<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/class-notes/melanie-richards.html" dsn="news"><item_date>05/14/2009 12:00:00 am</item_date><title>Melanie Richards</title><firstname>Melanie</firstname><middlename/><maidenname/><lastname>Richards</lastname><graduation_year>1982</graduation_year><body>Melanie Richards (M.M.), Flagstaff, Ariz., is a professional musician and teacher interested in the artistic process and the arts in education. In her book A Call to Arts: How Artistic Living Can Redeem Us, published by ArtsLegacy, she writes about the benefits of a true exposure to artistic living.</body><image><img src="/sites/default/files/default_images/diving-eagle_356_0r_0_1_fade_2.png" width="600" height="600" alt=""/></image><alumni_association_member>Yes</alumni_association_member><author/><type>class-notes</type><categories/><relationships/><main-content>
    
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