Ty and Nico perform a mix of everything from classical to musical theatre favourites in addition to crooner tunes, popular ballads, original songs with a blues vibe and vintage rock & roll!

Ty Koch is a young singer based in Vancouver who performs a variety of musical genres., and He began songwriting at 17.  Ty has been working with several artists performing and recording at theatres, local clubs and festivals including the Nanaimo Big Band Festival. For a decade Ty was a member of the highly acclaimed British Columbia Boys Choir where he had the opportunity to perform and tour around the world. He is pleased to step in for Rick Scott on this tour.

Equally at home on keyboards and woodwinds, Nico Rhodes is a much sought-after composer, arranger and teacher who inhabits all styles, eras, and genres of music. Son of internationally renowned chanteuse Joelle Rabu and theatre technician Dusty Rhodes, from an early age he grew up on the road and in theatres. Nico has not stopped working since his first professional theatre gig as a multi-instrumentalist at the age of 17. As an accomplished musician, composer, and arranger, he has conducted more than 40 professional musical theatre productions across Canada; arranged for symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, choirs, jazz groups and big bands. Nico has received Ovation, Jessie, and SAT award nominations for his music direction of four Canadian musicals: ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ (2014), ‘Out of my Dreams’ (2015), ‘Best Laid Plans’ (2016) and ‘Talking Sex On Sunday (2020). In 2018 he was the recipient of Nanaimo’s Emerging Cultural Leader Award.