He is an educator, researcher, and a multiple Grammy award-winning recording engineer Richard is also a member of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media, and Technology (CIRMMT). His research interests include small environment acoustics, the process of music mixing, and multichannel recording and reproduction in three dimensions. His book entitled, Recording Orchestra and other classical music ensembles, is now available as part of the Focal Press “AES presents” series.