Nicholas Vines
Described as “riveting” (The New York Times) and “full, extravagant and wild” (Sydney Morning Herald), the works of Nicholas Vines (b.1976, Sydney) have been commissioned, performed and celebrated by organisations around the world.
He is published by the likes of Wirripang and Faber Music, with the bulk of his work available through the Australian Music Centre. A CD of his compositions, Torrid Nature Scenes, was released on Navona Records in May 2013. Graduating in 2007 with a PhD from Harvard University, Vines now teaches at Sydney Grammar School and the University of New South Wales. Since 2007 he has run the New Works Program for New England Conservatory’s Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice.
Compositions by Nicholas Vines appear on
Kingfisher
This CD is the result of a daring project to commission 21 composers to write new works for Halcyon's two singers, Jenny Duck-Chong and Alison Morgan. Presented over two concerts in their 15th anniversary year, and then recorded at Trackdown.