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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Sun 21st September
Been a funny day. Yesterday was extremely productive, playing with lots of different things and discovering characteristics that I hadn’t predicted (eg the curve of the piano having different possibilities according to how far (mid-ratchet) I go: either a fun ramp for...
Inside piano music (ongoing)
Stefan Prins Piano Hero garageBand for windows 10 Think about discipline in movement, exactness, key points of sound and getting to them / away from them quickly; the anarchy or wildness of the possible sounds from inside a piano; variation; how a texture can be built...
Thurs 4th Sept P.S. the more I read about pendulums…
..the more the demonstrations sound like the sort of silly multi-tasking you end up doing as a parent of young children. Like I've just been reading about balance carts which demonstrate an inverted pendulum (also easily demonstrated by balancing a broomstick on the...
Thurs 4th Sept
The start of a project… Very happy to have received my ACE funding (must get the logo up here!) and have started work on my new, solo theatre show featuring my new Inside-Out Piano, to be premiered at Brighton Dome on 10th December (in Laura Duccheschi's Earsthetic...
Mon 4th Aug
Mon 4 Aug from Sarah Nicolls on Vimeo.
A one-off piano
This picture is Sarah performing in Brazil on a one-off Inside-Out Piano built there. They gave her four old uprights to choose from and two lovely carpenters to help construct the instrument. 'Best gig ever? Probably! :)'
Sun 21st September
Been a funny day. Yesterday was extremely productive, playing with lots of different things and discovering characteristics that I hadn’t predicted (eg the curve of the piano having different possibilities according to how far (mid-ratchet) I go: either a fun ramp for...
Inside piano music (ongoing)
Stefan Prins Piano Hero garageBand for windows 10 Think about discipline in movement, exactness, key points of sound and getting to them / away from them quickly; the anarchy or wildness of the possible sounds from inside a piano; variation; how a texture can be built...
Thurs 4th Sept P.S. the more I read about pendulums…
..the more the demonstrations sound like the sort of silly multi-tasking you end up doing as a parent of young children. Like I've just been reading about balance carts which demonstrate an inverted pendulum (also easily demonstrated by balancing a broomstick on the...
Thurs 4th Sept
The start of a project… Very happy to have received my ACE funding (must get the logo up here!) and have started work on my new, solo theatre show featuring my new Inside-Out Piano, to be premiered at Brighton Dome on 10th December (in Laura Duccheschi's Earsthetic...
Mon 4th Aug
Mon 4 Aug from Sarah Nicolls on Vimeo.
A one-off piano
This picture is Sarah performing in Brazil on a one-off Inside-Out Piano built there. They gave her four old uprights to choose from and two lovely carpenters to help construct the instrument. 'Best gig ever? Probably! :)'
Sun 21st September
Been a funny day. Yesterday was extremely productive, playing with lots of different things and discovering characteristics that I hadn’t predicted (eg the curve of the piano having different possibilities according to how far (mid-ratchet) I go: either a fun ramp for...
Inside piano music (ongoing)
Stefan Prins Piano Hero garageBand for windows 10 Think about discipline in movement, exactness, key points of sound and getting to them / away from them quickly; the anarchy or wildness of the possible sounds from inside a piano; variation; how a texture can be built...
Thurs 4th Sept P.S. the more I read about pendulums…
..the more the demonstrations sound like the sort of silly multi-tasking you end up doing as a parent of young children. Like I've just been reading about balance carts which demonstrate an inverted pendulum (also easily demonstrated by balancing a broomstick on the...
Thurs 4th Sept
The start of a project… Very happy to have received my ACE funding (must get the logo up here!) and have started work on my new, solo theatre show featuring my new Inside-Out Piano, to be premiered at Brighton Dome on 10th December (in Laura Duccheschi's Earsthetic...
Mon 4th Aug
Mon 4 Aug from Sarah Nicolls on Vimeo.
A one-off piano
This picture is Sarah performing in Brazil on a one-off Inside-Out Piano built there. They gave her four old uprights to choose from and two lovely carpenters to help construct the instrument. 'Best gig ever? Probably! :)'