Violinist, Richmond Punch Richmond Punch, a violin virtuoso who delivers a riveting, dynamic, explosive, and powerful performance! Richmond, a native of Dallas Texas, graduated from a top-rated Arts Magnet; Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. He honed his craft and earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the famous Juilliard School of Music in New York, and received a Master of Music degree from the prestigious Yale University. He specializes in live jazz violin music for special events; including corporate concerts, festivals, weddings and worship. As an accomplished musician, Richmond has produced 4 CDs in various genres that include Classical, Hip Hop Jazz and Gospel. The titles of his four CDs, which are available online are; “Gospel Covers,” “Finally,” ”Back That Violin Up” and “Hymns for Botham.”
Internationally Known
Throughout his career, Punch has traveled the world dazzling audiences as large as 15,000, from Mexico to Cuba, and stateside from Atlanta to Anchorage, and everywhere in between. Richmond is a featured entertainer for the Disney Cruise Line, Dallas Cowboys Club, and Dallas Love Field Airport. He’s also featured on Amazon Prime’s, “The Focus.” He recently played a four hour set on live broadcast internationally for Rayshard Brooks’ Viewing Service, viewed by over 1,000,000 people across ABC, NBC, Time, Reuters, Reuters UK, Daily Mail, and Evening Standard platforms.
Entertained Hollywood Royalties Richmond has opened for Idina Menzel, from Disney’s Frozen; and has entertained Hollywood Royalties, and other celebrities that include; Viola Davis, Danny Glover, Steven Forbes, Daymond “Shark Tank” John, Omari Hardwick, Letoya Luckett, Morris Chestnut, Jewel, Bishop T. D. Jakes, Ross Perot, Kirk Franklin, Kirk Whalum, Nolan Ryan, Emmitt Smith, and Gary Payton just to name a few. He has also played backup for Kenny G and Diana Ross.
Mentoring and Giving Back
For more than 20 years, Richmond has given much of his time to support non-profit organizations. In addition to sharing his musical talent, he has worked with mentoring programs that includes, Big Brothers Big Sisters as a mentor and speaker. He has worked with various school districts, HBCUs, and other colleges and universities across the country. Richmond currently resides in the Atlanta area.
http://www.richmondpunch.net/ Booking: (214) 753-3477
