Whistler Children's Festival Presents

Rick Scott with Nico Rhodes

• Date: Saturday, May 21, 2022
• Time: 10:30am Doors | 11:00am Show
• Venue: Maury Young Arts Centre
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Price: 
  • $15 General Admission
  • $50 for 4 tickets purchased to the same show.

Three-time Juno nominee Rick Scott joins forces with young keyboard ace Nico Rhodes for a lively, participatory concert combining music, storytelling and humour. Based on Rick’s 8 award-winning children’s recordings, the show is enlivened by Nico’s piano mastery and the inter-generational mischief of two musical playmates 40 years apart in age. 

Rick Scott Bio:

Rick Scott has performed in over a thousand schools in 9 countries and released 19 recordings, including 8 children’s albums honoured with Parents’ Choice, Family Choice and Canadian Folk Music Awards. He’s a Goodwill Ambassador for the Down Syndrome Resource Foundation and a member of the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame.

When Rick performs for children, he always hopes one child might have a life-changing moment and decide, ‘I can do this too!’ Nico Rhodes was such a child. Rick came to his school when he was 8 and Nico wrote him a fan letter. Rick wrote back with advice about the tooth fairy.

Nico Rhodes Bio:

Nico grew up listening to Bach, Beethoven and Rick Scott while touring the world with his mother, renowned chanteuse Joelle Rabu. Age 23, he arranged Rick’s music for symphony and by age 33, he had become one of Canada’s most in-demand arrangers and musical directors, with 30 long-run shows to his credit.

In 2017 Rick and Nico formed the duo Roots & Grooves to perform for big folks, and before long, Nico became part of Rick’s Music & Laughter family shows as well. Nico says, “Playing songs from my childhood with my musical mentor is the most fun I’ve ever had on stage and the audience gets to join in the merriment.”