Dr. Richard Good
Dr. Rick Good, is currently the Music Department Chair and Director of Bands at Auburn University. In addition he was recently appointed to a one-year term on the Board of Directors for the American Bandmasters Association. He was elected membership into the prestigious American Bandmasters Association, founded in 1929 by John Philip Sousa, in 2013. This association is comprised of only three hundred conductors and composers from the United States and Canada. He also serves as the Immediate Past-President of the National Band Association, the world’s largest organization for bands.
During his tenure at Auburn, Dr. Good was promoted to full Professor in October of 2009. Prior to that promotion he served for 12 years as Marching Band Director and Associate Professor of Low Brass. Under his direction in 2004, the AU Marching Band received the Sudler Trophy Award, the nation’s highest and most coveted award for college and university marching bands. The marching band’s membership grew from 275 to 375, the biggest increase in membership to date and one of the largest marching bands in the history of Auburn University happened during his tenure as director.
