by Sarah Nicolls | Sep 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
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 as you play a note. It can also mean ‘preparing’ the piano:... by Sarah Nicolls | Sep 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Moments of Weightlessness is a devised music theatre show which Sarah created in 2014, commissioned by Brighton Dome and supported by Arts Council England. Now on tour, this is a major turning point in Sarah’s career, giving full voice to a curiosity which has... by Sarah Nicolls | Sep 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Sarah brought her second Inside-Out Piano to London for the first time for the BBC3 weekend asking ‘Why Music?’ at the Wellcome Trust. She performed a mix of George Crumb and Henry Cowell – very early pioneers of ‘inside’ piano... by Sarah Nicolls | Sep 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Sarah is the first performer in a week of pianists, performing with an interactive light installation as part of the HEM/London Design Festival. Sarah will be playing her own composition ‘Ballet-Opera for Piano & Lights’ on the specially designed...