From April 16 to 18, some 900 Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon students will have the pleasure of attending a performance by Innu artist Scott-Pien Picard during a school tour. His music, both captivating and universal, will transport students into a world where talent and passion meet. On Tuesday, April 16, at 10:45 am, Scott-Pien Picard will visit École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) to perform for students from École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) and ÉSC Trillium. The show, to be presented on Wednesday, April 17, at 10:45 a.m. at École secondaire catholique Jeunesse-Nord (Blind River), will bring together students from École Notre-Dame-du-Sault (Sault-Ste-Marie), École catholique Georges Vanier (Elliot Lake), École Saint-Joseph (Blind River), École catholique La Renaissance (Espanola) and ÉSC Jeunesse-Nord. On Thursday, April 18, students from 18 schools in Greater Sudbury, Warren, Noëlville and St-Charles will attend his presentation at Laurentian University's Fraser Auditorium.
Born in Sept-Îles, Quebec, Scott-Pien Picard is an Innu songwriter from Uashat Mak Maliotenam, an Innu community on the North Shore. He writes in Innu, his mother tongue. He developed a real talent for music at a very early age. From the age of six, he performed in his community. Inspired by the musical groups Maten and Kashtin, he discovered a passion for music and the Innu language. It did not take long for him to develop a talent for composing and writing in the traditional language.
In 2015, Scott-Pien Picard took part in the television program Le Rythme 3, a workshop that brought together new Indigenous talent led by singer-songwriter Samian, and participated in the Nikamun Mamuitun (songs that bring people together) event, bringing Indigenous and non- Indigenous people together in Petite Vallée in 2017. This artist produced his first solo album SCOTT-PIEN PICARD in 2018 and the album Pekuaiapu (which in the ancient Innu language means "visionary - one who sets the path") in 2022.
Photo credit: Jean-Charles Labarre
