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Above: a WHYY Philadelphia episode on Nick’s music, a feature on WHYY about the making of Nick’s children’s opera Anansi and the Great Light, and a short documentary film about Nick’s “Creative Expression Through Music” program, designed for the Penn Memory Center.

Also available:

  • Nick’s interview for the WAAC’s first annual TEA Talk - WAAC

  • Nick’s interview with Oxford in Voice - University of Oxford

Radio

True Taos Radio interview, first excerpt

  • "'Curious Incident' gets percussive welcome as Philly's latest 'One Book' program opens" - WHYY

  • "A Young Composer Inspired by the 2017 One Book, One Philadelphia Selection" - WRTI

  • Radio feature on True Taos Radio - Excerpt 1

  • BBC Radio Oxford interview discussing the Oxford Laptop Orchestra - BBC Radio

Print

  • Feature on I Care If You Listen - ICIYL

  • Composer Spotlight for the 2017 Underwood New Music Readings - SoundAdvice

  • Minnesota Orchestra's Meet a Composer - Showcase

Reviews

  • On Ornithopter: “The piece is determined, relentless, and dances… a mature work that could be used as an innovative and thematic program opener or closer.” - Brass Legacy

  • On Particle Heuristics: "There were even times when it touched on the basic mystery at the heart of modern physics..." - Broad Street Review

  • On To the Colors: "...a dense, energetic, driven work, full of jostling and jarring tonal colors." - Broad Street Review

  • On Asphodel: "...richly textured, multilayered..." - Minnesota Star Tribune

  • On Madison Avenue: “…excellent thematic material… a wonderful opener to any recital.” - The Clarinet

  • "A first rate talent and a unique voice..." - Portland Press Herald

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