Richard (Dick) Maltz (b. 1958) is a native of Randolph, Massachusetts. He studied composition with Dick Goodwin, Thomas Clark, Robert Ward and Ben Johnston. 

Maltz's compositions have been commissioned by orchestras, chamber ensembles, ballet companies, religious organizations, high schools, and others.  They have been performed by Ann Brodie’s Carolina Ballet, Assembly Saxophone Quartet, Augusta Symphony Orchestra, Brevard Chamber Orchestra, Charleston Symphony String Quartet, Cortlandt Chamber Orchestra, Etherredge Center Orchestra, Garden State Philharmonic, Greenwood Orchestra, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Kennett Symphony, Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, Lima Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Symphony Orchestra, Meridan Symphony Orchestra, Oak Park Symphony, Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, Prospect High School Orchestra, Schuylkill Symphony Orchestra, South Carolina Philharmonic, University of South Carolina Orchestra, USC Conductors Institute, Winthrop University Percussion Ensemble, Youth Orchestra of the Lowcountry, and others.  An ASCAP composer and publisher, his music is published by Richard Maltz Music, and Subito Music Corporation.

Dick was a guest composer at the USC Conductors Institute in 2009, the Lowcountry Heritage Society in 2000, and the North Carolina Contemporary Arts Festival at Wesleyan University in 1993.  He was composer-in-residence at the Cummington Community of the Arts in 1992.  He founded the Aiken Youth Orchestra and served as its Conductor and Music Director from 2002-2009.

Mayor Irvana K. Wilks of Mount Prospect, Illinois, proclaimed November 6, 2008, “Great Prospects Day” in recognition of the premier of

Maltz's Great Prospects Overture, which was commissioned by Prospect High School.  It received its London premier with performances at St. John’s Church Smith Square and St. Augustine’s Church Kilburn. 

Richard Maltz holds the Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition from the University of South Carolina in 1991; and the Master of Music Education in Percussion Pedagogy and Bachelor of Music in Composition from the University of North Texas.  He attended Berklee College of Music.

Dr. Maltz is Professor of Music at the University of South Carolina Aiken where he teaches music theory and composition.  He also taught at Midlands Technical College, the University of South Carolina Sumter, and Limestone College.