Adam Ruzzo
Musician, Expedition Team
Adam is a long-time musician with an eclectic performing background, an avid traveller, and passionate about all things history and culture!
Join Adam Ruzzo on the following trips:
- Baffin Island and Greenland: Circling the Midnight Sun 2025 August 5 to August 16, 2025
- Newfoundland Circumnavigation 2025 October 1 to October 12, 2025
- Greenland & Wild Labrador: A Torngat Mountains Adventure 2025 September 17 to October 1, 2025
- Heart of the Arctic 2025 July 24 to August 5, 2025
- Scotland Slowly 2025 June 3 to June 13, 2025
- Scotland Slowly 2025 June 13 to June 23, 2025
- Scotland, The Faroe Islands, & Iceland: North Atlantic Saga 2025 June 23 to July 3, 2025
Adam has been performing for audiences for the last eighteen years in a wide variety of venues across Canada—from a resident musician at The Royal York Hotel in Toronto and Historic Steamships in Muskoka to venues in Newfoundland, Whitehorse, and Yellowknife, to expedition cruises in the Arctic. Along with a master’s degree in classical guitar performance from the University of Toronto, he has six albums of original music under his belt, all inspired by people and places off the beaten path around Canada.
He has actively pursued the paths of original singer/songwriter music, traditional folk music, and classical music. His original music has landed him a spot as a guest speaker for a TEDx Talk and his classical guitar performance won him first place in Canada at the FCMF National Music competition. When he performs for audiences, he shares an extensive repertoire of crowd favourites—everything from CCR to Sea Shanties—and believes that the power of music can create lifelong memories for the people he performs for.
Aside from music, Adam is also highly experienced in outdoor skills. He built his own log cabin from scratch and lived there off the grid for years, he completed a seven month long primitive skills training apprenticeship during which he slept in a survival shelter full time, he has worked at several wilderness lodges around the country—including one the Northwest Territories—and he has worked as a backcountry warden for Ontario Parks. His life these days revolves around writing and recording his albums and adventure travel!