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Stephen Richardson, who hails from Cape Breton and lived and studied in Halifax for years, is nominated a third time for a MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Juno.“It’s crazy that it’s brought me back to my home province,” he said. “I’m thinking I’m living a blessed musical life and I’m so extremely grateful.”
For over a decade, 50-year-old Richardson has been teaching music to elementary and junior high kids in Yellowknife, N.W.T. And how he does it — with the unique approach of a guy who plays in a rock band at night — is what's capturing the attention of a national audience. He was always “heavy into music, but not playing,” and was born into a family with singing talent. He was into writing music and lyrics — inspired by Pearl Jam and The Tragically Hip — but he didn’t really learn guitar until he was a 21-year-old Saint Mary’s University student in Halifax.
He said connecting to people through music is like having a “cheat code to this amazing life of endless musical connections and opportunities.” A hint of why he is consistently nominated for a Juno is in the creative projects he brings to class.
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