Listen to Joanna's solo album 'Gyre' here: https://open.spotify.com/album/5VtfOjaRFnVqHPIHnZ7y9F?si=lxkzQP1rQqiokjEzDuY8Hg
Joanna Nicholson studied clarinet and piano at the junior department of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and went on to complete her degree at the Royal College of Music, London, where she was awarded an Exhibition Scholarship and several prizes. Since graduating she has pursued a lively and varied freelance career based in Scotland. She has performed, broadcast and recorded with many of the UK’s finest orchestras and ensembles, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and she has been a concerto soloist at the BBC Proms in London’s Albert Hall, and with the Scottish Ensemble. Her chamber music involvement has included work with Daniel’s Beard, the swing klezmer trio Yiddish Song Project, Red Note Ensemble, and her voice/clarinet duo Turning the Elements, which was shortlisted for a New Music Scotland Award in 2023.
Joanna’s compositions include the score for the dance work In Situ, which won a Herald Angel at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, several musical stories for children, works for solo clarinet and for clarinet and voice.
Her solo album 'Gyre' was also shortlisted for a New Music Scotland Award 2023.
Website: https://joannanicholsonclarinet.co.uk/
Instragram: @jnicholson1702
