Bio

Ritchee Price playing the trumpet by the Providence River.

Richard “Ritchee” Douglas Price

For over 58 years, Ritchee Price has been delighting crowds all over the world with his signature trumpet performances. Earning a BA in Music Performance from the Berklee College of Music, Ritchee is also an accomplished Flugelhorn player, music arranger, and vocalist. To hear more about Ritchee’s life, just listen to The Last Song of The Night off of his album of the same name.

The Last Song of the Night

Performances

Performances with Lionel Hampton
White House -Washington, DC
Radio City Music Hall, New York
Newport Jazz Festival
Blue Note, New York
Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California
Paris, France
Kyoto, Japan
South America
Amsterdam
Switzerland
Sweden
London
Vienna, Austria

Performances With Count Basie
Carnegie Hall- New York

Performances with Drum & Bugle Corps
ALL SOLO PERFORMANCES
Reading Buccaneers-Reading, Pa
Rhode Island Matadors-Providence, RI
Generations Drum Corps- Bristol, RI
Long Island Sunrisers- Long Island, New York
Empire Statesmen- Rochester, New York

Awards

Berklee College of Music Awards
    Maynard Ferguson Jazz Award-1983
    Lennie Johnson Jazz Award-1982

Sakonnet Times Newspaper
    Teacher of the Year Award-2008

Drum and Bugle Corps Awards
    Meg Russo Soloist of the Year Award-2005
    Drum & Bugle Corps Hall of Fame inductee-2006
    Bugles Hall of Fame inductee-2005
    Pennsylvania Hall of Fame inductee- 2007

Teaching History

Portsmouth Middle School – Portsmouth,RI (2000-2017)
BAND DIRECTOR & MUSIC HISTORY

Thompson Middle School – Newport, RI (1997-2000)
BAND DIRECTOR & MUSIC HISTORY

Rogers High Sschool – Newport, RI (1997-2000)
BAND DIRECTOR & MUSIC HISTORY

Bishop Hendricken High Sschool – Warwick, RI (1987-1997)
BAND DIRECTOR & MUSIC THEORY