musical career and has appeared in numerous venues as a recitalist, lecturer, clinician, and soloist throughout the midwest. He has been featured on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial and the Mostly Music concert series in Chicago and has performed in many collaborative engagements with Alma music faculty and the Alma Symphony Orchestra.

Dr. Riley has accompanied a group of Alma students as part of the spring term to the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo where they attended over twenty concerts in nine days. In addition to teaching piano and pursuing performance opportunities, Dr. Riley has conducted extensive research in the area of computer technology and new media that is reshaping the music industry today. He teaches several courses in MIDI composition, digital recording techniques, and multimedia development.