Joshua Richardson was raised and lives here in London, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario’s Piano Technology program. He does contract work for Piano Tune Canada and Piano House Burlington as well as D&S Pianos on Hyde Park road. He tunes the pianos at the Grand Theatre and at L. B. Pearson school for the arts.
He is the lead songwriter of the local music group The Favourite Game (formerly SEeKing Dawn) who has played in and around London since 1996. Richardson is also a key proponent for London theatre. He was assistant to director Susan Ferley on the Grand Theatre’s production of Beauty & the Beast and starred as George in Fountainheads production of Our Town. He wrote and produced three musicals, of note P&J, which was awarded best production at the London Fringe Festival 2005 and was invited to be apart of the New York Musical Theatre Festival 2007.
Of the London community, “I am honoured to be able to give back to the community I am so personally indebted to. The schools I attended and the mentoring I have received here in London have created the vibrant, creative person I have become. Therefore it is my priviledge to serve this city as a piano tuner, but more notably as a member of the London community.”