Favorite Movie quotes:
"Don't try to bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth...."

"There is no spoon."

"Honey!!!,,,, Where's my super suit?"

Significant Other:
WIFE: Jennifer, married July 1998
SON: Nathan, 2001
SON: Jason, 2004

Family:
Sister: Jeannine;

Publications
October 1998 issue of Modern Drummer Magazine

Shows/Pit Orchestras:
1985: "West Side Story" Sunny Hills High School
(I played drums until I was recruited by the Director to be a "Shark", on a fluke,
I was put into the role of "Bernardo" when the lead got sick)
1985: "Once upon a Mattress" for Fullerton High School
1986: "Peter Pan" for Fullerton College
1987: "Man of La Mancha" for Fullerton College
1987: "Festival on Ice" for Ice Capades featuring Tai Babalonia, Randy Gardener, and Robbin Cousins.
1987: "Cole", a Cole Porter Reveue; for Fullerton Civic Light Opera
1988: "The Wiz" for Yorba Linda Civic Light Opera
1988: "Hair" Fullerton College
1988: "Little Shop of Horrors" for Costa Mesa Civic Light Opera
1989: "Oliver" for Buena Park Civic Light Opera
1990: "Chicago" for Buena Park Civic Light Opera
1990: "Great Ocean Festival" for Nagasaki Holland Village-Japan
1991: "Cinderella" for Buena Park Civic Light Opera
1992: "Oliver" for Laguna Moulton Playhouse
1993: "Pippin" for Cerritos College
2000: "Blood Brothers" for La Serna High School
2001: "Tommy" for La Serna High School

Factoid:
As a child of 6mos, Rich was chosen to be the "Gerber Baby" for their commercial and TV ads... Rich's parents declined because "they didn't want their child to grow up in show business."

Education:
Masters Business Administration University of Redlands-2004
BS Information Systems University of Redlands 2001--Studied Music at Cal State Fullerton
AA Comercial Music under Allen Carter-Fullerton College
Attended Dick Grove School of Music under Peter Erskine
Percussion Performance Major under Todd Miller-Cal. State Fullerton

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