NICOLA

Nicola studied violin performance in Scotland at the RSAMD. She gained endorsements in String Teaching and Applied Community Music. Nicola is a fully qualified classroom teacher, teaching KS3-5 on the Wirral for 2 years. Her performance career started with an appointment with La Orquestra del'Academia del Gran Teatre de Liceu in Barcelona, where she played for 2 years. Since returning to the UK, Nicola combines a busy performance career with teaching in Brighton where she teaches violin and viola for Create Music and tutors the BESYO strings. She performs with orchestras including the RPO, RPCO, London Concert Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra and the RSNO in Glasgow. She records regularly for film, games and TV recently the featured violinist in BBC Ten Pound Poms, ITV The Winter King and Sky's Discovery of Witches. She has recently become a tutor with the Benedetti Foundation bringing inclusive, aspirational and inspirational residency ensemble sessions for up to 500 young people at a time. Nicola loves seeing pupils achieve their musical potential, and to develop a lifelong love and appreciation of music. Outside of work, Nicola loves baking, running and improving her Spanish.