Richard Toensing [SEP] occupation
Richard Toensing
Richard Toensing (March 11, 1940 - July 2, 2014) was an American composer and music educator. He studied composition at St. Olaf College and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 1967. His most notable teachers include Ross Lee Finney and Leslie Bassett.
After an initial appointment at Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey in 1966, Toensing joined the faculty of the University of Colorado at Boulder College of Music in 1972. Toensing retired
Toensing (surname)
Toensing is a surname of Germanic origin.
Those bearing it include:
- Craig Edward Toensing (born 1937), past chair of Connecticut State Board of Education
- Richard Toensing (born 1940), American musician & educator
- Victoria Toensing (born 1941), American jurist
- Gale Courey Toensing (born 1944), American journalist with "Indian Country Today"