Dick Crest

Richard Crest (1930–2010) was a longtime member of the music department faculty at the College of San Mateo in San Mateo, California.

Life Crest attended San Mateo High School and San Jose State University. He taught at James Lick High School and was the first director of a high school band to play at a National Football League game.

Crest performed special events and also led a professional band during the summer months at Rio Nido, California, on the Russian River, for evening concerts and dances in the village square during the 1950s and 1960s. He also directed the orchestra for the 1984 Democratic National Convention at the Moscone Center. Crest died in 2010 at the age of 80.