Richard Mathey has made music his life’s work. For 32 years, he was on the faculty at BGSU, where he became director of choral activities and professor of music. During 2002, he was an adjunct professor at Ohio University; he was interim director of choral activities at Ball State University in fall 2007. His university choirs have appeared at state, regional and national conventions. Mathey can be heard on the CD “Without A Song” recorded with his son and operatic tenor Shawn Mathey.