EAGAN, Minn. — Richard John Sovinec, a retired music prof at Winona State University, died at age 91. Music was a central part of his life starting at an early age. This included playing in the Chicago Boys Club Band, which his father directed. He earned degrees in music from Northwestern University, then served two years in a U.S. Army band. Later, he taught music in Chicago-area high schools for seven years and completed a doctorate in music composition at Northwestern. At Winona State he taught music theory, history and woodwind performance for 26 years. He chaired the Music Department off and kn. In retirement, he returned to music composition, in addition to his hobbies of repairing collectable cameras and cuckoo clocks and reading history.
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