- 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 partnered personally and professionally from 1995 to 2025. 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 and singalongs were often part of the show. Dorothy transitioned to the quantum-spiritual-realm QSR in January 2025 and she lives on electronically here and via quantum synchronicity winks to Rick from the beyond Email: rick_potvin@yahoo.com
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