Currently a faculty member at Otterbein College in Columbus, Ohio, Lopez has also taught at The Ohio State University, the University of Akron, Denison University in Granville, Ohio, and at Capital University. Lopez spent last year living and performing in Los Angeles, where he completed a soon to be released CD of jazz originals and appeared in jazz venues at several clubs in Los Angeles. He has produced two CDs, The Richard Lopez Trio: Live at Rigsby’sand Too Far North, a jazz quartet, which performs Lopez’s original compositions in clubs and jazz festivals. Lopez has composed soundtracks for a variety of commercial, educational, corporate and children’s video projects. His original composition, “Blues and Variations” for piano, was commissioned for Capital University’s “Grand Piano Series,” where it received its premiere.