Clinician

Richard Tengowski recently retired after thirty-six years as a music teacher for the School District of Kohler in Kohler, Wisconsin.  He taught middle and high school concert bands, jazz ensemble, pep band, drumline, and secondary general music.

Tengowski has taken leadership roles in the field of music education. Currently, he is the President for the National Association for Music Education North Central Division and serves as the NAfME Small School Initiative Task Force. He is on the leadership team developing state music standards for Wisconsin on behalf of the Wisconsin Music Educators Association.

Tengowski is the Past-President of the Wisconsin Music Educators Association, Past-President of the Wisconsin Association of Music Supervisors, Coordinators, and Department Chairpersons, and a member of the Wisconsin Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance Project. 

His work has been published in Shaping Sound Musicians and MENC publications entitled Performance Standards for Music, Strategies for Teaching Beginning and Intermediate Band and Strategies for Teaching High School Band.  He has also served on the NAfME Music Educators Journal Editorial Committee.

Tengowski is a Herb Kohl Educational Fellowship Award Recipient, a School District of Kohler Teacher of the Year and was inducted into the Wisconsin Bandmaster Association. 

Tengowski is an active clinician, conductor, master adjudicator, and speaker. He has addressed numerous state, regional and national education groups including the Midwest Clinic and NAFME national conferences.