Debra Richtmeyer is an American classical saxophonist born June 19, 1957, in Lansing, Michigan.
[2] Richtmeyer is an Honorary Life Member and past president of the North American Saxophone Alliance.
A renowned pedagogue, Richtmeyer received the University of Illinois 2002 Campus Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching and the University of Illinois College of Fine and Applied Arts 1997 Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award.
Her students have won national and international prizes and perform and teach throughout the United States and in Europe and Asia.
She has performed as soloist and given master classes throughout North America and Europe and in Thailand and China.