Mr. Nicholson studied composition with David Blake and Bernard Rands at the University of York, where he earned his DMus in 1979. He is also active in other positions. He has performed as a pianist in the ensembles Nomos and Triple Echo and has given recitals with his wife, the soprano Jane Ginsborg. As a conductor, he has led numerous ensembles for contemporary music in the UK. He has served as a member of the Executive Committee for Concert Music of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors since 2006. He taught as a lecturer in music and served as director of the department of composition at Keele University in Staffordshire from 1988–95. He has taught at the University of Sheffield since 1996, where he was Senior Lecturer in Composition from 1996–2008 and served as chair of the department of music from 2003–05 and where he has been Reader in Composition since 2008. His publisher is the University of York Music Press.
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1087723
for: Oboe, Oboe d'Amore, Cor Anglais and Percussion
Set of parts
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Klassik
for: French Horn and Harp
Score, Parts
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for: Flute, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1087735
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1552456
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 981070
Klassik
for: Bass Clarinet and String Quartet
Score
Item no.: 1087238
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 980723
for: Bass clarinet
Book
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for: Alto saxophone, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 980737
for: Tenor trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 973386
for: Voice (soprano), clarinet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1008858
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 1087725
for: Chamber ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 1087732
for: Flute, Alto Flute, French Horn, Viola and Harp
Score
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for: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, Violin Duet and Viola
Set of parts
Item no.: 1087730
for: Viola und Violoncello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1087532
Klassik
for: Clarinet and Ensemble
Score
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for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 1090539
Klassik
for: Clarinet and Ensemble
Set of parts
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for: Chamber ensemble
Score
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for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1087328
Klassik
for: Bass Clarinet Duet
Score, Parts
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Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 980678
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1087277
for: Bass Clarinet and Piano
Buch
Item no.: 980910
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1087722
for: Flute, Harp and String Quartet
Score
Item no.: 980636
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 980903
for: Flute, Clarinet, Vibraphone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1087531
Klassik
for: Clarinet In A and Piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 980552
for: Tenor trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 973564
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1087728
for: Violin, French Horn and Piano
Score
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for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1087713
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 980904
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
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for: Guitar
Music score
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Klassik
for: Trombone, Keyboard, Electronics
Score, Parts
Item no.: 980980
for: Tenor and Cello
Score
Item no.: 981042
Motette
for: Trumpet, trombone, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 980717
for: Big Band and Concert Band
Score
Item no.: 1087324
for soprano and 7 instruments (Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Vibraphone, Violin, Viola, and Cello)
for: Voice (soprano), instruments
Study score
Item no.: 662213
for: Clarinet, Viola and Piano
Score
Item no.: 980950
for: Chamber ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 1087733
Klassik
for: Bass Clarinet and String Quartet
Set of parts
Item no.: 1087237
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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