Rich is the current arts department head at St. Marys District Collegiate and Vocational Institute and is also the artistic director of the awarding winning, internationally acclaimed St. Marys Children's Choir and Festival Youth Singers. Before relocating to Ontario in 2005, Rich was the music department head at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle for 12 years.

Whether in the States or in Canada his ensembles, both choral and instrumental, consistently take top honors at national and international festivals. Most recent festivals include Slazbergenis Festival of the Arts, Salzburg Austria, Musicfest Canada, Montreal, Quebec; Stratford Kiwanis Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Envision Jazz Festival, Surrey, British Columbia; and the Reno Jazz Festival, Reno, Nevada. Rich's ensembles have had the privilege of sharing the stage with Kenny Rogers, Herbie Mann, Michele Weir, Phil Mattson, Michael Powers, M-Pact, Roger Treece, and Alexey Nikolaev.

As a performer Rich is equally at home as trumpeter and vocalist. Rich is a founding member of both the Emerald City Jazz Orchestra and Strokeland Recording artists DoctorfunK. He has performed with artists as diverse as Dee Daniels, Carol Welsman, Mic Gillette, Jeff Tamlier, Tom Politzer, Bob Mintzer, Tommy Banks, Campbell Ryga, Sunny Wilkinson, and Roger Treece. Most recently Rich had the incredible honor of singing with Bobby McFerrin and Danish vocal group extraordinaire "Vocal Line" in Aarhus, Denmark in May 2011 as part of the Aarhus Vocal Festival main-stage concert series.

A master educator, Rich has also been the recipient of the following personal awards: 1998 Washington State Music Educator of the Year, 1999 Seattle School District Golden Apple Award, 2000 Christa McCauliffe Excellence in Education Award, 4 time nominee for the A+ Award and most recently the Avon-Maitland District School Board Excellence in Education Award 2008. Rich maintains a busy schedule as a performer, adjudicator and clinician throughout North America.