Innovation in Music

Freezing to boiling, falling, melting and everything in between, Iceland is about water. Looking at it, being in it, being awestruck by its many magical and hugely powerful forms. It surrounds, heals and enters your thinking, making you fluid with the environment;...

I spent several months imagining a piece for the 6-floor atrium of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum in March 2017.  Becca Ellson was my collaborator for the piece, which we called 'Belonging Here'. Here is a beautiful film of the night made by Chris Brake, who I met on the...

I was absolutely thrilled to have a residency at the Southbank Centre in January 2017.  This group residency is called Collision and was part of the Southbank Centre's Nordic Matters Festival.  I was paired with ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR, a composer from Iceland, and we...

I am currently extremely lucky at the moment on two counts (well, lots more but I'm just talking about work here!).  1) I am on OCM's BOOM scheme, to encourage musicians to make first steps towards public art and outdoor work.  2) I have Lilja Maria Asmundsdottir with...

So, my show is coming home, right to where it was created. I’ll be performing Moments of Weightlessness on Tuesday 24th May in the Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, where we first tried it in front of some invited audience members. That first creative burst was an...

The Sampler, March 2016: Sarah Nicolls' In Our Hands project summary

Here's the podcast of my January In Tune appearance on BBC Radio 3 with Sarah Walker.

To accompany the Moments of Weightlessness tour trailer  here's a short film about the Inside-Out Piano which plays a main part of the show (and indeed played throughout the show!). Gain insight into the idea behind creating the Inside-Out Piano and how different...

Freezing to boiling, falling, melting and everything in between, Iceland is about water. Looking at it, being in it, being awestruck by its many magical and hugely powerful forms. It surrounds, heals and enters your thinking, making you fluid with the environment;...

I spent several months imagining a piece for the 6-floor atrium of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum in March 2017.  Becca Ellson was my collaborator for the piece, which we called 'Belonging Here'. Here is a beautiful film of the night made by Chris Brake, who I met on the...

I was absolutely thrilled to have a residency at the Southbank Centre in January 2017.  This group residency is called Collision and was part of the Southbank Centre's Nordic Matters Festival.  I was paired with ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR, a composer from Iceland, and we...

I am currently extremely lucky at the moment on two counts (well, lots more but I'm just talking about work here!).  1) I am on OCM's BOOM scheme, to encourage musicians to make first steps towards public art and outdoor work.  2) I have Lilja Maria Asmundsdottir with...

So, my show is coming home, right to where it was created. I’ll be performing Moments of Weightlessness on Tuesday 24th May in the Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, where we first tried it in front of some invited audience members. That first creative burst was an...

The Sampler, March 2016: Sarah Nicolls' In Our Hands project summary

Here's the podcast of my January In Tune appearance on BBC Radio 3 with Sarah Walker.

To accompany the Moments of Weightlessness tour trailer  here's a short film about the Inside-Out Piano which plays a main part of the show (and indeed played throughout the show!). Gain insight into the idea behind creating the Inside-Out Piano and how different...