He has held positions with the local newspaper as well as with the scholastic testing subsidiary of Pearson International. A strong interest in foreign languages spurred him to complete an intensive immersion study of French at Middlebury College in the summer of 1998. Self-taught on the organ, Rich has served regularly as either organist or organist/choir leader in Episcopal, Methodist and Lutheran churches in the region, joining the staff of Resurrection as Senior Organist in 2003.

A year later he began his work as Parish Administrator here, leaving no doubt as to his full-time presence on the premises! Rich is a composer/arranger and is currently introducing several organ reductions of music from the era of Mozart.