Musical Director: Scott Richardson Scott Richardson is active as a freelance accompanist specializing in choral accompaniment and in the flute repertoire. He is the pianist for both the Ottawa Choral Society and the Canadian Centennial Choir, and has also accompanied the Ottawa Children's Choir. Scott maintains a busy schedule of private teaching, and was for many years a music history instructor with the Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy. As an organist and choir director, he has held various positions in the Atlantic Provinces and in Ottawa, and is currently Music Director at Orleans United Church. Scott was born in New Brunswick and raised in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He studied piano at Mount Allison University with Janet Hammock and Edmund Dawe. At Mount A, he met his future wife Kelly, a flautist from Gander, Newfoundland -- one might say he “married into” Newfoundland music. While at university, Scott worked as an actor and musician in all three Maritime Provinces. His graduate studies took him in a different direction, and he later completed a Ph.D. in English literature at the University of Ottawa. With roots in southern New Brunswick, Cape Breton, and Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Scott feels a deep attachment to the East Coast. For many years, he was active on the Ottawa pub scene performing East Coast music in various groups, and he is glad to be once more presenting the music of the region to Ottawa audiences. Scott can be reached at director@atlanticvoices.ca