Rick
Piché has taught guitar at Saunders Secondary School
in London, Ontario for over 22 years. During that time, thousands of students
have passed through his guitar room. Under Mr. Piché’s direction,
the Saunders Senior Guitar Ensemble has performed in London, St. Thomas,
Sarnia, Toronto, Chicago, Montreal, New York, Boston, Holland and Germany.
They have performed with Stepan Rak (Czech Republic), The Trio de Cologne
(Germany), The Kubica /van Berkel Guitar Duo, Philip Candelaria, The Canadian
Guitar Quartet and many other prominent guitarists.
Mr. Piché
is also a part time guitar instructor with the Faculty of Music and The
Faculty of Education at The University Of Western Ontario.
As a student of the guitar, Rick Piché studied classical
guitar with Eli Kassner.
As a performer and recording artist, Mr. Piché has released
three solo recordings: “RICK PICHÉ”
in 1981; “STATUE” in 1986;
and “RICK PICHÉ THREE”
in
1990. In 2000, Mr. Piché recorded a Celtic CD with his family.
The recording is appropriately called “THE PICHÉ
FAMILY”.
Mr. Piché's
two sons now have their own band which you can see
at www.articleonemusic.com
and Rick’s daughter Aimée is a classical guitarist whose
site is www.apiche.com.