Tad Richards
Saugerties, New York, United States
Meet Tad Richards
Tad Richards is the stepson of Harvey Fite, the creator of Opus 40. His mother, Barbara, married Fite in 1943, "when I was three and Opus 40 was five," so he grew up with the creation of Fite's masterwork as his constant companion. When Fite died in an accident in 1976, Richards helped his mother create the organization which has kept Fite's work alive. Since Barbara Fite's death in 1986, Richards and his wife Pat have taken responsibility for preserving Fite's legacy.