Herbert C. Richert received his college training from
Tabor College where he became interested in music for
male choruses. He conducted and toured with the
Mennonite Brethren Male Chorus and was instrumental
in producing the first English-language hymnal for the
Mennonite Brethren Church of North America. Richert
began teaching in 1920 in Oklahoma and became
professor of voice at Beulah College. In 1929, he
became supervisor of music in Hillsboro. From 1935 to
1960, he chaired the music department at Tabor
College. He took a master's degree from Emporia State
in 1955. After retiring from Tabor College in 1966, he
taught another five years in the public schools in
Moscow, Kansas. He was active in many professional
and church organizations, pursued Bible studies in
various colleges in Kansas and California, was a charter
member of the Choral Conductors Guild of America, and
served as editor of Young People's Sacred Songs.