Innovation in Music
Sarah Nicolls
Nicolls is a genuinely “edgy Brit”, and what she does should be happening every week of the year.
– The Guardian
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Latest Blog Posts
New studio, new chapter
March 2022 and lots of new things in the air, not least a possibility to give live performances again. First up, we have finished the new studio on our farm and I now have a beautiful, wood-lined 12m long space in which to be inspired, to create and to share....
Ballad of a Changing World
'Ballad of a Changing World' is my brand new digital show: a music and text piece with cellist Maja Bugge and scientists Helen F. Wilson and Tone Reiertsen about species on the move. We learn about how Kittiwakes are moving into...
Between a tour and a farm
11th November 2020 There is a familiar feeling which happens, even in normal (i.e. non-Covid) life, after a tour ends, a big concert is over, something is finished. It is a dip. A relaxation. A sinking into. A rekindling of normal. A reconnecting with whoever is...
We want to live
I've written a song called 'We want to live', about the climate and ecological emergency and how we could face it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY5bXawRPRs&feature=youtu.be This is my contribution to the Culture Declares Emergency campaign #LetterstoPower...
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 heating, pollution and corruption, people are again talking about...
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 there's been time for an entire gamut of emotional states. I've been improvising a lot at my normal...
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 bookings. This is an original, one-hour work that I've composed and written and will...
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 MEP Molly Scott Cato who mentioned she’d stopped flying during a public talk....
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 beginning of that season. It is thought...
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!
New studio, new chapter
March 2022 and lots of new things in the air, not least a possibility to give live performances again. First up, we have finished the new studio on our farm and I now have a beautiful, wood-lined 12m long space in which to be inspired, to create and to share....
Ballad of a Changing World
'Ballad of a Changing World' is my brand new digital show: a music and text piece with cellist Maja Bugge and scientists Helen F. Wilson and Tone Reiertsen about species on the move. We learn about how Kittiwakes are moving into...
Between a tour and a farm
11th November 2020 There is a familiar feeling which happens, even in normal (i.e. non-Covid) life, after a tour ends, a big concert is over, something is finished. It is a dip. A relaxation. A sinking into. A rekindling of normal. A reconnecting with whoever is...
We want to live
I've written a song called 'We want to live', about the climate and ecological emergency and how we could face it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY5bXawRPRs&feature=youtu.be This is my contribution to the Culture Declares Emergency campaign #LetterstoPower...
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 heating, pollution and corruption, people are again talking about...
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 there's been time for an entire gamut of emotional states. I've been improvising a lot at my normal...
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 bookings. This is an original, one-hour work that I've composed and written and will...
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 MEP Molly Scott Cato who mentioned she’d stopped flying during a public talk....
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 beginning of that season. It is thought...
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!
New studio, new chapter
March 2022 and lots of new things in the air, not least a possibility to give live performances again. First up, we have finished the new studio on our farm and I now have a beautiful, wood-lined 12m long space in which to be inspired, to create and to share....
Ballad of a Changing World
'Ballad of a Changing World' is my brand new digital show: a music and text piece with cellist Maja Bugge and scientists Helen F. Wilson and Tone Reiertsen about species on the move. We learn about how Kittiwakes are moving into...
Between a tour and a farm
11th November 2020 There is a familiar feeling which happens, even in normal (i.e. non-Covid) life, after a tour ends, a big concert is over, something is finished. It is a dip. A relaxation. A sinking into. A rekindling of normal. A reconnecting with whoever is...
We want to live
I've written a song called 'We want to live', about the climate and ecological emergency and how we could face it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY5bXawRPRs&feature=youtu.be This is my contribution to the Culture Declares Emergency campaign #LetterstoPower...
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 heating, pollution and corruption, people are again talking about...
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 there's been time for an entire gamut of emotional states. I've been improvising a lot at my normal...
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 bookings. This is an original, one-hour work that I've composed and written and will...
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 MEP Molly Scott Cato who mentioned she’d stopped flying during a public talk....
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 beginning of that season. It is thought...
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!