- Rick plays the piano, keyboards, organ and piano ensemble.
- Graduate of Toronto Conservatory of Music.
- Rick has performed at the following restaurants:
- Calico Cow on Central in Phoenix
- Georges on Central in Phoenix
- Central Grille
- Shangri-La Restaurant in Chandler
- Golden Buddha Restaurant for 6 1/2 years, a 5-Star Asian cuisine restaurant (2007-2012).
- Rick has a large music repertoire and can play many different piano styles. He alternates his performance with Dorothy Motto for continuous evening entertainment.
- Rick is a versatile pianist stylist and vocalist as well as keyboard bass and percussion player later in the evening. Rick and Dorothy can play two pianos together for selected tunes for a duelling piano effect.
- Piano Teaching: Rick has taught piano in retail locations and out of his studio for many years. His method involves the professional popular piano style of chord instruction.
- He has been a concert organist for Fletcher Organ Company performing for retirement communities in Sun City, Sun Lakes and Leisure World. He runs a piano lesson website at www.PianoLessonsEtc.com where he has listings of Youtube performances by Dorothy and himself.
Rick and Dorothy performed the piano-keyboard shows in and around Phoenix, Arizona from 2012 to 2019. Their unique duet featured one of them on 88-key piano while the other managed the bass, percussion & lead solo instruments on a portable keyboard ensemble. Vocals & singalongs were often part of the show. Dorothy died in January 2025 but she lives on electronically here and via quantum synchronicity winks to Rick from the beyondyondyond))ond))ond))) ) Email: rick_potvin@yahoo.com
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