Nick is a pianist, musical director, vocal coach and educator from australia. He has taught and conducted in schools and colleges in the UK, including Emanuel school, Mountview academy, Urdang academy and performers college as well as in teacher training at the Institute of Education (University College London) in Australia at the university of Queensland. He teaches singing and piano to diploma level and frequently prepares young performers for exams in musical theatre. As a performer, nick has spent many years in London’s cabaret, comedy and improvised musical theatre scenes, with yearly stints at Edinburgh Fringe festival, Brighton Fringe festival and Leicester Square theatre.
Nick also works as musical director for Danny Beard who recently appeared on celebrity big brother, regularly playing at festivals and on tour around the UK and Europe. Nick currently works as musical director for Blackburn International on productions in the cruise ship industry. Productions as musical director have included Carousel, The Wedding Singer, Annie, The Wizard of Oz, Alice through the cocktail glass, Addams family, School of rock, Little shop of horrors, Bonnie and Clyde, Once, Kipps: half a sixpence and a Chorus line.