‘Nicolls is a genuinely “edgy Brit”, and what she does should be happening every week of the year.’ Guardian
Sarah Nicolls and her Inside-Out Piano
pianist | performer | inventor | mum |
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Tour re-starting 2020
What a lively time to be re-launching the tour of my #12yearspiano piece about the climate and ecological emergency! As XR fill the streets with protests on so many different issues relating to global…Read more
Lockdown 2020
I have a few things to share with you that I’ve managed to salvage from the crazy turn of events that have led us to lockdown. As I write, we’re in our eighth week and…Read more
12 dates for 12 Years tour
Now open for booking: the tour dates of my climate change recital-story 12 Years. I’m visiting 12 towns and cities around the UK: see the Sound UK website for all details on dates and…Read more
Flightfree 2020
As soon as I heard of giving up flying, it was like a lightbulb switching on. Everyone is aware of vegetarianism as a concept, but to give up flying just hadn’t occurred to me. It was Green…Read more
Re-working 12 Years for 2020
Sun 5th January: When I wrote this work, climate news was not
part of our daily language or narrative.
Currently, Australia is experiencing its worst ever bushfire season –
most hectares burnt – and it is only the…Read more
Kickstarter 2019
We did it!!! Amazing! Sarah and the Future Piano team will be building a new lightweight Standing Grand piano in 2020. See futurepiano.co.uk for more details and thank you all for your support!
Snape Maltings: Festival of New
I’m just back from another very intense experience at Snape Maltings: a residency with Maja Bugge leading to the Festival of New. While I was there I found myself looking back over the times I’d…Read more
Why my piano is special
I’ve designed the ‘Inside-Out Piano’ to make playing the inside of a piano easier. This means doing things like plucking a string, knocking on the wood and playing harmonics by pressing lightly on a string…Read more
