Rick Scott
Three-time Juno nominee, Rick Scott is an award-winning singer, songwriter, actor and Canada’s leading proponent of Appalachian mountain dulcimer. Over 45 years, he’s released 19 albums and performed in eleven countries. His beginnings as a street musician are immortalized in Ryan Larkin’s renowned animation Street Musique for which Rick wrote music and appears live and in cartoon, and in the Academy Award winning animation Ryan. Since pioneering roque folk with iconic BC trio Pied Pumpkin in the 70’s, Rich has performed in Japan, Australia, USA and Southeast Asia. He has acted or radio, film and TV; starred in musicals and written a symphony seen by 10,000 children. His kudos include Parent’s Choice Award, Family Choice Award, Canadian Folk Music and Nanaimo Cultural Excellence Awards. He is currently touring in Roots and Grooves, an intergenerational collaboration with a 29-year old Nico Rhodes. Rick is a goodwill ambassador for the Down Syndrome Research Foundation and curator of the Protection Island Museum.
